This morning I posted in 'word association' the word 'soup'- as a result I am now pronounced to be a Gardening Expert! Would that real life were...
Most people seem to have no trouble growing wisteria. Over the years I have bought plants, tried layering and cuttings from established plants,...
Has anyone signed up for this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/ You can sign up and use free computer time to take part in a...
I have found a site that does small plants, hardly more than rooted cuttings, very cheaply and with a good variety of stock. Has anyone tried it?...
My daughter has a little courtyard garden in London. After pruning her Bay tree somewhat hard last year, it has got what looks exactly like the...
Hi all, Now I have a greenhouse what seeds can I plant in it? It is heated to keep it frost free. I have usually had to wait at least another...
Help! My bad dogs have managed to knock over one of my christmas cactuses. It is in full flower and the bits they have knocked off are quite...
Just finished reading 'The Natural Gardener' by Val Bourne, from the library. Actually published in 2004 but new to me- such a nice book I shall...
Hi to all the huge plant lovers [mainly men I notice :D ] Last year I bought a tree fern which is doing OK so I thought I would like another...
Once again my begonia corms have all rotted. Usually I manage to keep one or two, but when I checked them today they had all gone brown inside,...
:confused: My greenhouse max and min thermometer is showing a minimum temperature of -7 degrees. This is 1degree warmer than the outside min....
I ventured out into the garden today, and had a poke around in my barrel to see if anything was showing signs of life after 2 days with min. temp...
I had confidently put my busy lizzies in the greenhouse, expecting them to survive temps. down to freezing... sadly they didn't. I only managed to...
Thanks for info about perfumed winter plants. I'm now drooling over catalogues again for osmanthus, daphne, and mahonia. Has anyone got sarcocca...
Hi all, I've been looking at winter flowering plants and would appreciate some advice. I have found 2 honeysuckles, fragrantissima and purposii...
Hi Pete, I have been using tomato juice for about a year without ever thinking about how it works. So when you asked I googled and found this:-...
I have just received what I hope is the first of many items- a catalogue from Jungle Seeds. It is a joy as it has pictures... I can't recall...
Next to my large barrel, I have a smaller one filled with large pebbles, water, and plants. The plants are red Lobelia and Houttuynia submerged in...
I have not got a pond, as my garden is very long, narrow and on a pronounced slope. So I have got a large barrel containg 2 waterlilies, water...
Being a disorganised person, when I moved I lost the labels on 6 plants grown from cutting of my black and red currants. Has anyone any idea about...
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