General Gardening Discussion

Hello allThanks for the replies, it is appreciated.At the moment, my aim is to tidy up the Shrubs as they have a lot of stems with branches growing inwards, rubbing on other branches etc.I will wait until the aforementioned Shrubs have flowered and then I will remove the branches that are...

I'm not experiencing any delivery problems in the UK.My money is still on France being the problem. Anything sent surface mail doesn't have a chance in that place.

Also lots of wildflowers still around, must look down next time I take a camera out, rather than up for birds.But there must have been some funny weather a short while ago as some of the local Horse Chestnuts had their sticky buds (due to open next spring) burst open and flower spikes appear,...

Merry Christmas @Spruce and all at GC. I hope you all are well and all the best

Id go with the spring idwa too. We have them in the garden and in the village.Sounds like your water table has risen due to all this ran lately.Probably gone by spring and hosepipe ban by summer.

thank you for the reply .... I do prefer to ask on here more fun ... otherwise why have this forum and I dont mean to sound rude its not said in that contextSpruce

Evening all...I see that Peter Nyssen are having an end-of-season sale. Has anyone on here had experience of growing Fritillaria persica? Did it come back in following years? I'd be very grateful for some pointers, 'cos even at 50% off they're not cheap. TIA

Or surviving and not.

Don't we all.......

Perennial wallflowers, such as Bowles Mauve, do very well in gravel and can flower for a very long time. I had a bed of Bowles Mauve once, which flowered for 48 months continually until I changed my layout. Wallflowers and mini-boulders can look very well and easy to do.

Hi All,I am having to isolate for 2 weeks and am looking to see where you all get you gardening podcasts from and any suggestions for good ones to listen to.Rusty

Hi,If you want something thats plug and play ready , then the InkBird range on Amazon/Ebay is probably as good as any.If you are capable of simple electrical wiring you could go for the cheaper 1000 models from Inkbird or the much cheaper genetic model the STC1000 on ebay etc.If you are...

Don't know about day-length but it's widely distributed. First came across it in Greece, but it's grown in the French caribbean too. We've had this discussion before, though Loads of so-called tender shrubs will survive outside in UK and northern europe, but flower too late in the summer to...

Awesome, thanks everybody!

I've got blood fish and bone somewhere, will do that. TY.

You have a lovely collection Nigel.

Many thanks for the responses, really appreciated.Freddy - I'll add another crown to the left as you suggest. It means they'll be pretty close together, but hopefully that'll be OK. There's also the plant to the left next to the lavender - ot sure what it is, has leaves a bit like rosemary...

I decided to "work" from Home today as I wanted to move the Stone Plinth from the Patio to the new permanent site in the "walk around" border.......easier said than done! The Plinth weighs 190lbs and my garden paths are narrow, just enough to fit the Porters Trolley on which I was using to...

Yes, they are big an straggly, I'll chop them. TY. I don't want them, they were planted by the old man who lived here before and his sister and daughter want to take them and plant them in their garden. They're coming this weekend for them.

Oooo that's a bit harsh! I prepare the soil, make sure the roots are damp and well-surrounded by lovely, fluffy, nutritious soil. I stroke them, talk to them, stake, water and mulch them......then they die of drought or flooding 2 years later ETA: No plants sent to me by lovely, generous GC...