Other Plants

I got Agastache aurantiaca, but they where seeds, which mixed colours of peach, pink and blues. They are really striking. I don't think they are invasive, but they do have a spreading rootstock. They are native to semi desert areas, but don't see a huge amount of cold.. these are hardy to about...

Cover your butt and take cuttings from each - they strike super easily.

Thanks, I now have made further checks with your link. I have found it is called Eupatorium purpureum or Joe Pye Weed. Thanks for your help.

The future's bright....apparently.

Thanks Daisees - I'll chop them off over the weekend.

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

Lucky you...I'd have chickens too but the cost of securing the garden would be too much.

If you like Phormiums there are many coloured varieties, red, Yellow, purple etc, some are a lot smaller than yours and may suit the area better.

Thanks both. Pete - yes, I'm not sure how the Ceonothus will react to being cut right back, it's the evergreen variety and I read beforehand that they don't really need pruning at all. Unfortunately it was attracting loads of flies and as it was right outside the kitchen window every time we...

It is nice, isn't it. If you kept in the greenhouse in the winter you might be able to get it to survive, then you could take cuttings next spring. I bought a similar but much taller and lankier plant a few weeks ago, that one's definitely a salvia but the leaves, flowers and overall shape are...

Now how am I going to explain this to the mother-in-law!

The way that I see it is that some things are fine started off early if they have certain characteristics. I've just started off Lobelia Queen Victoria - it has a basal growth habit (ie; new shoots develop from the root stock) so although it could get leggy what I do is to cut the top off at...

Sal, it does looks a little like Hemigraphis Alternata.John (you're a hero ), P Crispa is what I have always known and grown as Laciniata. I haven't come across Shiso Britton before. The red (purple) and green one I have is more Coleus like.

Averil, I feed all my succulents with a half strength solution of Chempack 3. Not use if it is still available, but the chemical forumla is 3-3-3, so any multi-purpose product would be ok. Sometimes (ie if I remember) towards the end of the season I use tomoto feed to try and harden then up...

As Pete said: no rush with Dahlias. I often don't lift mine until well into December (if it is mild and not excessively wet). Only reason for lifting Dahlias is: Just in case the winter is really hard - and might kill them To get them to start earlier in the Spring To propagate from them (in...

I've not found them a problem with the perennial shoots that I have but they will stop new seedlings from growing. That's why they're a good ground cover plant.

Thank you, Sue! Maybe a neighbour is growing that and that is what I can smell.

If the plants will be in heavy shade, Clematis alpina, (there are lots of varieties, different colours and heights) does well. It's also happy in a container. You can plant clematis any time to be honest - but autumn and spring are good. Plant them a bit deeper than they were in the pot, (helps...

I think you might be ok; have you read this article from the telegraph?

Thanks for all your ideas...very much appreciated. x