General Gardening Discussion

Hi Natty, I too have found the kits to be very lacking.. The thing is it could quite easily be different PH in different areas of the garden.. I always go back to basics & my school days & so far it has never let me down.. You can easily check your soil to see if it is alkaline or acidic with ...

Hi Alice, thanks for your warm welcome to Gardeners Corner! I have updated my profile, so everyone can see that im in LEEDS! Hehe!Yes, you are right, the winter was VERY long and VERY cold, I'm sure my poor rabbits would second that!The lillies I bought were indeed white, although I bought...

First, I would speak to your landscaper for their comments - not blame.Second, it might be possible to put in some drainage on your side of your neighbours property.Third, I would do as PeterS suggests to improve clay soil

No frost again this morning, I am relatively temperate here behind a big hill so maybe I am lucky.

Thanks for your replies. Just to let you know that most have started to sprout !

Just seen half a dozen different ones ranging in price from £9.99 to £29.99 (Amethyst, my purple one naturally). Dingle Nursery in Welshpool.

Hello Victoria. Clematis Montana is a very vigorous plant and will do a good job covering an ugly fence. They grow very quickly and will do well in the first year. You should have no problem finding one in a garden centre as they are very common. I would just buy the kind of usual standard size...

Well, I just weeded and turned the whole garden over! It's now a great plain canvas for planting. I'm going to go out and plant some carrot seeds just now while the suns shining, and possibly some of the hardier flowers that can survive colder weathers and don't need sowed in pots (I have no...

Thanks for the suggestions. I was in Homebase earlier and really liked the look of some Guzmanias there, plus I think the name is superb! Might pop back later and invest. Right Im off to google some of those others and have a look. Much obliged! Will post a pic or two once sorted (and when I...

Hi and welcome Julie. As SussexG says there are so many.One of my interests is in plants that flower for a long time. Top of my list comes Salvia microphylla, which can flower for up to 6 months of the year. However its really a small shrub and not strictly cottage garden. But four that...

i would recommend using 0000 wire wool and soapy water perhaps with a bit of sugar soap dont forget the rubber gloves though loopy

.Hi, The flower seeds should be fine sown now!Not so sure about the tomato seeds if you do not have an actual greenhouse. As for beetroot, hard as old boots, my first sowing of them are always in seed trays and then planted out. It used to be said that you cannot transplant root...

I cut back Montana but still left some 6' stems and it came back better than ever. Trouble is I think you are a bit late. I would do it while it is still dormant in late winter, do it now will encourage bleeding.

Hello,Only my second post on here so here goes with the advice. First I am really a novice gardener and I am only posting about what I found worked for me so take my advice with a pinch of salt. :lollol:I wanted to create a shallow bed at the front of my house. It has to be shallow so...

My clematis are hardly showing growth (well one is but that is very sheltered) If you havnt grown them before it can be hard to see where life is coming from, but son you should swellings between these the old leaf axles, they will open to leaves and in tine new shoots. Even if this doesnt...

Vitamin C powder helps some plants to root,especially Geraniums.

Our first garden was so small that if we'd followed the 'planting distance' advice, we'd have had about 5 plants in the whole of the garden! They put those guidelines on packets for several reasons, not least to ensure that the eventual plant will have its ideal maximum amount of space (either...

ours can easily jump gates but are working trained so wont jump anything unless told to - so 2ft would do us just fine :gnthb: alas i can't train them to not go in an area with no barrier though i'll have a look at that Mahonia thanks

Enjoy yourself then.. :thmb:

Not that knowledgeable myself but pyracntha is quite dense for the back of the fence and quite prickly in case of unwanted visitors