Plantsman, that is a fabulous site!
I can sympathise - my ladybird poppies look as though they have had a fight with a strimmer. I wouldn't mind so much, but I've spent a fortune on...
I have never seen geums fail to flourish - and they are very cheery! Very nice mixed with ajuga and london pride at this time of year. Both of...
Thanks Wilroda - you get these advice symbols saying where plants grow best (ie full sun for a lilac), but the plants don't know that, do they?...
Hi thereMy dear husband has cleared out an area of gravel in our garden and I now have the lovely dilemma of planting it. It gets morning sun...
Sticky willy to me too! Or cleavers.
Christopher Lloyd (my garden god) recommended erigeron in paving cracks. He also reckoned that the best way to get plants going in paving was to...
You are not wrong about the additives, Scotkat. My mother-in-law is obsessed by air fresheners - plug-ins, sprays and those mad things that puff...
I've just been for a wander round my sunny spring-y garden. Doesn't it do your heart good? Damson blossom is getting ready to open and even the...
I use the BioD stuff - the disinfectant has a lovely clean eucalyptus smell and is very concentrated. Lasts for ages.
I went to the Harrogate Spring Flower Show yesterday - lots of avens and lots of poppies.Best thing was watching 4x4s being pulled out of the...
Have a look on ebay - there is one guy who sells nothing else but bare root. I got some earlier this year and he sent loads of rhizome for a few...
Hi AntheusMy convululus cneorum started looking really sick last year, so I watered it with Seasol (liquid seaweed) solution for a few weeks...
Gaz, I got mine from Shrubs Direct on-line http://www.shrubsdirect.com/They only deliver by the palette load, though, so delivery is a shocker....
Sounds sensible.Thanks!
I put two in last autumn and there is still not a sign of life on them - they literally look like sticks in the ground. I have a couple of other...
I love muscari and alchemilla. But the purple colour of aubretia sets my teeth on edge, and multicoloured polyanthus bedding plants give me a...
I paid �£115 for 2 tons of topsoil/compost mix from a local supplier, including delivery. Good quality stuff, though. Some stuff I bought the...
My favourites:1. Winter Aconite - roders (so vivid and well focussed) 2. Slippery Slope - Paladin 3. Snowdrops - Marge
I like Ebay as well, especially if they are coming from another garden rather than a nursery. I just like the idea! [img]Crocus isn't cheap,...
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