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Moving plants.
I have some rather large squash vines that have gone mental, But we are moving :| How well do they transplant ? We can't leave them as we need to put the garden back to the way it was and its such a shame to rip them up and dump them.
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Greater quaking grass, Briza maxima
I noticed this growing in a deserted council border on a public corner and it's looks charming.I'm in need of a some tall moving plants now I've got the majority of the trees and shrubs in plus this year some Verbenas and suchBut I understand it self seeds.Would it be a nightmare to introduce this into a tightly packed…
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Peonies
We have an umber of Peonies in the garden, i am reluctant to get rid of them but i am struggling to love them. Each year they come up in spring and give us a beautiful display of flowers which lasts about 2 weeks. However by June the leaves start to go red and blotchy and they become a half dead mess and makes my borders…
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Looking for a decent lawnmower (electric)
Our existing Qualcast Powertrak 34 mower has just packed in after many many years of good service. I think it's time to get a new one, basically to keep two small lawns short and tidy What would folk here recommend as a decent brand please ? The Bosch Rotak models look to be a similar type to our previous one, but some of…
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MSE offer 28 April 2021... Best Value Perennial Collection
Has anyone received a delivery of the Suttons Best Value Perennial Collection which was offered in the weekly email of 28th April? Suttons have sent me dispatch dates of 7th May and 31st May and have now "improved" their website so I cannot even see my original order.
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Brand new lawn - is this annual meadow grass?
Hi all, First time in this board as I'm not a garden person, but that will now change as we now have a brand new lawn that I'd like to take care of. We laid the new turf (approx 50sqm) on Friday, and by Sunday I saw these sprouting up all over. Is this annual meadow grass or is it part of the lawn? I understand that you…
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Gardening Express
Just a word of warning about this company. I was searching online and found their website in 2006. I was doing my garden and needed a large number of plants, and was looking for good speciments at reasonable prices. Looking through their website I was so excited to find some lovely plants for small prices. The delivery…
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Moving water butts by using a rainpod max. Anybody tried one before...?
Looking to move my water butts away from the house to the end of the garden. I found rainpod max that looks like it will work just wondering if anybody has tried one before. I should be able to have loads (well 5 at least) of water butts linked together as I have space at the end of the garden and not by the house where…
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Fence trellis topper
Hi I just wondered if anybody has added trellis fence topper to their fence and how hard it was?! I saw some post extensions on eBay but these seem to be for concrete posts but our posts are wooden and cut at an angle. (Photo attached) Our fence is 5 foot tall and we would like to add height for privacy but looking for the…
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Sutton Bedding Plants offer is damp squib
In April I thought I would take advantage of the discount code on MSE for 72 bedding plants for £15.99 plus £4.99 postage. I correctly assumed that these would be in high demand as I headed over to their website. Placing the order was troublesome to say the least having to submit and reload pages time after time, but…
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Replacement cord for lopper?
The cord on my extending lopper has perished - Lidl - so I need to get some more cord to replace it with but haven’t a scooby which one. B&Q only seemed to have some polypropylene stuff which looked like it would remove most of the skin from my hands (I dislike wearing garden gloves unless for brambles etc.) Any…
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Geranium expresso?
Has anyone experience of geranium expresso? I like the look of it and thought it would look good with the Pinks in my garden. https://www.gardenia.net/plant/geranium-maculatum-espresso#:~:text=Noted for its unusual chocolate leaves, Geranium maculatum,pale purplish-pink flowers, adorned with a creamy-white center. Saw it…
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Is this St John's Wort?
Hi everyone, can anyone tell me whether this is St John's Wort? Can't see any perforations in the leaves. Many thanks
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Weeds and Vegetable Plot
We have a small vegetable plot. Last year we grew potatoes in one half of it and brassicas/legumes/salad in the other half. This year, due to more urgent house renovations/other stuff, we haven't planted anything although we did get rid of the weeds and dug the whole plot over when we had time and inclement weather. The…
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lawnmower
i have a wheeled lawnmower at the moment but due to old age struggle to push it i am thinking of getting a hover mower are they easier to use & can anyone recommend one willing to pay up to £80 also need a garden vacuum aswell.thanks
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Greengages splitting
So it's a dwarf tree planted 18mts ago and this is it's first year with fruit. Not too many and evenly spaced they were doing well but, like the plums, they seem to be hard green skins and not ripening. The temperatue with this heat wave can be 35C in the back garden but they are in a spot to get enough sun but shade from…
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Can anyone identify please?
Found these growing in the hedge.
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Hose pipes?
I've got a green reinforced one at the moment but it squidges down on reel or looped over tap had have to get the whole lot out for the water to run. Are there any that stay round and don't collapse when looped around something? The garden is hot so this doesn't help. I wondered if the strong looking yellow ones at the…
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Cheapest method to clear ground at my allotment
I have an allotment. It's quite large and there's a lot of weeds. I want to kill off as much of the unwanted plant life as I can by covering it and leaving it for a year. I need to use tarp or black plastic or something. What's the cheapest way of doing this without having to worry about plants breaking through the…
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Birds away from garden
How can I get rid of birds to my garden. My garden has trees so birds comes I don’t want them to come because: * They make to much noise and it can be diffult to sleep. * There’s a bluebird who walks up and down the windowsill, lucky the window was closed, what if it comes in are they dangerous…and how can I get rid of…
