General Gardening Discussion

Had to go to Tescos. I thought I'd have a look at the magazines while there.I found one called 'Kitchen Garden' for £4.95, which comes with 10 packets of herb seeds, which I think is not bad. But also you can get 24 strawberry plants for nothing except the £4.05 P&P. I think that's not such a...

Hi gang, last autumn I sowed onion sets for the first time as opposed to spring planting. Anyone have any idea about when I can expect to harvest them as I'd ideally like to pop in my purple sprouting into the spot they occupySent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

Went in today, all the flower and veg bulbs/tubers are reduced. Spuds, dahlias, begonias, freesias, onions, lilies, glads and more. Mostly looking still perfectly viable but check them out carefully!

I've grown Arctotis 'Harlequin' from seed and size wise they are ready to be hardened off and planted out. Thinking it's too early, do I risk it or pot them on again?

Not to be mistaken with Home Bargains or B&M, but if anyone has a Family Bargains (aka 99p Store) near them they are selling 10pk trays of plants at the moment for £2.49, they have pansies that are big enough to be used straight away but also have trays of young geraniums, dahlias, begonias etc,...

I am grubbing out a cotoneaster, I think it's a franchetti. Although it's fairly small because I have hacked it ruthlessly for years it has a good big trunk about 5/6" across. I've been digging down around this, cutting off any roots I can find but it doesn't really want to come out of the...

Just saw this about a new show called The Big Allotment Challenge. Might be worth a shufty

Jungle Plants closed last autumn (retirement), although Jungle Seeds continues on ...Had an email today that there are a few plants left - presumably left overs from last season (although some are marked as "New for 2014" )Anyways, if you missed out getting an Ensete montbeliardii, or...

Just spotted this starts on bbc4 next Tuesday at 9pm.Might be worth a look.Gazania

Hi everyoneI posted on the ' new garden project' section but not sure if many people look at that bit. I have a completely new garden with nothing in the borders. If possible I would like a garden that has interest in all 4 season's. If that is possible. I have posted all the pics in the...

I had to go away for two weeks to work, and before I left it looked like spring had arrived; everything in the garden was doing nicely. I'd had a few plants in a makeshift greenhouse over winter (not anticipating how mild winter would be), which I'd taken out of the greenhouse, but left strict...

I planted 3 Lavandula angustifolia in a triangular layout.When purchasing, they said they were not hidcote or munstead, but French. The scent of the leaves are very strong. Really amazing. The description said their width would be 12o cm. I planted them with about 60cm apart. My mum says they...

Hi everyone,I have received today the latest catalogue from my local garden centre and they suggest pairing lavendar with santolina rosmarinifolia claiming that the 'drifts of yellow and purple will be covered in bees and butterflies all summer.' However, I can find no confirmation anywhere...

Hi All,I need to put a new path in by the veg beds as I didn't make it wide enough first time. I am replacing the gravel with slabs. The idea was to put a wild flower bed next to it that would be 2ft x 4ft, but I am now thinking of using it for a nursery bed but do not really know too much...

Hi All,In addition to the maxicrop seaweed liquid, should I feed the lawn with anything else? I noticed these 2 online, I dont have any weeds or moss so dont need a weed killer combo, would either be ok?Last year I fed the lawn every 4 to 6 weeks with the Miracle gro product below....

Hi, I was hoping for some advice. I've just noticed today that my privet hedge has brown spots on the leaves. It seems to be very established across all the plants in the hedge.I have attached a photo of one of the leaves. If anyone knows what the problem is and any pointers on how to deal...

I've got these, the middle I know is box, not sure what the one either side of it is but it's evergreen. I really want to cut it back as it's starting to block the window. Am I ok to cut it back, as it will obviously make it look very bare, would it not cause permanent damage?

I have an l shaped built planting area which is 3m long each side but only about 50cm wide in terms of planting space. It is in a relatively sunny part of my east-west garden getting sunlight late morning for the rest of the day. I have always found it tricky to get the rightplants as there is a...

I was wondering how to make a sandy clay loam soil ? can someone please suggest where to buy loam from? usually its mentioned that mix all the three soils in equal proportions but my garden soil is heavy clay and when dug up it forms clumps which dont mixed with anything.... any tips?

I'm just in from the garden (hurt everywhere!) and have made up my mind I have to move either a Camellia (Anticipation) or an Euonymus Alatus . Not keen on pruning at the best of times but just to reduce a shrub's size is not something I like to do as I'm lucky enough to have huge amounts of...