General Gardening Discussion

Partial shade is a bit of a misnomer as there are two types.You can have a dappled leafy shade (where you can still see small patches of sunlight on the ground) for most of the day. The typical situation would be woodland margin with plenty of light but cool even temperature. I think this is...

you are so right, Rich! We had nasturtiums growing in the front and the caterpillars got nicked! - agree about root-trainers too, btw - but loo rolls are cheap and recycling!!

Yes - go with it Jerry. Then in the summer you will have to take lots of photos and make a plan of what areas are dry/normal/damp and full sun/light shade/dark shade, and try and match the plants to the places for next year. Its a learning process - and this time next year you will have a...

Hi, Thanks for replying, i had looked at the crocus website, but what i really wanted to know was if i can plant them now,i think i will probaly wait until the wather is a bit more stable. Thanks again. Deb.

I paid a visit to Lidl yesterday and they seemed to have the same bargains, I bought some gladiolus Callianthus, 30 in the pack for 99p.I think I will have to wait a while before planting them though the soil is frozen at the moment. :rolleyes:

I have a cutting on my windowsill in the kitchen and it's doing fine, lots of roots. If they are kept warm they'll carry on growing. It's only if they are in a temperature below 10c they go dormant. The one you think you have killed should shoot up from the bottom in the summer,it's usually...

Should be, but I prefer fleece, as things can breathe through fleece, but I don't think they can through plastice - think of all those warnings about having plastic bags near kids!

the other thing that's supposed to spontaneously generate goldfinches is teasels! So I've grown loads from seed, and have lots of nice little teasel plants, just waiting to go in my wilflife garden! If anyone wants some, I'll have some to spare(no cost, obviously!)

I have an Abutilon Megapotamicum, which has survived 3 years in N Yorks, so should be reasonably hardy with you. It has a red and yellow flower, and flowers over a very long period - 23 weeks last year. It is not that dramatic - but might fit the bill. Mine was �£1.69 at Morrisons.

Cazza --- I think you have got to watch the hardiness. Every time I see fantastic new climbers they were not that hardy. I have Clematis, Abutilon Megapotamicum, and a Jasmine Beesianum. The last two have done ok for three years, but even so are a bit iffy. There does not seem to be that...

http://www.blomsbulbs.com/index.cfm?adword=168 http://www.nextday-bulbs.co.uk/acatalog/Summer_Flowering_Bulbs_by_Taylors_Bulbs.html these appeared when I googled summer bulbs - have a look!

If you propogate early you will have a lot of plants that will need to be 'grown on' early and here in Old Blighty frost can be expected in early May. I dont Replant outside until mid May. So timeing is important. I don't put my seeds in very early [ apart from tomatoes] and I am a week or two...

Well the branches go bare like any deciduous tree but it flowers very early, last year it was in March and it got caught by frost, which ruined the flowering. This year there is no sign of flowers yet due to the colder weather, so hopefully it might be better and later. Apparently the fruits...

Excellent link! Thanks

My favourite gardening website is:www.plantagogo.co.uk for alpine/rockery plants.for shear enthusiasm and helpfulness on the phone, with no hint of commercialisation, hard to find these days!My next would be Bakker for quality and good general range of plants, but I feel, a very commercial...

thanks pete2255

Actually North West is a reasonable direction for a garden to face. It should get a goodly amount of sun and as you say, the frost has gone before the sun gets on it. This is what happens with a North east exposure as you surmise. Plum trees tend to flower early in the year and frost will damage...

Curling is due to water loss . If they are in open pots you could cover with a plastic bag to retain moisture. They usually pick up quickly, particularly if they had some root when you potted them.

mmm yes 4" of couch grass, and dogs mercury over the whole garden, customer wants to sow grass ... this mite be one solution, not a perfect solution...... ive got rid of most plants from the infested area . which is most of the back garden [ 03. March 2006, 07:09 PM: Message edited by: Lady...

They from pools of blue round the bare trees on one of the walks at Anglesey Abbey in March. Lovely flower.Another March Flowerer - albeit it with chewed leaves.Berginia - large fleshy green leaves growing from rhyzome type root. Grows fine in a dappled shady spot in my side garden and...