Other Plants

I use a plastic bag for such seedlings and leave it in place until I can either see roots at the base of the pot, or the cutting starts to show some proper growth.Have a go with the above suggestion in a glass of water too

Thanks for the link I've had a quick look and a number of them don't seem to be available from nurseries, so some in depth searching on the site will be necessary.Ideally with a Fuschia it would have to be a minimum height of 4ft, preferably nearer 6ft but many of them are smaller than that....

Yes pruned them a few weeks back. I think I will leave it until Autumn, probably a better time! Thanks for advice.

Thank you for this advice. Really appreciated. I will give it a light prune and try and somehow get it back in the garage for a small period whilst the frosts are still just loitering about. Thanks again

I give my Fatsia a good drench with 10ltrs water and 2 capfulls of Tomato Feed. It will pick up in a few days.

Thanks that's a good suggestion! Nottingham HPS are helping me kindly with one cultivar but I hadn't reached out in general.There are some nice ones in europe just no where wants to do an individual phytosanitary certificate even if you offer to pay. Otherwise i'd be in the car on a...

There's a street near me where the hollyhocks grow out on to the pavement as weeds. When they are in seed I pull off a few pods as I go past. I'm now getting a little patch established at the bottom of the garden.

I've got a few self seeded ones coming up in the garden. Along with the hordes of docks and willowherbs that are enjoying the warmth and the recent rain.

Yes, that is correct I find it to be an easy plant. I've even pruned it later in the season e.g. Summer and it bounced back in time to have lots of blooms by next Spring. The only thing I don't like about it is that it looks quite unappealing during Winter. But other than that, it's a good plant.

I also think it's a sign of a healthy plant.

Thinning flowers, maybe, chopping them all off seems a bit harsh. I have removed flower buds from bedding plants in the past before planting out.

Good spot! Anything that's been sprayed on that ivy could easily have drifted onto the skimmia.

The first lot of flowers are now fading white and assume that's just part of the process and nothing to worry about.Concerned on how much to water it. It's going into it's 2nd year and don't want to over water it or let it go dry as it's in full sun. Do I need to check the soil?

l can’t remember when I planted it, maybe last spring I think, so it’s too early to flower yet, ok it looks like the garden centre force them to flower early as my local place have a lot in flower. I shall see flowers on it soon then. Also, it’s in full sun, I have one either side of my frost...

Agree with @JennyJB , it looks just fine to me and is probably just starting to grow into its natural, climbing shape by shedding the lower leaves.The bad news is that Monstera is not awfully attractive plant for the first 1m or so, the stem is spindly and awkward and bare- but the glorious...

The RHS give: H4 -10°C to -5°C (14°F to 23°F) Hardy – average winter Hardy through most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at altitude and central / northerly locations. May suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters in cold gardens. Plants in pots are more vulnerable. I would be...

I'm down on the south coast and my Cannas stay out all year round, they are in the ground, not in pots. My problem is stopping them spreading out too far, I have to split them and give them away. Mine are Tropicana.

Distinct possibility. That one is in my Cape Bulbs book and in Byram. It will be interesting to see if it grows. Now all I need to do is to find out when to water them. It flowers in late summer

Yes mine are all flowering now. I find the males flower the best regarding appearance and you dont get millions of seeds dropping everywhere.

Hitake a photo or put canes in so you know where they are take out once the leaves are going yellow. Put to one side and let them dry out and give them a clean up at the same time , if you wanted you can replant them straight away you don’t have to wait until September. Spruce