susan hughes

Calla lily

They came off in my daughter's hand when she was 'titivating'.  I'm hoping the corm/bulb is OK and that the plant will grow back in a few months time.

Calla lily

The leaves and stem have fallen off my indoor calla lily.  Will they grow back, and how do I look after it?

Anemone wild swan

I've ordered mine from Hayloft Plants - 3 for £18.50 or 5 for £24.00.  These will be supplied as young plants from July 2013 - can't wait.

Beware of Parkers Bulbs. .

I have bought from J Parkers for about 4/5 years now since I had my garden re-done.  Because I needed flowers/colour quickly, I bought from this company as they are cheap and generally sell bog-standard types of plants, although they are small and need nurturing.  I have had fairly good results considering the smallness of the plants,but on a couple of occasions the plants have died, despite me giving them my best efforts.  Earlier this year I planted 25 Quickthorn as I needed hedging and all but 9 have died.  JP told me I should have contacted them earlier.  That's fine,but with such new and young plants their time scale for complaint is  very poor, but not as poor as their responses.  I have now asked them to delete my details from their records.   Also the free lily bulbs have never appeared!

Anemone wild swan

I am about to purchase some.  Aren't they beautiful?

Aftercare of geums

My Geums (Mrs Bradshaw) have flowered wonderfully for months,and are still going.  I do deadhead them very regularly and sometimes the new buds are very small indeed, but after a few days produce lovely flowers.  I also pull out those stes that are beginning to go brown. I don't water them unless we have had a prolonged spell of hot, rainfree weather (not much of that this year!).  I had three new plug plants this year, and they have done quite well, and I expect them to do even better over the next couple of years.

Lobelia

I have three Queen Victoria plants, divided from the original a couple of years ago.  Earlier in the year I gave a cutting that had broken off to my sister.  My three plants are thriving, as was my sister's.  However, the other morning she noticed it had been literally torn to shreds.  There was virtually nothing left of it, including the thick stem.  This happened overnight.  The other plants close by are not affected.  What on earth could be the cause?

Calla lily

Lobelia