General Gardening Discussion

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]...

@Howard Stone we have just been given a "Dartmoor" cutting from our neighbours. A really lovely specimen and in flower. Planted out yesterday so hopefully it will like its new home.

Would think so, we use the Doff Slug tape which is about 25mm wide.Like @Goldenlily26 mentions adding some slug pellets as well, though cannot get them in very deep without damaging the roots. Think we might try drenching them with Garilc water as well in Spring, though some of our established...

Good grief! You are obviously keen on them I had a huge plant in previous garden with leaves bigger than I've seen elsewhere. It didn't sucker and it didn't flower. Very curious. And I can't remember where I got it

It will depend on the market and what the big supermarkets and garden centres focus on selling.There is 2 large bedding plant growers near me, about 12 miles away. One has added 8 hectares of glass in the last 10 years, there has been rumours of him expanding more. When you look at which...

Thanks for the advice.

A great harvest of pears this year, still lots left on the tree too

They can be cut down to 3-4 ft from the ground for a hard prune if they are out of hand and you want to retrain them. You will lose flowers the first year after a hard prune or you can lower the tops gradually over 3-4 years, in Spring.

Update. I sat myself down and decided to just go for planting it in in a week or so. It is still very mild here with daytimes in the mid 70's F so I'll wait until the conditions are not so warm. Then I'll make a chicken wire fortress around it and count on running out in the spring with hopeful...

OP here, after the advice above and from looking at what neighbours had grown. I opted for Rosemary, Lavender and Hydrangea to plant - all of which I planted in mid- May.See first pic which is after I had planted in May. I think I could have made a much better effort at marking a clearer...

Many thanks Pete 8!

And may I butt in on this thread as I have some questions too? I havent sown winter veg before, but I have in the greenhouse onions, spring onions, leeks (all in pots, currently about 6 inches tall). I also have some winter spinach seedlings - past the first true leaves stage but only just,...

That one is really nice! I like the grey pot too.

Hi I’m in swindon area (south west)great idea for bark!thanks

I think they are the kind of bulb that will flower at any time of the year if you start watering after a dry spell.I have grown them from seed and the advice was to keep them green until they have their first flowering after which you can sort out a flowering period and a drying off period....

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.

Purchased a large batch of the chemical treatment from Amazon when I finally realized what the problem was. My box hedges (though not looking like a hedges anymore, shaped more like bonsai due to infestation) get treated every year to fend off the box caterpillar. They were an established...

This comes from the couple who originally collected the seed that my plant is descended from Crûg Farm - Store Note it is many years since they offered any for sale.

I'm not overly keen on them now @Plantminded . I like the smaller ones I have, as they work well with the other perennials etc, but I'm not convinced any of the medium ones would be brilliant, and I really don't have suitable sites for them - other plants I'd rather have in those anyway. Too...

@TheMadHedger This variety is available from a number of suppliers. Poppy: Papaver Somniferum Maanzaad Bread seed.