nutcutlet

Alternative lawn

Grass is the only plant that can take traffic, other 'lawns' look pretty but aren't for walking on

seed trouble

Hi Buttercup

Seed sowing can be a bit hit and miss til you get the hang of it. I've been at it for yearsand still get failures. I should have another go, we're into good growing weather now, plenty of light and warmth.

Where did you sow your seeds? and when.

I find poppies best sown direct into the soil, rudbeckias do Ok in pots/tray.

The ones that don't flower this year can be planted out if they big enough and hardy enough to go through the winter. Echinacea and sea holly might be best kept in pots. Sea holly doesn't like to be too wet and echinacea is a bit iffy.

I'd always lost ehinacea up til this winter. I was advised on this forum to dig it up and put it in the cold GH. I did that and I still have an echinacea. 

deep pink epimedium

Lovely collection of photos on the second link Silver surfer, thank you

deep pink epimedium

Thanks Marion, it does look like rubrum. It seems quite tough, it's not in good soil but has spread quite well.

deep pink epimedium

I bought this one at an open garden years ago and have never identified it. Any ideas?

Philadelphus 'Mrs E.L. Robinson'

Pity it's not followed up by wise action Verdun

Philadelphus 'Mrs E.L. Robinson'

I spend a lot of time worying about the 'right place' Verdun. At the same time my brain does know that if I've put it in the wrong place it can be moved, and that it would be better planted somewhere than left in a pot.

couch grass

If it kills couch grass it kills grass. It won't diferentiate between species

Wilting lavender - help!

When  a pot gets really full of roots it's hard to get enough water to them unless you stand them in water as LG suggests. I'd pull the roots about a bit to get them out of the spiral of pot life, dig the hole, put it in then pour at least half a can of water round it before back filling then water the surface after. OTT? maybe, but I don't lose many plants to dehydration

Slugs may destroy my life

You're current list of plants looks much more slug proof Rc. Don't give up, just get tough stuff, make a different sort of garden.

The map

Toms in the cold GH

wild cherry, what's up with it

deep pink epimedium

moderator

Aquilegia discolor

When will I learn?

Does anyone recognise this

What have I got here?

iris unguicularis

seed swap mark 2

good effect of a wet summer

Aldi garden stuff

daffs gone blind

Can't garden so reading the books