General Gardening Discussion

Brilliant work FM!!! Don't forget about annual climbers too for year to year variety.

Get out the cool shades, clag on the suncream and have a great break roders! Interested to see what you manage to come back with

Doh yet another blunder by a gardening beginner, At least I know to leave it longer next time lol.

Well, it might not be vermin proof, Ziggy, but in all honesty not many gardeners compost heaps are, and that includes mine!!!! It'll certainly let the air in and so long as it's not allowed to dry out, which being so open it'll be prone to, it should work.:D

I'm not sure, very tempted with a few different ones,

ive noticed

Well banana man you said it would cost about�£7 you were miles away.....�£6.99 clever ****** lol.Whill i was ther i couldn't resist a nice pot of miscanthus sinnensis gigantius lol.al the best ...daz

Book in plenty of time and you can fly return to Alicante for �£50-�£60 return. Sell 6 packs of golden virginia half price at �£50 each on your return and you have a free flight from the profit!!!!

You are very welcome.:D

Quite simply .............touché

:thmb: Just to be on the safe side as it is the first winter out there for them then, why not give them a mulch & that will protect & give them a good start next Spring Ydd..!!:wink::thmb:

Thank you for your replies! OK Slinky I'll cut them back then. And dear Cookie Monster .. I'll have to look up aliums .... go back to sleep now ;-) zzzz .. zzz ..

With the mild wet weather we're having you could divide now. Give them plenty of muck. Mine grow like weeds once established and seem pretty tough! They might just put on leaf next year but you'll get a good show the next.

Hi Aaron, don't worry about it. If you're coming to the open day we have plenty for you. :gnthb: It is the prettier Arum Italicum variegata.

Thats correct, Pam. The dried bulbs that are very available in early spring, and called voodoo lilly are usually Sauromatum guttatum I believe.Dranunculus is a taller plant which comes up, "leaves" first in the spring, the flower then forms in the head of the plant a good few inches or a...

Hope they are of help then.. Sounds to me like you are maybe after a "Bog Garden"?? Try this link.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg2/flat/module4/bog_garden_plants1.shtmlGood luck..!!! :D

You could try it in a container perhaps like we do mint if it is a small plant..

How about these? White: Hosta 'White Feather', Cerastium tomentosum, Sedum spurium 'Tricolor' Red: Sedum album 'Red Carpet', 'Coral Carpet' Yellow: Carex elata 'Golden Bowles', Hebe x franciscana 'Variegata' (never dared test it for winter) Purple: Ophiopogon plansicarpus 'Nigrescens', Ajuga...

Artificial grass can also become slimey, make sure you have adequate drainage, brush it regularly and yes you may have to use a suitable moss and alage killer regularly, especially if it's a shade spot, also try to keep it clean of any contamination, unfortunately synthetic grass is NOT...

on the latest edition of garden-er, they used artificial grass .... looked pretty good not sure what happens with fruit falling on the grass though ... perhaps it can be washed off with a hose and will not stain ? .... best to ask the suppliers here is the link to the video: GardenER on...