General Gardening Discussion

Rydall, use a high potash fertiliser.:gnthb:

Oh how clever is that?! Now all I need is my castle... :D

That's a beauty Woo,and A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.

Annie, a bit more info, please. Are they inside or outdoors? If outside, are they in a dryish, sheltered position or in an exposed situation? :thumb:

Lovely! If you're going to have it indoors... keep it as cool as pos!

V. tinus laurustinus I think?

Hi Dave, the brassicas are hardy and should be fine outdoors. I have beet spinach oputside as well. The garlic needs to be outside in the ground as the frost will make the bulb split into separate cloves, if they are too warm you tend to just get 1 big clove. Leeks are also fine outside, the...

I tend not to protect them, other than building a cover around the plant, some fleece is the only way I guess. That would be best removed during mild spells.I find that its the wet and the cold combination that rots the growing point, so maybe just an overhead cover to keep the rain off...

any advice would be much appreciated

Thankyou Sweetpea 101

Hello Smallflower.......you will grow on here :D WELCOME. As a general guidline.........Reduce the roses by a third to stop windrock over winter then prune properly in February. Buddleja tidy up after flowering then prune hard in March. Lavender prune after flowering to about 1" above old...

John, I don't know anything about Chrysanthemums is particular. But in general, when plants flower late you divide them in spring. Dividing means digging them up, splitting the plant up into 2 or more bits and then replanting. This is exactly the same as moving a plant but without the splitting...

You could plant them out now, but personally I prefer to plant clematis in spring. If you can find those long pots which Clems are sold in, then they are the best things to use. In the ground as long as it is well drained the winter rain should have no effect on them. If the ground is...

Wow great find Steve Thanks. I've just ordered some hostas but not those ones

Give your fuchsia a haircut to tidy .I personally dont like take wood cuttings much prefer fresh tip cuttings and you coudl take as many tip cuttings form your out of control bush and plant tips in a pot give good water forget about it and in3-4wks youwill have rooted cuttingsGood luck let...

Steve I think it will be pot luck. You can get packets of single colours of Cosmos and other plants, but they have to come from pure bred lines and kept away from other plants when they are germinated.

Hi binchy,What the hell's a fedge? Normally with willow the more you cut them the more bushier they become. If you plan on keeping a regular trimming routine then this shouldn't be a problem as long as you don't let the limbs too large. The trunk will increase in girth and you'll end up with a...

You can just buy an orchard pack. This site sells fruit trees in packs of 6 or 16 as maidens, bushes or half standards where the varieties have all been chosen to make sure you get a long fruiting season and everything that needs a pollinator has one.Good luck

Depends what you like eating really and also what plants you can still find in the garden centres. Its a bit late to start offmost things but from seed, but radish might be OK - I've just sown some Mooli (winter radish) and also some lettuce types. Its possible to get Kohl Rabi from seed still...

Thanks, Sezzle! I thought I'd lost a busy lizzie last week through lack of watering - it's in a pot with a pelargonium my other half was given by her boss for Easter. With all the rain the last few weeks I hadn't been watering regularly. I gave it a good drink and it came back to life... your...