General Gardening Discussion

Jazid, that's what I wanted to say!! It has to be the ultimate favourite plant name! But I rather like phlox of sheep! Sorry!

Agree with Chobart - looks like a penstemon - don't know which. If so, it's half-hardy, so take cuttings in the autumn to make sure that you still have some if it's a hard winter.

I can always spot a 'goody'. Very nice!

liz The honeysuckle is only about 4 years old this is the second time it has flowered as last year it was a deep reddish shade and this year the flowers where the deep reddish and just as they where coming out they are changing to an orange/yellow shade now, The plant looks healthy nature is a...

Apparently the basic idea is to get a T shape like a one layered espalier, but they can be grown in all sorts of ways: http://womansworld05.atalink.co.uk/articles/gardens-and-gadening/281 Scroll down to the pic. of the hamburg grape to avoid all the bumpf... My vine weevil and chafer grub ridden...

I have a balcony planted a grape vine vitis Boskop glory last year in a large pot, I dont know how to prune it and i chopped the top off it has just these past few weeks started to come back it looks ok, does any members know anything about these grape vines, i have it growing up a pagola. I get...

For most plants you can use multi-purpose compost. I like a mixture of about 30% SHARP sand with the compost, to help with drainage. Pure compost can get very water logged. Though as Frogesque says some plants like special conditions.I have about 35 large pots, with a sand/compost mix in...

Hi again. If it was a present, then somebody has been ripped off if that is the state it was in when delivered-- only jokingSince a lot of these plants have now been micro- propogated by the millions they can be bought for between �£9.99-and �£14.99 they are now quite reasonable, though if...

If you want anyother information or want the details of any of the bamboos pictured just PM me.BM

Excellent, always thought it smelled tasty.

That must be why we hear a "plop" when we walk by then...

.... well, what do you expect for a Bank Holiday!!!!????

Roses, roses, roses! Warm and sunny yesterday - rain and wind today! Plants do have to be tough don't they!Despite the rain - the roses are well under way now and that does mean Summer This is an unidentified yellow climber trained on the house walland this is Rosa rugosa that makes a...

after ordering a full set of tools on May 3rd [order confirmed], i sent two emails this week asking what was happening, there was no reply i phoned the company and was told that the order labels went to the warehouse on May 22nd, and that there was no manager who could deal with this, and the...

What cold - here it was T shirt and shorts weather - glorious :DBut yes summer is acoming -

So sad for you poor Essex boys! Interesting to read all the chat about Global Warning and etc. my difficulty is in understanding the reality of it all at the same time as the economic divide between the rich/poor and haves/have nots continues to grow. It's OK being 'old' but you have to fear...

It seems to me that Chelsea is a bit 'overdone' by the BBC - have been once or twice but given up being pushed about all day. My feelings are a bit mixed but seeing out of season plants with those in season worries me since we cannot reproduce that sort of thing at home. Hampton Court is to my...

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Think the plant you're after is Fuchsia magellanica. My mum calls them dancing ladies (after she's had a couple) and there's a reference to it in Flora Brittanica.

Ive pruned pieris japonica hybrids all through the summer although never hard, just tidying. They take very well to it, it keeps them bushy. In my experience they aren't as fussy about soil as creativepaul above suggests. They will grow fine in neutral to mildly alkaline conditions like...