General Gardening Discussion

Just guessing but some kind of insect maybe. Are there similar pimples on any of the leaves.

I've grown Arctotis 'Harlequin' from seed and size wise they are ready to be hardened off and planted out. Thinking it's too early, do I risk it or pot them on again?

Yes Brant, the white one is Solaris. Thanks, might give it a bit of a chop now then.

It appears to be forcing a buckle in the concrete gravel boards and fence post. As Mike said before, I'd talk to your neighbour because if they object to it, then it'll have to go. If they like it, why not give it a right good prune and bring it to a nice little shape. The new growth next year...

Time to move my plants to Big School . Started all my seeds in my Sittootery/Conservatory but now time to move to Big School( Greenhouse) Nice to get my Sittootery for all my Orchids again.

Thanks We have already added bone meal and well rotted manure to the bed in preparation so hopefully all we will be good if we get some decent rain.

Thought I'd share some pics with you all, the recent warm weather has brought out all my flowers. Some a month or so early. Here's mine, any pics you have taken recently feel free to post. Happy gardening all

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Sadly I lost K northiae when we moved here. I grew it from wild collected seed many years ago. I think I will do as suggested and wait until spring to defoliate it. Thanks you both.

Been there too DHR. Unless “dwarf” conifers are trimmed every year they suddenly are huge. Yep! Time To go

I had one by the front door for several years. I never noticed a smell of any kind from it. One day it turned up its toes. It wasn’t missed.

Mulch will stop the self-seeders from coming up/swamp the seedlings if they're already up. However if you've had your self-seeding plants for a while there'll probably be seeds in the compost (and weed seeds) unless your heap gets very hot and is turned enough that all parts of it get hot enough...

Do Tropaeolum majus, long trailing and climbing nasturtiums, and Tropaeolum minus, short nasturtiums, hybridise/interbreed?I ask for two main reasons. The first is it might be interesting to get the colours and forms of the short nasturtiums in a big seven foot climbing nasturtium. The...

Naive question - accidental garden, why does your husband want a veggie patch in the shady part of the garden, and expect you to deliver it?Have you got a sunnier area which you can turn to veggies - or is this the only area he will permit for veggies?Well done Claire75

Hi @Craigh the Victorians grew named varieties of heliotrope but we seem to have lost them - unless you're lucky and the country house kept theirs going. They are tender perennials, so unless you live somewhere very mild, it will have to be protected over winter (or just take cuttings). If you...

I do cut mine right back (not to the ground, but to about 8") and they grow back well. They look absolutely AWFUL for a while though.Edited to add: am going to do mine today / tomorrow... maybe!

I agree - cut back the dead stuff @Greenfield81 and it should come away again, but if you don't have suitable conditions for it, it's perhaps not worth having. They grow without any help here in the west of Scotland, but we're much wetter here than the east side. I have one [P. Little Heath]...

Some have got rusty. I'll cut them back and move them into the oubliette and see what happens. I need to be more ruthless. I have too much ruth! They really belong on the compost heap.

So the EU is on the side of bees?? Can someone explain why, its only since the Brussels bunch banned most of the insecticides we have been using for years, that we now find the bees are dieing. I'm tending to think most modern ones are based on how safe they might appear to be to humans,...

I'd use cider @BB3 Easy to make Herbal Vinegars - Studio Botanica