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I'm still killing them too Kris - how much root was there when you took them out of the pots?

Hi Phalnoob.Lighting can get a bit expensive if you use it over a long period. I think you need to get them as close to the window as possible. I have a light meter, and its amazing how quickly the light falls off if you move just a couple of feet away from the window

I think you have put your finger on it PeteI have had one for a short while. But I think I am slowly (or quickly) killing it. Its in my conservatory where the humidity is very high, and it tends to get heavily watered, and misted three times a day, as its surrounded by bananas, cannas and...

Pyracantha has thorns on it, lovely flowers and berries for the birds in winter. It makes a very nice hedge and bees love the flowers and it's evergreen.

Come on slow coach ... I've already begun mine! Ok, I'll begin a separate thread so we can get this party competition started properly

Thanks both - I'll see if they have any honeysuckle for sale when we visit the Tatton Park flower show in July Really looking forward to it.

Yep, that would do, Rosebay. Just mix it in with the soil when you're planting

Just seen a programme that mentioned how to id Foxgloves before they come into flower. Apparently you can tell the foxglove colour by looking at the underside of the leaf, if the central leaf vein is white then the flower will be also. If it is pink then obviously the flower will be...

Thank you Anthony. Will do what you suggest. Hopefully next year it will look better.

That's a good idea "M", I hadn't thought of that.Thanks

@Anthony Rogers @longk @Sheal Sorry, didn't know you left messages until now when I came to check a word. Thanks for the info and photos. Didn't think about orchids, so will be looking at them

Some of my Camellias also have yellowing leaves. My soil is pretty acid and I grow many Rhododendron, Azaleas, Pieris, Meconopsis etc with no problems. I am pretty certain the yellowing leaves on some of mine is due to cold weather. My yellow flowered Camellias are looking the worst and they are...

Phalaenopsis enjoy bright indirect light. Place it in a room with eastern exposure and it will thrive. It flourishes also at southern or bright northern windows. Also bear in mind that placing an orchid in a room with northern exposure may lead to fewer bloom production or no blooms at all.

yes almost dry , I tend to water my lot in the greenhouse mid/late October and to be honest thats that until Feb at least (mine is a cold greenhouse)

Deffo an annual. I've tried. Possible with supplementary lighting I'd say but otherwise forget it.

that made me think , how about a "grain" ?

Peter, its strange but it could just be down to positioning in a winter like the last one. Full winter sun, so it gets it full on first thing in the morning in January, would be my advice.

I forgot to say use a mixture of John inns no 3 and 3/4 about a quarter of multipurpose, they will be able to stay in the pots longer, if just multipurpose, wash off the roots next year and pot up in fresh about middle of March, they wont mind I do the same and it doesn't stop them flowering

I'd give them plenty of water, as their root system has been disturbed.

Possibly not for the fair, but I remember aeons ago at school having bean seeds and a jam jar with a roll of blotting paper in it which was kept damp. The beans were put between the BP and glass and we could watch how the growing of the roots and shoots occurred at different times.