General Gardening Discussion

Alstroemeria 'Little Eleanor' (Peruvian Lily) | Peter Beales Roses - the World Leaders in Shrub, Climbing, Rambling and Standard Classic Roses@Spruce Good Call. I'll keep my eye on this one.@Verdun Both seem respectable choices. To me daisy shape flowers dont have that wow factor but in...

No problems Monty. Hope all turns out well. Best wishes.

Booo ...... You must try harder

Cheers Verdun, I'll do that as soon as all the bulbs show

I'd be inclined to casually fling some native wild flower seeds over the fence.

i think you would just need a single cane to take the stem from where you’d planted the clematis to the conifer. From there on it would be able to make its own way up. Maybe a case of directing it to run in front, rather than round the back. I would certainly run any additional stems along the...

@pete @Purple Streaks @Verdun Thanks. I'll get on it.G

Most everything I grow gets pinched out. As Pete said, it delays flowering a tad but you will get many more flowers on more shoots Freddie.

Yep, got them blooming in my garden.

If you have those bulbs then I would plant them out Cardinal Red., they are unlikely to flower although varieties available now that flower from late summer to early summer. If they sprout then feed them. Hopefully they will revert to normal growing and flowering next spring

The climate here seems to be getting more 'Mediterranean' (with added frost ) insofar as everything bursting into flower together in April and May. Thank goodness for roses, lagerstroemias and hibiscus!

Thank you @Marley Farley

Hello GN, it is most likely bacterial canker. Have a look at this link and see if the description fits.Bacterial canker As it's just affecting some branches, using secateurs or loppers dipped in disinfectant, cut them back to healthy growth. If there's the slightest staining of the interior...

Thanks @Perki .....yes it does!!! Wow!! Thanks for that , brilliant :bigthumb:

Heavy rainfall overnight Verdun thank you!

Just to complete this topic, here are some photo's of the flowers.Thank you very much for all of your input, it is much appreciated.Steve...

I've grown it years ago, but only on the house wall, its one of the more tender Callistemons I think you will find. I dont think it stands much chance of surviving a winter in Peterborough in a pot especially. There are hardier species than splendens, which I have. @strongylodon is pretty...

I think I would want to read-pot so as I could check the root ball.. Vine weevil damage has crossed my mind looking at your pics again.. I think I would report not by much only going up a couple of sizes I think.. While you are repotting it check base of rootball for vine weevil grubs.. They...

Hi,Probably as @pete says, but it might also be partly due to being too dry, we generally have had very little rain over winter.Give it a good watering and feed and perhaps some compost/mulch around its base and see how it goes, this time of year its normally growing fast and putting out...

Hi ricky 101, You can buy granules (Hydrangea Colourant) at Wyevale that you mix with water to keep the PH around 4. I feed mine with Ericaceous feed.