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@PeterS Thank you for your detailed reply, much appreciated. I do intend to leave my red tulips to remain in their next planting location, so I will plant the large of the plantlets with them and grow on the remainder in a nursery patch. I shall also consider following your lead in...

Love reading Christopher Lloyd

Indeed,and so it seems, but surely they are the professionals and the client has no/limited skills in that area, and thus I think there should be a duty of care on the Supplier to inform the Client about the likely effects of limited ventilation. If the Client says No to ventilation then that's...

Yes, I did find some on there. Just hope they arrive in good condition.

I have these as well, but I'm going to bring them into a shelter for the winter.I've also got T. zebrina in a hanging pot, and it has been in the sun , and another one I don't know the name of but no photo, they can root into the next pot if you're not careful.

Well its up to you ricky if you don't like them get rid , its likely the supplier didn't know what colour they were going to be. I potted one on yesterday called sweet Katie its got yellow foliage with blue flowers.

No, keep top soil for the garden.

It's definitely not too late. I'll be sowing marigolds, cosmos, nemophila, linaria "fairy bouquet" and california poppys this week. Most I will direct sow into containers.

Hi and Welcome If you mean for a Christmas display ? yes it is to late to get them into flower but not to late to plant up have then for February / March in the house still time to plant them . So carry on as you would of done and as soon as you see about a inch poking through bring them in...

If you can find petunias for sale (should still be able to), then I'd say go for it. They're good right up til at least the end of summer and possibly right through autumn in my experience.

oh cheers. That's a good tip

Thank you all for your very helpful thoughts. I think I’ll put in a pot this year and overwinter it in the garage and see how it fares. I also bought a Fuchsia Delta’s Sara which you mentioned in another thread yesterday I’ve grown it before and your post reminded me, so thank you. A bit more...

Hi VerdunI do't know how you upload pics onto here, however, the flowers came out in the end and were a lovely sky blue and dark purple, although, on 2 foot spikes. I'm not sure if i have been sold dwarf Delp's . Infact they might even be Larkspur. Not sure.

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Hi @Kevin Cowans - heucheras often push themselves up out of the ground, and the purples seem to do it most. You can simply dig them up and replant a bit deeper without any problem. It's a good idea to divide them at that point too, if you want more plants and even small pieces can be taken off,...

Cool Sal I must say that after running the virus check it came out negative, it just made the poot go mad

Hoping its not to late to grow them.......brought a packet of T&M Thunbergia Salmon Shades and sowing tomorrow after soaking in water overnight............never grown these before and was thinking of planting them in a 4" soil pipe (horizontal) about 6 feet long and letting them cascade down...

I agree with you Harry they are touch tender - best treated as an annual as the new plants are always better than the saved thunbergia plants. However if grown in a pot they do need to be overwintered indoors. A friend grew them up a trellis and did cut them back, covered them overwinter and...

Hello I'd be tempted to remove the branches from the lower trunk as you have described. I've raised the crown on most of the trees in my garden for the same reason. I'd only take branches from the bottom third of the trunk though, for aesthetic reasons! Try starting at the bottom and go slowly,...

I love this plant. Saw them in parent's neighbour's garden and got some of my own this autumn as plug plants. I planted them straight out, and so far apparently they are not to slugs taste ((cross fingers). But will they flower this year? They haven't so far. I got a common variety, can't...