General Gardening Discussion

Hi again everyone! Well, spring seems to be here now, and not suprisingly, the garden is still a bit of a state! I've been thinking about it and was wondering if you think anyone would want a 'gardening holiday'? Doubtful, I suppose, as most people go on holiday to get away from the every day...

Help!!! We had two trees close to the house and they grew out of control. I am a complete non gardener and have made a terrible mistake. There were only a few branches on the trees, so on one tree I pruned it back so the branches weren't tapping on the roof of the conservatory and the other...

Thank you both for your replies. I have the camellia planted in a clay type soil and I think it does need lifting. The magnolia ,however, has taken about 8 years to establish itself and up until last year seemed to be flourishing well. I now notice that the buds are slowly opening so hope for...

I doubt anything would grow in my old shoes lol

mine have just peeped through hooray loopy

i have the same problem, theres loads this year!!! i let them grow in one border out the back, but theyre even in the lawn tihs year!

Thanks Victoria!

how do i get rid of fly's and mozzies out of my greenhouse as they were not there until i put plants in this week... have thought of sticky tape....wot do you folks do

If you get on well with your neighbours it would probably be worth explaining your problem and asking if they wouldn't mind if you sprayed their side of the fence with a weed killer (Roundup or equivalent). If they are not gardening types it will probably not bother them at all. We've a similar...

Hi Natty, I think you have too many questions there, Nobody is an expert on everything. I think if you break your questions up, and ask all the questions separately, you will get better answers.

Maddie - as SussexG said - they will be pretty easy to identify once they have some true leaves. You just need to get a list of what you have sown, and then start to cross them off.Cosmos are fairly distinctive early on, they will have long stems, and many of my seedlings have stems that lie...

i had a similar thing when i had my shop and was terrorised by two youths and if you looked at me you would wonder who would mess with me ... i had a word with a couple or three of the nicer lads around here and they sorted it for me ...all of a sudden they wanted to stop and chat nicely (well...

I bought a pack of these about a month ago and planted them in pots in an unheated greenhouse. I dug one up yesterday to see what was happening to it .................absolutely nothing!Anyone got experience of these?

Thanks for the replies! It's really not looking too good but I will keep and eye on it.I kept the snow off the base of the plant but it has certainly had a lot of rain on it. I've not watered it, it's always been damp because of its location and grotty winter. If it doesn't come back to...

another name for this, the common name is 'ice plant', i have several, they flower late summer-autumn

:ntwrth: I was wondering if anyone knows how much a land scape gardener normally costs? My gardens measure 10ft x 18ft and 18ft x 10ft. I want new soil/grass on the first one and the second one paved. Any ideas what this may cost? Ball park figure even? Many thanks in advance!

Pyracantha is a lovely 'wall hugger' which has lovely flowers in spring and beautiful berries in autumn, which the birds adore, if you like your garden wildlife.You could try a wisteria too.. they hug walls very happily and will spread. Beautiful flowers too.

I have some irish saxifrage which grows under a tree in my front garden. It is fabulous ground cover and it has beautiful white flowers in summer. I dig up little bits and pop it in wherever I want it in the garden and it always takes well and starts to spread. Fantastic plant!

You can be totally brutal with lilac.I had one in my previous house which was in the way of a fence being built. The builders cut it down at the base and put the fence through. Sure enough it grew rapidly and within two years was its previous size again!So I wouldn't worry too much at all.

As always, good advice from Dai :thumb: