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Screening in pots
Hi all, We're overlooked from a 1st floor window at the back and want to plant something at the rear to give us some cover. It would need to grow to 3-4m. We want an evergreen hedge/tree and googling gives me various options like laurel and photinia, possibly bamboo. The thing is they would need to be in pots - can…
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Are there any issues with vines on houses?
Hello Everyone, I live in the city in a very built up area. I love plants and stuff or any greenery. I have these vines on my house. Please see picture below. I love them and let them grow. I trim them from time to time. https://snag.gy/GFy6WD.jpg However, I am wondering if there is any potential issues with having vines…
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Seasonal gardening reductions in stores
Thought this thread might be useful to others. Please post any seasonal reductions you spot. For instance, approx 3 wèeks ago in £land , lots of shrubs and summer flowering bulb and plant packs were on sale at 50p. I bought buddliea and deutzia....both doing well, also blueberry....no signs of life at all. Today in ALDI I…
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Need bedding plants - what and where to buy?
Hey Gardeners, Very novice gardener here. We haven't really had a garden for the last 18 months but have a new patio and am tackling the main garden for weeds and whatnot. That leaves me with 2 long bedding areas; probably 2 foot wide by 10 meters long. Just pure soil now. I'd like to get them looking nice but literally no…
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How can I kill off tree stumps please
As title really, I had some trees cut down and now the stumps have branches / twigs spouting out of them again. I don't want them growing and would like to get rid. They are hardwood trees. Any advice please
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Jersey Royals
I today purchased so jersey royal potatoes from my local supermarket that were greatly reduced as nobody wanted them to 35p and thought it worth a punt to see what they tasted like. In my opinion they greatly overestimated and have been associated by a lot of Bu***hit surrounded by them as I consider they taste the same as…
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Which hose reel?
Hi, We have quite a long garden and recently bought a 30m stainless steel hose pipe. Does anyone have any suggestions for a reel that would fit it? We did try one but the nozzle wouldn't fit through.
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Mini indoor greenhouse - recommnend me a plant!
I've just picked up a mini pyramid greenhouse from a charity shop, like the one here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Garden-Style-24-111-Pyramid-Greenhouse/dp/B00BMUFB6U I plan to hang it in the bathroom so am looking for a plant that is (and stays) quite small plus would enjoy humid conditions. It won't be in bright sunlight.…
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Potatoes in sacks
1st time by this method - 3 or 5 per sack, growing well, but jungly. Many lush stems are taller than me, some snapping, tumbling over. Don't I want less above ground, for better crop below? 1st flowers appearing. Past garden practice was to let normal foliage die down, post-flowering, before digging. Comments and advice…
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Best Grass Seed
Been researching and it baffling with the 'best' grass seed to purchase to create a new lawn. I am looking for the following characteristics but it may have to be a compromise. Low maintenance, low susceptibility to weeds and disease Slow growing, so don't need to mow it often Low water requirements, ideally just watered…
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Putting In Decking. Poison Ground?
Planning to put a bit of decking in over some stones. It fairly regularly sees weeds, so thinking I should water in some poison a few days before putting it in. Is there anything else I should do? Thanks!
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Cleavers, Sticky Willy, or Galium Aparine
There's been a huge increase in this weed throughout my area of Devon this year. I wonder if others have observed similar rampantness? It's been widespread for long time and very successful in normal years, without drawing too much attention to itself, but I can't account for the dramatic difference this year. It doesn't…
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Earwigs
Has anyone had or have experience of getting rid of earwigs in your garden? I went into the garden the other night to find 100's of the blasted things all over my plants. We spent years battling slugs/snail infestations and have only just managed to get on top of that, only to now have a new pest devouring our garden.…
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Health rose bush - leaves going yellow?
Hi All, Please could anyone confirm why a newly planted rose bush might have started turning yellow? I planted 2 rose bushes in good quality compost (J Arthur Bowers multi-purpose compost with 4-6 wk feed) about 3 weeks ago...its healthy and has lots of buds but have noticed the lower level leaves are turning yellow? Any…
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Disappearing Alliums!
During the spring of 2018 we planted around 30 alliums (mostly Purple Sensation) amongst a similar number of box balls/pyramids on a well-drained, slightly sloping site in our new-to-us garden. That first summer they flowered and all was well. This spring only approximately 18 of the alliums came up, which was obviously…
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Help needed: Laurel plants
Hi, Please could any of the "Greenfinger" experts give me a little advice....I have 7ft Laurel bushes that have been growing very well but have limited soil depth in the area where they were planted due to previous owner laying grass/borders over a concrete path. The way I've got round this is by building "raised" borders…
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Help with gooseberries
My 4 red gooseberries have been decimated by what I think is gooseberry sawfly (never saw any, but looking at pictures they've definitely been eaten and the damage looks identical). My fault, I suppose, health hasn't been brilliant and I didn't check on them as I normally do. Not a single leaf remains; just the stalks of…
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Anti-Burglar Bush!
I had a face looking through my window at 3.00 am a few days ago which has made me motivated to try and put an obstacle on the dirt outside to prevent this sort of tampering. I wanted to plant something like a Berberis (Japanese Barberry) or Pyracantha but my cousin reckons planting anything that close to the house will…
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Moving shrubs/trees
We are planning to have a patio area and some raised beds put in our garden as well as possibly pushing back the strangely very large, deep border, it's currently about 6 meters deep and i reckon I could keep a cow in there and lose it for a week in the shrubs. We will take the opportunity to put some drainage in whilst at…
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Managed to grow spring onions from Seeds
Well after trying for a couple of year to grow spring onions I have managed to grow seedlings and planted them in a raised bed, so far they are settling in well. Tried various soil compost combos, sewing direct into the raised beds, square pots, round pots (I know it makes no sense) Finally I started them in the greenhouse…
