General Gardening Discussion

shoots of gaura are coming through in my gardenbut I think Hot lips and Autumn planted Delphs are gonners.

Good example of an ornamental grass garden there - very nice

Hi Russel,I tend to do a mix of both but this tends to be because I have a raised garden bed and I like to rotate what I plant in it each year to avoid having any problems with pests etc. There's no problem with keeping old seeds and I also use the silica gel packet technique that Loofah...

Thanks Marley Will have a look and let you know, but not today it is bucketing it down

It's going to be the Building Control plans that you need to see as Has Bean says. It's worth having a look on-line at the planning permission plans in case they do show retaining walls.

Hi Endeavour, Well not too sure what your plants look like obviously, but to get spreading growth Trachelospermum jasminoides will spread faster if the upright shoots on any main side branches are pruned back to the main stalk, forcing it to make more side growth. If that makes sense...

Last year I fenced off part of garden to keep pup away. However veg didn't do too well then I found out that may be because it is in the shade from the house a lot of the day. Any suggestions what I can grow and do you think it was the direction of the garden or was I just unlucky? Thanks

Thats such a shame Pam, after waiting all winter it must be upsetting.

My daffs have been in the grass for 15 years and until this year they have flowered well. My thoughts are that we cut them down too soon last year so, on reflection, I will give them one more year in their current position, leave the grass cutting in that part of the garden until June and hope...

Cut them back hard, give them a shrub feed and then mulch

Its algae, starve it of light and it will die

Cut back the hedge and new growth will appear to help fill the gaps. Bend and tie in longer growths to fill gaps.

I use Arbrex Seal and Heal. In fact I used it yesterday on our cordyline. It seems to be a big improvement on the old style wound paint as it comes in a squeezy bottle with built-in applicator.

Rhubarb!! Thank you very much, Marley Farley

Its a waiting game I think.But if it doesn't make real growth this year,personally I'd give up on it and buy a new plant.

Sure can Loopy...I'll go and add your name to the list in the topic Loofah posted above. Steve...

Good article. There's an excellent book written by Rosie Boycott, called 'Our Farm'. She used to be the Editor of the Daily Express, but following a bad car crash (while under the influence) she and her husband took on the lease of an old market garden in Somerset. She too agrees that gardening...

I have just put up the answers. Thanks to everyone who took part and to all who just looked. Do have a Google, if you don't know them. And congratulations on getting so many right answers - some of these plants are fairly unusual..I have grown all of these from seed - you don't have to just...

amazing thing to be able to do.I went to a wood fair at Bentley a couple of years ago and watched a guy turn a tree trunk into an eagles head in about an hour!!!

I bought the Murphy's tonic yesterday, but the guy at the nursery said to wait until the soil has dried out a bit as it will all just drain away. So another month and it might have stopped raining?! :lollol: