General Gardening Discussion

If they don't have live tissue above the main root, they aren't likely to grow. If there's still green growth, just plant them and they should be ok but it might be next year before they do much.

I think I know who you mean but I can't remember the name at the moment either. I've just asked my offspring on 'Messenger', one of them will know.

Not something I'd like to buy online but if were I probably use Ornamental trees or Bluebell arboretum I had a few plants from these last year which I were pleased with , or acers online never used them before.

I think cowslips grow in limey areas. They were growing on the downs in Stroud when my mother in law lived there but primroses were rare. The opposite here in Cornwall. I have lots of the wild ones and some Jack in the Green and a few gold laced ones which someone was selling at the end of their...

Just bought it! you are such a wee enabler TY!

I always put crocks in ‘cos Monty does.

I would like some advice please, I bought this from a well-known supermarket they've been growing amazingly and they are the point where I can propagate, they come in a stupid container not suitable for planting more in which I would need to replace to be able to grow more. Do you suggest...

I wonder if putting glyphosate in a plastic bag tied onto the bottom of the cut ivy might work? As the leaves transpire, they might suck the glyphosate up the stem.

We just bought some of these, the grey ones they come in various sizes and heights. Not expensive, look good and I did see a long one like the shiny one used to screen a patio area. Maybe a 4-5m long one as a 'non fence' planted with something colourful and evergreen ? We plan bee blossom and...

I have a bird feeder station supporting an evergreen Lonicera plus a young Sarococca at the base. The birds like the cover and as we don't have rats nor squirrels the thing works well.However, since I hung up a feeder on the low branches of a mature Viburnum, the posh feeder station only...

Some large some small Dahlias, in these containers it will be 2-3 dahlias + other plants. I can water ok as we have a cistern (about 4 cubic metres) close by. As I said we are the 'anti gardeners' when it comes to plants, we lose a lot due to lack of knowledge and general inattention. Trying...

I think I'd lift it in early March,check the roots for any vine weevil and pot up in some fresh compost to get them going again.

I don't dig around shrubs and trees, it's part of the reason I have them, low maintenance. Mulching is a good idea, I do quite a lot using my own chippings from the shredder. Even an inch is worth doing a couple of times a year, it dissappears over time. Of course a thicker layer is better.

I doubt it likes being indoors. I would get it outside pronto, somewhere sheltered and give it a good watering, it looks to have dried out which is fatal for all Daphnes.They also hate being moved or repotted into smaller containers. They really need to be planted straight away and left alone,...

I've always found that the predators are well behind the pests come spring. I'm not really bothered with aphids but other more persistent pests are often a problem.

I feed my Geraniums (Pelargoniums) all summer & they spend a couple of years in the same pots. Though I take lots of cutting & start many afresh every year. The cutting once they grow & flower always look much better that the others.

You maybe right @pete as a lot of varieties seem to be blurred now.

Opps! pressed return too early! 'Moss Gardening' by George Schenk. Probably out of print now but you could get a second hand copy perhaps.

Hey everyone,Just wanted to check what people have generally found to be the best mix for their pots indoors all year? (Not general purpose compost)I generally overwater things in winter so decided to try and make something that is very well draining but also holds water and nutrients...