I hope the "scrap metal merchants" over there have a big truck!
We had rain overnight! 9mm, which isn't loads but it's almost as much as we got in the whole of April. Whether we'll get any more over the next...
More of the same here (dry), but fingers and everything else crossed for overnight/early tomorrow morning :fingers crossed: (OK so it's not...
Bah humbug! The possibility of rain on Saturday has all but disappeared and it's looking less likely for Sunday and Monday. What's the point of a...
I believe the "pom pom" effect is achieved by cloud pruning, not the natural growth habit, so it might need some maintenance to keep the shape...
My favourite parts of the TV coverage are the segments in the marquee looking at the plants (preferably presented by Carol Klein but I don't know...
Is that brown autumn leaves, or fresh green ones?If brown, you have no "green" stuff in there so it won't compost in the normal way (I believe...
Annual forget-me-not pulling-out is ongoing. They're going over early this year, I assume due to the drought.
I'm not keen on the stripy effect. I don't like Rosa mundi either, but I can see the appeal for those who like that look and want a...
Too expensive and too crowded for me. I've set my freeview box to record the TV coverage, so I'll have a better view of the gardens and...
Feeling cooler today, 13C, and cloudy (but still no rain). Forecast to warm up later when the sun comes out.
I think gardeners want some rain in the spring and summer but others don't really. Then they wonder why there's a hosepipe ban and they can't wash...
To be honest I would just pick off the biggest pebbles and the one that looks like a lump of cement. Small to middling stones help with drainage....
Same as yesterday - cloudy start, sun just starting to break through.
The curled-over tops to the flower spikes look normal to me. Mind you I have free-draining sandy soil so maybe they've never grown "properly" here...
Anyone who doesn't want their rain, send it here!
My mother shops regularly in their small local branch of Asda. If there isn't a staffed till open she finds an assistant and asks them to open...
I hope you're right, Simone (and I hope some of it makes it beyond the south and west of the UK!)
Still dry. This is beyond boring now.
No more than one per pot, and be prepared to move them on to bigger pots if you keep them for further years. I grew some from seed some years ago...
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