Other Plants

Mine go in the shower too @JennyJB with the small ones being done in the bath and left to soak for an hour so I know their compost is throrughly moistened then left to drain comletely so they're not sodden.Taller ones get wheeled into the showe once or twice in winter. Nearly all of them end...

Thanks for the advice I have left it alone and placed it in a larger pot for support as suggested and it looks fine with no loss of leaves yet which is what usually happens so fingers crossed.

I have 3 Pinokkio plus others I'm hoping I will successfully grow these beautiful plants . I will let you know what happens ,Perki your garden with the Alliums is lovely.....I'm Very envious everything looks so well managed .Thank you to everyone else too for giving me the...

Ctenanthe flowers don't come from the base - there's a flower stem visible top left in my photo, above (not open yet, and they're fairly unremarkable when they do, at least on this variety).

Yes, hopefully they will arrive before end December. Do you know of any stories where they haven't bloomed because they were planted in late nov?

Yes ,for one shilling & six pence.

And very long lived too.

The usual one doesn't need sun to change colour, but the one you have needs more sun. I expect that's the problem. When it's very mild, many plants take longer to change and colour up too. It's been very mild here and all the trees have been very slow to do that, and are holding their leaves...

Thanks everyone, some interesting ideas here, I'll definitely try some of these. Unfortunately Dahlias and Echinaceas are a no as the slugs and snails here eat them as soon as they try poking out of the ground. I have anemone 'Crispy Curly' given to me by my sister which is pretty well behaved...

Thank you, I took your advice and did it earlier.

Thanks for all replies. I think I'll wait until the autumn and then plant them, but keep them dry until the spring.I suppose the suppliers thought all bulbs should be planted in the autumn !The two I've got are bicolor and vandermerwei. The latter is small and is my favourite one, but it...

Not really they would probably come under the heading of Half Hardy Annual, (HHA), whereas Foxgloves would be considered as Hardy Biennial (HB)It usually says on the packets when to sow and rough guide how to go about it.

I'm gonna get me some sticky kitchen cabinets.Sometimes they can be confused with fruit flies in the summer months but fungus gnats are definitely a problem of over wet compost.

Thanks Pete, really appreciate your prompt advice!

Hiturn the pots on their side ... soon stop growing

It's cooler this year, around 28/30C and yes, it's a longer growing season. Very dry though. Attaboy! Three years from now we expect to see some wonderful photos

It was a cultivar, Buddleja Berries and Cream.

I have one against a back fence. The first couple of years it didn't do a great deal, but this spring it jumped into action and is growing fast, so I'm with the guys who say they start off slow above ground to put some good below ground growth on first. Mine is in good soil too. I also suspect...

Plerandra elegantissima / Schefflera elegantissima / Dizygotheca elegantissima and ??? which have always lived outdoors ...

Hi looks like variegated yucca or Dracaena When I bought them they both said ever green from the same plant but didn't say what but I must say selleri they don't look much the same maybe they meant the same family cause one slightly darker but the sick one has a root forming and I closely...