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If you can, you could put wires along the wall and tie in the growth from the shrubs so that they make narrow plants rather than wipe spreading ones. We have a Chaenomeles which is treated like that. Any growths which come out forwards are cut off and sideways growing ones are tied in to the...

.....could it be that dreadful ? pendulous couch grass??

Thanks Strongylodon. Would you reckon it is a Plectranthus Ciliatus?

Thanks just ordered some rooting compound and am going to try my hand with cuttings.

If placed outside, pots standing in a tray will be sitting in water everytime it rains. That 'kit' is designed to be used indoors on a window cill. I suggest starting with a few small plants rather than seeds.

LOL not according to my fella Sheal, I'm sure he has that SAD syndrome, he never stops moaning that it rains all the time as far as he's concerned! And I'm with Billy Connolly on that subject:"There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes"

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Yep-just got one plant to see if I could manage to grow it. I think I will get another one as the rasps are really tasty.Will have to look up pruning technique. Last year i just chopped it down as it looked dead and it just grew back

Do you think theyd survive in the greenhouse over winter?

Well, another route would be to cover the area with woven mulching fabric - you'd have to chop down the weeds, then fit the weed suppressing membrane around those bushes (and maybe plant some more, through it). The membrane would, mostly, keep the weeds down; you could cover it with bark so...

Thanks Kristen and all. Here's my dahlias, all preened and potted. I haven't trimmed where there are flowers and I see a ball shape or two..so more flowers coming. Fingers crossed I can overwinter successfully. Prob move pots into conservatory soon.

Probably covered earlier in the thread, but it wants an acid soil (unless you plant E. carnea, which is winter flowering)

Your Begonia is a house plant Begonia Elatior and is ideal for a bright window sill. It has small split canes for supporting the branches. As Jenny said, they can have a weekly (tomato) feed to encourage flowering. It would be ok outside while the nights are warm but I think they are best...

Thanks Pete, I think I agree with you, but I guess we'll wait and see, maybe I'll get enough for a little teaser of what is to come, and it's also possible I could blend it will a little assam to bulk it out, I know that's what Tregothnan estate do.

Thank you harry, that's really helpful! I've got plenty of shredding so will do what you've done.

Probably ok for seed, but not a greenhouse in sight........................

Outdoor tomatoes are a bit of a gamble crop. They start to fruit relatively late in the season because you can't plant them out until a) frosts have finished and ideally b) night temperatures stay above 10C. That shortens the growing season, and Tomatoes start shutting up shop as the light...

It's about 120 - 150 sq. metres . Quite a large area

Hi Graeme. I have a book called Sensational Shrubs by Richard Bird (pbl 1998) which has good photos of most of the most common garden shrubs along with help regarding cultivation etc but as previously said most books are aimed at suggesting what you should get rather than identifying what you...