General Gardening Discussion

Thanks Fran, I'll try itHermes

i think they hava 2 weeks in them. oh one thing take them out of pot cearfully. and see the under neath see if it wery wet . i think its defenetly a drainege problem. i heard you need to furtulize orchid weekly. but you need lots of draineg. its good to furtulize weekly but little. ok dude good...

I agree with PeterS, this is the best way. planting potatoes in rough ground also helps to break up the soil, even if you dont use the produce, any old sprouting potatoes will do

I've done a similar area in the past and i pegged it out as descibed prev to get it level, laid the membrane,cut out a circle in the membrane to 3 inches smaller than the stone circle i intended to lay, then laid a dry sand/cement mixture, to about 2 inches thick upon which i laid the circle.Hey...

well, when i say wood i mean not green!!! seems like its dying at the ends.I'll see how it goes, it nothing changes i think i'll move it.

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Good luck - thalia is lovely. Unfortunately I've notiticed the last couple of years, Kinder plants who supply the tot plants - has stopped doing Thalia. Sad cos the one they now do is nothing like as good. Fortunately I have cuttings in addition to overwintered plants.

I may be got this wrong, but I read the ground cover as Ivey?Varigated with small leaves could be gold heart, I recently planted one called Joker with jagged leaves, small variagated but a real poor dooer.As Pete says, depends on variety, I did at my first house have a picture of Iveys...

thanks very much peeps, i will pinch them out and yes will definately sow them later next year. and will leave them in till mid may should be ok by then hopefully in kent. i brought a morning glory plant last year which done amazing on a north wall up some trelis. so have grown some this...

I grow three forms of Lonicera, gold, green and silver. the silver I keep as specimin, but is a real pain as it keeps reverting to green! Green is easy, and then there is my gold hedge.Lonicera has a very lax habit and needs to be kept well trimmed to prevent open habbit. I suspect you have...

I agree, won't give you more flowers, but pruning, or removing dead heads after flowering is fine - they do form berries but I don't find them particularly attractive. .

see page 5 on the pdf file! http://www.rhs.org.uk/learning/education/documents/level2syllabus.pdfif link doesn't work, go to http://www.rhs.org.uk and follow the steps, learnig, then exams, then gen cert level 2, and get the pdf file for the syllabus - and page 5 there. Have fun!

WE were told when our daffs did not flower too not cut down, just dead head, and feed with Tomato food, every week for about six weeks, and if still no luck move. wheelie.

Yor back then peter, I nipped out the seed head from my nacissus rupicola - are you interested in having a go with it, I could easily pop it in the post.

Pea of Sweetness - I presume you'd like some low-growing stuff to trail over the sides as well as stuff higher up? If so, there are lots of things that do the job. Do what I've recommende to lots of people, use the RHS plant selector. Follow the link, and fill in as many boxes as you like...

By the way,if anyone wants a planter, I have the goods if you have the carriage!... :D

Thanks for the advice, looks like busy lizzies are the way to go or a cheap florist! Thanks!

On the bush itself or on the soil?

Oh thats great - thanks - I have to get some rose fertilizer so will give the fuschia a drop too

i borrowed a good tool from next plot holder to ours yesterday. i was stood frowning across at all the weeds growing where my taties are and he mut have taken pity on me cause the next thing he was beside me showing me his implement :D hed fixed this giant three clawed talon thingy to a broom...