Other Plants

Thank you . I will try that . Time for a coffee

Remember years ago taking cuttings from what was a pink Hydrangea from a friend. It then turned blue after I added some Aluminum sulphate. I think Hydrangeas are very variable when given different growing conditions, and watering with tap water will probably affect the ph of erecacious ...

What about Taxus standishii? During winter it is olive green turnng bright yellow in early spring with red berries. Tall and imposing. I grow Taxus Coppershine too. This has green/white leaves in mid winter that become a coppery orange colour in spring/early summer.....really eye...

I would say Clematis Armandii and Winter Beauty are about the same in hardiness, JWK. I lost the very first Armandii I bought due to cold and that started my curiosity of clematis and learn how to get them to survive. I found it was better to disregard what was quoted on the hardiness scale and...

Hiya madahhlia, the collection is at Marazion, near Penzance in Cornwall. I bought half a dozen varieties last year in flower so knew exactly flower colour, size, etc. I potted them on into larger pots for large plants this summer

Clueless I have used that joke for years? Madahhlia, keep it inside for winter. Sand in hole? Erm! I tried that couple years back thinking echinaceas needed very free draining soil but they want good soil. Sunshine yes. In spring incorporate compost of some sort into hole, decent size...

Hi Kuepper,Welcome to Gardeners Corner You'll get to know my plant preference as you read through posts on GC, unfortunately for me I grow the Vine Weevils favourite meal, Fuchsias. I've found the only way to control them is Provado . It is quite expensive to buy at around £8 a bottle,...

Maybe? Packet definately stated "perennial", which is why I chose that particular location. The annual sweet peas I had were put in another bed - foolishly with "garden" peas so I ended up not knowing the difference in that bed (So, no pea harvest for Mum last summer). I also have a...

Hoping its not to late to grow them.......brought a packet of T&M Thunbergia Salmon Shades and sowing tomorrow after soaking in water overnight............never grown these before and was thinking of planting them in a 4" soil pipe (horizontal) about 6 feet long and letting them cascade down...

Hi Sally what made it worse for me it's stud a few winters but with how the temps was flying up and down..then it got me worried but as Verdun as stated it does tinges the heads a bit

I bought one from wilkinsons at christmas,its in the GH and still alive,all the established ones in gardens around here are still looking great after the snow

I used to have (cripes, quite a few of my posts sound like this ) quite a substantial Dracula collection. Must have had 30 to 40 plants, as well as a good number of the closely related Masdevallias. As far as orchids go, they don't handle fluctuations (in temp and humidity) very well. And when...

Hi Fern One that I grew in a very large pot was Guernsey Cream didnt go to tall and had it in a pot for 5 years , planted it out here thinking I was doing the best thing and it died !! I should of kept in the pot I have been after a new one but the nursery;s by me never have it in so...

Well, sal, you're thinking about the group of Clematis called Cirrhosas. They're mostly evergreen and here's a few names: Freckles Landsdown Gem Jingle Bells Wisley Cream Balearica a slightly exotic Clematis called napaulensis and of course, Winter Beauty The group Armandii are evergreen but...

Growers in India and China etc use hormones to make the Bamboo flower and they get the seeds from that.

I enjoy leading others astray

Dinp, Russian Vine is the monster you have read about, otherwise known as 'Mile A Minute'. Prune it one day and it'll be back with a vengeance the next.

Give them a foliar feed and they will soon grow. Seaweed i found best. G

A pair of "Christmas " cacti