General Gardening Discussion

Please God grant me patience ---- And do it right NOW!!!!! :hehe:

Thank you pete, will give the strawberries a bag to themselves. Maybr add more strawberries at a later date. smiles adam

Thanks for the replies guys. Going completely of the subject, when are you changing (if you haven't already) the heading thing for this site from Winter to Autumn ? I'm gonna change it from winter on the first of April, as it still feels like winter now to me!

I'd trust anything with Monty Don's name on it :thumb:

Best of luck and do let us know how it goes won't you :thumb:

a nice problem to have Sam.:D

Wife's hayfever prevents having flowers. Also, I like to be outside in the summer, therefore I need a pice of grass to sit around.

Hope it doesn't get too cold again,Ive had to put plants in the cold greenhouse,no more spare windowsills.I cover them at night with newspaper.They have been fine so far.

thanks

Excellent Music. A lot of people think you must pay a lot, but I have always believed the God does't make two versions - sub standard and high quality - of the same species.But they do need to be alive. :D

Hi Alice YES i can confirm that . i removed an ivy climber a number of years ago ,it was climbing up the building of the house from the ground to the bottom of the bedroom window and working its way around the window to the roof!!!!. i completely cut it from the building, (NOT AN EASY TASK) and...

Maybe they were not ripe when to picked them, you need to wait until the plant is at the point of shedding the seed before gathering.

Hi, Shaun, it's a great start you made with your garden, and a blank canvas can be turned to your advantage. I'd put in some smaller-growing evergreen trees, e.g. Variegated Ilexes that can be pruned to a lovely sphere, and some more Chamaecyparises that can be shaped over time as well. They'd...

Only today have our Daffs started opening up. They've been sat in full sunlight and sheltered by the wind and choose today, the wettest for the last month, to show themselves. Such a shame as the petals are getting ripped to pieces by the hail :(

Nice to see you back Guv.. Yes the bulbs will come again each year without lifting except Tulips..! :wink: Check on the packs, they usually say if they have to be lifted for a dormant period, but Tulips are the only ones that sring to mind at present.. :thumb:

Hi all, We have a mature (around 25 - 30 years old) Kerria Japonica which happily does it's thing every year without any fuss. Being a beginner I'm only just catching on to the need to prune regularly but am I right in thinking I need to prune after flowering?My other half hates it. He says...

I dont think Thuja will reshoot from brown wood, in the same way lawsons cypress or leylandii will not, and 15ft to 4ft is a big cut down.

I always direct sow beetroot, although it appears you can transplant them.Just a word on onions, I've bought some dodgy onion sets in the past and have recently gone back to growing from seed. I put a couple of seeds or so in each compartment of one of those trays with divided sections, in...

Where did you get the advice from? All Sedums need good sunlight, all the year to be successful. S. rubrotinctum is slightly less hardy than some so it would be better kept frost free (ish) over winter, but certainly not in the dark. If there are any unshrivelled pieces, take them off and try...

Just heard a radio interview with Alan Titchmarsh, he was plugging "How to be a gardener" ...I thought they where books (and they probably are) but I just searched the BBC and found this interesting and helpful page. I'm sure many people will gain much from this site, go have a peek! Steve...