I was a little shocked at the size of the little beasties Jenny, the ones in the link are from an American site but these that I found were almost...
Today I stumbled on what can only be described as 'mini-me's' of the queen alien in the Alien films :snork:, these things were huge, colossal in...
Look for one called Electric Pink Val, its a clump forming variety and despite its tropical appearance it is winter hardy :)...
I have to agree with Kristen, I have a Sambucus racemosa aurea that is waiting to be planted, it is more robust than Sutherland's gold, which in...
My variegated Mock Orange (Philadelphus) that I grew from a cutting just 3 years ago is looking stunning, its smothered in flowers and emitting a...
I picked mine up from a grocers/florist, all their plants were pristine and obviously cared for :)
Quite pleased with myself today as I picked up a lovely healthy Canna Pretoria specimen of approx 30 inches in height and with several stems for...
Hi, here's a link that will provide a few ideas which will help, it wont be easy though, good luck :) http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=293
Same here, never been refused a cutting yet, doesn't harm to ask :snork:I've grown dozens of the variegated version from cuttings from the...
Here are a couple of photos of the first Pterostyrax flowers opening a couple of days ago - stunning, each panicle/raceme is about 6 inches in...
I've been waiting a while for this 'beauty' to open and today it has, stunning!!....................a word that can't be used to describe its...
Joolz got to agree with you about snails, its by far the worst year I can remember for them, there's hundreds of the little blighters, they're...
Canna altensteinii is another with large leaves and I have got it to 10-11ft in a single season from seed, producing a huge clump :)
Something of a frog invasion today :biggrin:, there's always been 4 or 5 frogs in the pond but today I counted no fewer than 16!, from little ones...
I have the golden leafed form, I bought it as a young plant from EBay for about £3, worth a look.When mines put on a bit more growth this summer...
I have tied the worst affected branches to the highest point on the main trunk today which has helped a lot, so hopefully things will be OK,...
:hpybtd::autlvs::hpybtd::partytime: Have a great day
We're lucky to have the market here as well as a couple of farm shops, a couple of florists that stock a lot of plants and one of my favourite...
When I used to live at my parents house I grew a Musa Basjoo that reached an impressive 8-9ft and had 5 main stems as well as dozens of 'babies',...
Update....Well the Pterostyrax is covered in flower buds which should open very soon, however the news is not so good with the Xanthoceras, that...
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