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Hello Kevin, The photo is of Iris Ensata. I grow them but mine are white with a yellow throat. No problem to lift them when you get back into the garden and replant about 5cms ( 2 ins ) deep. They like a fair bit of moisture to grow at their best. Hmm well mine should be extremely happy...

You are going to struggle its just the nature of climbing plants to be bare at the base while their heads are in the sun . Try and keep them more on a more diagonal angle 45 degrees to try and stimulate buds lower down, this will slow down the plant growing up , its not something I've done with...

When I lived in Oz, I grew gardinarium (?) in full sun, but with a cool root run. They did get sun scortched in summer, but flowered profusely. My current garden changes continually, as I chuck plants that don't 'fit', and I'm quite ruthless about it. I do apologise to the plant before I bin...

I have seeds for Mesembryanthemum crystallinum to try this year.I usually do hanging pots for a friend and wondered if anyone here has grown them. If they work well on hanging pots and any tips you can offer to help me get some success.Many thanks. Lori

Place some stones at the bottom of the pot this keeps the soil in and helps drainage.

The other stem on the Amarylis over 2 ft tall...

@Andrew Funnell are you coming back?

I think they'd have gone up from where they were, yes - if folks were allowed to choose as the products themselves improved (see the difference between a Gen 1 and Gen 2 Taycan as an example) then many folks would adopt them naturally as they can make sense to some. As it stands, with the cost...

Some of my neighbours employ a dodgy looking window cleaner with a fancy van and fancy prices. Strangely he always seems to appear when it’s raining .

I thought solomans seal is poisonous

I remember from when I was a kid, in the videogame minecraft, if you right click with the bonemeal on a small tree it will instantly become a mature 10m tree. So use it carefully!!!

Another good place to get unusual plants used to be the old traditional town market or annual fair where you might get the hobby growers with just a small table of surplus whatever. The annual Seed Fair (26th March) and Honey Fair (13th September) in Conwy are still pretty good for this. (The...