General Gardening Discussion

You can take softwood cuttings or preferrably heeled cuttings from lavender now, as it starts into new growth.Find a healthy young bit of new growth - gently peel it back from the stem so that you have the stem with a bit of a tail where it joined the stem. Plant in 50-50 mix of compost and...

There are lots of plants that like it wet. A number of books on gardening have appendices at the back that give lists of plants for dry areas, wet areas, acid soil etc. You could probably find similar lists on the internet - search on "plants wet area" or similar.In the wetter part of my...

Hi Happy chick. First of all, the garden should be drained, or you may always have problems. Who ever builds the conservatory, needs to build a solid foundation, concrete, bricks,etc for main frame.Hope the slope is away from house and the area just need to be raised, to stop getting waterlogged.

Perfectly normal - the flowers of the hibiscus do not last long - just remove them to keep the plant looking nice.

I would think that they have been frost damaged. Only time will tell.

From experience, yes it does. However planting it deeply, i.e. over the first leaf helps reduce the risk - and in any case having had two clematis disappear with that problem, if your patient they will come back.

What is 25 an hour ?Nathan.

hi ...glad you reminded me, I got 1 about 30" am going to move it toady, it's overcrowded with other plants, will also put it in a pot for the time being. Better now then never, in my case ...or it never be seen orwill die anyway.Wold have been better in Autumn, but .....now is as good as...

On the what??? You mean someone is using my name!!!! How dare they!! LOL

Hi Tanya - there are loads of different types of viburnum - need some more info - do you have a name for it? Is it evergreen, semi evergreen, deciduous? Could you post a pic? Does it have berries later on? Most evergreen viburnum (flowering spring or early summer) are "pruning group 1" -...

Were the seeds properly ripe, and were they stored cool and dry through the winter. Thats the most important thing, any doubts might aswell buy a packet, not that expensive. Just noticed, UNHEATED propagator in UNHEATED greenhouse, it might get warm during the day but its still cold at night....

Hi Mitchell - try the old RHS & good luck! http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0404/fieldwoodrush.asp [ April 07, 2005, 07:26 PM: Message edited by: Bayleaf ]

Do you mean you want to raise it by 18 inches?

Take a look at this link Clematis cuttings - I think it covers everything.

What a mystery! All i can think of is that the only variety that has survived out of the original selection is a white one and lacking any competition they have been able to thrive. Doesnt explain why they havnt flowered for ages. At least you have a lovely display this year. Enjoy.

Don't dig it all up... lol..Borage is an excellent companion plant for tomatoes, squash and strawberries. The plant actually improves the flavor of tomatoes growing nearby. Borage flowers and leaves are the traditional decoration for gin-based summer cocktails, and may be set in ice cubes to...

Hi reddolphin (Why the name?) If you dont want to get rid of the concrete that leaves you with container gardening. Dont worry you can get great results. For your choice of plants id check out a good garden centre and ask the staff for advice. Sorry i dont know any in your area but im sure...

After hearing about osmogro on the radio, I bought it from my local Dobbies garden centre. It seems to work using a gel membrane that prevents flooding but allows enough water to pass from a reservoir to the plant pot. So far I have tried it with a begonia, a chysanthemum and parsley and after...

Try planting camomile, this should grow there, and i t will smell nice to

hey janie, there is a reclaimed timber yard just over the hill from me - on manor lane, sheffield - you could perhaps get some old sleepers and build up your raised beds that way. You could do what we are doing and do/buy a bit each week/fortnight/month? havent priced up old sleepers but i think...