General Gardening Discussion

o i did see on the tv gardening program, a garden with an acute angle as you have .. it was made a feature, using a nice fence, and a garden statue ps be careful with "rockeries"..... in an average urban garden these often tend to be heaps of soil and stones,, which have little merit and...

Its all a bit strange whats happened this year, we seem to have moved into winter all of a sudden. I noticed today that a euphorbia that i have which normally flowers about march, is already opening its flowers, and a rhododendron seems to be breaking its buds. Dont know what effect its going...

Hi acra24 Weren't gardening express having a bit of a reorganisation a few weeks ago...or something like that, I received my 50 free tulips bulbs from them a few weeks ago, they came really quickly Gillx

I knew the feeling three weeks ago Michaelmas Daisy. Now I am luxuriating in early retirement - my garden may even be straight for spring for the first time ever. It is truly amazing to plan things by the weather - rather than cramming the must do's (inside and out) in at the weekend. Now just...

A London window box may be OK planted or stocked now, subject to it getting enough sunlight and indeed warmth from the window. What kind of herbs was he thinking of - cullinary, colour or ????

Hi Rich , One nights' frost and my pot of morning glory and thunbergia looks like your trellis. Good thing is seedlings do too!

o sry. yes geraniums won t overwinter but are easy to keep in the house..... shake soil of roots, spray with bug gun and re pot, water minimum and take cuttings

yes def avoid shade otherwise i d put it where it looks natural... a little path leading to a feature.....also a cold frame will double your plant raising cabability

as a jobbing gardener i am often overfaced with overgrown gardens and no idea how much work is involved at the start........ if it is really bad i suggest you get a good gardener to sort out the worst of it and get advice on plants to plant i use professional hand tools, not the cut price off...

I don't even know what they are. My wife presented me with a bag and said "They're Alliums"."What type are they? What are they like?""Alliums, they're really pretty".So that's it, I know no more about them.

I think I'd give up gardening if it involved that much work.

Well, not sure if I am excited, but now they don't seem to have changed since I put the post up. To add to it we had quite a hard frost last night so shall watch them to see what happens. Will let you know if they flower in the near future. Thanks.

Thanks Michaelmasdaisy - I've done what you suggested - lets hope it works OK

Sorry for the delay in november piccies, problems with pc. As a reminder of summer gone, roses will flower right through til DecemberThen there's the fruitIris Foetidissima - a lover of dry shade, and evergreen. Blessed with bright orange fruits which last for some time.The leaves...

Mine too have always been and are in shade - not a problem they just need moisture and heat from the decomposition to be kept up. My Henry Doubleday wooden bin even had its own duvet when delivered :D

Would just like to add Laura, that those weedkillers only really work when the plants are growing strongly, so its really a job for next spring summer now. Unless you want to dig out what you can through the winter months.

What kind of plants did you order ???Have visions of 'happy' plants sitting in the 'nik' with lots of laughing policemen :DI do hope everything gets sorted out OK and your trees come to no harm.

I've a collection of seeds going spare. I'll e-mail you a list - but not this weekend - I'm working!!!

A work-mate of mine recently set up as a one woman gardening service. She's in her fifties and had worked as a nurse and nurse manager for all her life!But things came to a point where she was disillusioned by nursing (Agenda For Change was responsible for that!) so she quit and trawled...

Yes it's a bit late now, they need long nights (12 hrs +) from about the end of September, temperature in the 60s F. draught free. What a nightmare to grow! You've done well to keep it healthy from last year. Buy a new one or better still, buy a Holly bush this year.