General Gardening Discussion

@CarolineL makes a good point, @Selleri, about growing from seed because I don't know what availability is like in UK for plants. How about if your Auntie Noisette sends you a birthday card from sunny France? You could gain a lot of time with some corms that accidentally fell into the envelope...

It won't go pear-shaped, unless that's the shape you intend . Based on @Perki 's experience it will be fine .

Very interesting!In the past I had tried a DIY soil test kit. I used some soil that hadn't been amended. The result was not very clear - I interpreted it as roughly neutral with a tendency towards alkaline. That website though gives me the result "soilscape 18" which, when I Googled it, means...

Hi all,De Jäger are to take over Hayloft.should be a interesting …De Jäger I have used many times and always top size bulbs compared to other companies that offer the same variety.Hayloft can have a choice of hard to get hold of varieties and excellent customer carewe will wait and...

Thanks for the warning! Sorry to hear it lasted 3 years, but not bad in my books. I will definitely buy them now, it's worth a try...

You could try lavender, rosemary, maybe cistus and broom, Some of the Mediterranean bulbs such as crocus and miniature tulips.

Ah, but I'm retired and the more physical and mental work that I do, the better. I will not go quietly into the night!

Great recommendation, thank you - got approval and have now purchased!

I have some flowering, but not many. It just depends were they are, some have come through an not opened yet, others are just poking through the ground. Galanthus elwesii is flowering in a couple of spots, but G nivalis "Lady Elphinstone" hasn't shown at all yet.

Congratulations Nigel, I retired 3 years ago next week and have never been so busy. It looks like you are already on the right track for growing tea and Paignton is not that far off Tregothnan except that they are a bit back from the sea away from the salt winds which may be your problem but...

Try to find Suttons 'Triton' if you do not have a petfood shop nearby (£2 per 30) as against £4 per kilo.(17000 seeds average) You decide!

It says "We've started teaching ChatBotanist everything we know (which is a lot!)". Still a lot to learn it seems . The Grow App mentioned on that page looks useful, if it works!

It would be if it appeared just a tad more often

I’m in Glos. We don’t normally get lower than -5 here. But with weather changes never say never !

Yeah the mother plant looked like a regular Swiss cheese plant but half of each leaf is white

M. Cabaret is a compact variety, growing up to 1.5m, a bit like M. Soft Caress. The yellow varieties I mentioned are larger, H 2.5-4m, S 2.5-4m. I recently considered most commonly available varieties and opted for Winter Sun, for the size, colour and timing of flowering which is welcome at the...

The grass will be growing more slowly in cold weather, and it might stop growing if it turns cold again, so it might take longer for the glyphosate to do its job than it would in warmer weather. If it doesn't seem to be working, I would give it a month or six weeks at least before even thinking...

I've always found G de M a well behaved plant. I've used the hard green wire netting to grow it up in my current garden to camouflage my oil tank. I have plenty of common Ivy too and agree with @Thevictorian that the flowers are very attractive to bees and other insect life. Not always...