General Gardening Discussion

The first time I grew sunflowers from seed I had several that were at least six inches tall when I put them in the garden. We went away for the weekend and when we came back they had all been eaten by slugs/snails!I have just planted some seeds in pots with my two girls this weekend - they...

me and hubby were busy outside. I pruned the wisteria which has gone mental and the hardy fuchsias and the buddlia. Also took the dead stuff off the old hanging baskets (which were in small greenhouses), watered them and put the back undercover. half the plants from last year will regrow and...

You may be doing it right, some aren't good at flowering. Although our biggest one which is now getting on for fifty years old hadn't previously flowered at all for the previous owners of our house, as they never pruned it. You must prune it no later than January, sometimes I do ours between...

.AND; I always thought "manual labour" was a Spaniard!.

:thumb: Sounds Ideal to me, but I go along with plantman & I would now dig in plenty of organic matter & you are away.. Just remember though if you are growing onions they do not need so much feed & good soil, I find they like a more depleted soil.. :wink:

I bought some young red hot poker plants last weekend which have been sitting outside for the past week with no ill effects (and temperatures dropping below freezing several times). So they should be fine. I think the sweetpeas and salvia might need more protection - not sure how much those...

I grew some in the garden a few years ago and never bothered digging them up and was able to keep them going for three years before they finally gave up the ghost:p.Never new that bit about the flower heads though so thanks for that Woo:gnthb:

its probably mahonia aquifloium (there may be other suckering types but thats the most common) You can cut of the suckers, another method is to dig a trench all round it, back fill with compost and keep cutting along the trnech to keep it restrained. My advice though, if you havnt got the space...

yeah Olearea not familiar with that variety, although have sen it around I think....thanks for the thread pewe that looks like a pretty useful evergreen. I wouldnt be surprised if the pruning advice I gave above still stands, but obviosly Im less confident not really knowing the plant

hellsbells, I'm afraid passiflora edulis is not a good choice for planting out in the garden.Its not frost hardy and I doubt it would get through a British winter.I'd pot it up for now in a smallish pot and move up to a larger pot in a few weeks, with a mind to growing it in a pot for the...

I got home from golf this afternoon, to find our washing machine man had been and fixed the machine. Can't ask for more than that, can you?

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agree with alice above, its a pretty tough plant and should bounce back well from even severe damage.

1 bramble? 2 angelica ? 3 sedum?

Oregano and Thyme for the front of the border (lovely flowers). If you have the room and need something for a dark, damp corner, Angelica, but beware, it grows HUGE!! I know, I dug one out earlier this year that had swamped everything else.

Nemesia are lovely and theres lots of choice now, they flower for months, right through winter too in a sheltered spot.

We shall be waiting for photographic evidence later this year!

But not just yet wilroda. Wait until the soil warms up and the plant begins to grow again.:gnthb:

A few years ago it was said you could catch Mad Cow Disease from Bonemeal, nobody ever did. :D

I'd plant them now.They need to grow for at least a couple of months or more before dying down for the summer.They are pretty tough things, and as long as you dont get excessive frost again this year they should be OK. I doubt they will flower quite as good, next year, as this year, they...