Other Plants

I have three tree-sized lilacs along my fence. They have all had severe pruning down to the trunk and stumps of branches, i.e. no leaves, and survived. I do it in early spring so lose the blossom for that year but get big lush leaves instead. They tend to respond by throwing up a lot of shoots,...

Dunno if it would be tall enough, but I have a Ceanothus Victoria. Its in a fairly open spot (not against hedge or wall) and has been unphased by the last few Winters where we have had nights of -10C - -16C :( Just looked on BBC site and it says 120CM tall. Mine's been in since March 2008 and...

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.

I would leave it in it's pot this year and put outside about the end of April early May. Overwinter it in the greenhouse from November or later depending in the temperatures.The next year you could plant out and give it some protection in the Winter with fleece or dead bracken. I have had A...

There is some difference of opinion on this. Scientifically its regarded as a bad idea. I can't quite bring myself (much like you I suppose) to bring myself to do/believe it though ... The theory is that water is not keen to transition from one substrate to another. So put a layer of, say,...

I think: Too warm, not enough light. Put it outside during the day (unless it is Arctic!) . After a couple of weeks "hardening off" when it has acclimatised to being outside (leave it out for a few nights that are forecast to be mild towards the end of the "hardening off" period) then plant...

I took some cuttings a few years ago from my M. "charity". It needed cutting back so I used the prunings in April. I just cut the stem in sections each with a leaf joint, the buried the piece,in pots, leaving the leaf protruding. They took about 3 months to show new shoots. The resulting...

Thanks for the info Silu. Looking forward to this time next year!!!!

Thanks Kristen.

I'm actually about to order these at last. If anyone has found this thread from page 1 of Google, don't buy them, or anything for that matter from Plants of Distinction. They don't send goods and then ignore you when you chase them up. Utterly appalling customer service.

Sal, Wustaba's plants are a lot more than £2.50! But a lot of them are very rare in cultivation and you can't get them anywhere else.

pruning and feeding comes to mind as depending on the variety if he prunes too early he can cut all the blooms off for this year if its a early one , but what type is it ?? , if he has had it a while ? what's changed , getting crowded out ? less sunshine ? Spruce

My back porch is practically a greenhouse so will keep in there til cold passes. Will stick it out in my border after about a week. From what i can read, they aren't too fussy about the type of soil?

There are some interesting articles on Clematis here:and this one on planting (which has a contrary view to the norm):

Let us know in a couple of months time how it took; personally, I think you'll be alright.

I do agree. Especially the Papillo! That is one that I really want, but baulk at the price that is generally asked for it.

Funny things Foxgloves. For some they grow as weeds. Others just can't get them to grow at all. In an attempt to answer the original question though, I reckon its the shock of the temperature change, possibly combined with drying out that's upsetting them. Keep them well watered (but not...

Sutton have just put on sale vanilla grass plant on sale , I`ve seen them before but never tasted .....did anyone ever taste them , do they really taste like vanilla??????

I kind of agree with Spruce. Hard cutbacks usually result in lots of new growth. Just a trim of any dead stuff should get it back into flowering in July.

I bought an Armandii last year but managed to kill it