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Talkback: Impatiens downy mildew

On 03/07/2012 in forum

begonias so purchased / grew all Busy Lizzies this year and lost most of them; so the North West has had problems too! I my husbands busy lizzies are also the same as the others reported. Does the soil need to be treated as he has found one of his wall


Talkback: Oriental hellebore

On 28/11/2011 in forum

it there though and we can see them from the window. Mine are mostly dark coloured (one is almost black) and I have planted snowdrops among them. A lovely contrast. Later in the year I will plant some little begonias there for the summer. I shall be leaving


Talkback: Gardening mistakes

On 28/11/2011 in forum

://www.orchidcarezone.com/orchid-care-biggest-mistakes/ Can anyone suggest what I do with my lovely colourful begonias in flower at this time before the frost knocks them for a six ?Will they survive to be re-planted next year ? Forgetmenot: You could take cuttings or bring them into a greenhouse. Thanks


Blackbirds

On 26/07/2012 in forum

had a quick peep and found a half built nest in a box of begonias When I used to work in the same garden centre we always had a Robins nest and Pied Wagtails nest somewhere in the garden centre  Once there was a Bluetits nest inside a roll of wire


What can I grow in a greenhouse...

On 22/02/2013 in forum

enjoy yourself this year-I absolutely love my greenhouses - I grow tomatoes,peppers,chillies,aubergine ,cucumbers and 7 or 8 kinds of Basil's in the largest greenhouse,pot plants e.g begonias,streptocarpus,gloxinias,Archimedes etc. in what I call the new


Talkback: Top 10 plants for a dream garden

On 07/03/2013 in forum

Sedums 4 poppies 5 Cornflowers 6 foxgloves 7 Nicotinias 8 Daffodils 9 iris 10 Begonias   opps forgot to say why, basically becuae I grow them from seed and they need very little attention and look amazzing.  I have loads of other stuff, I never use


Talkback: Most hated plants

On 05/06/2012 in forum

close and appreciate them for what they are - gems! Same goes for Dahlias, and as for Begonias - well, I am well and truly hooked! Keep an open mind, I say!! Muscari is my absolute hate plant. A couple of plants arrived in my garden (birds?) 20 years


Talkback: Coal tits

On 12/12/2011 in forum

Begonias were the most fruitful plant I had, however I am attempting to make it live longer so I brought indoors, I don't want it to die :(however I believe it's dying, it's growing a sort of white later in its leaves, like fungus, will it die anyway? also


Plants still in flower

On 13/02/2012 in forum

the garden far more than is usual in January.   I have even mown the lawn!   It seems a strange time of year to be dead-heading summer flowers!     However, the frosts over the last few days have put paid to the begonias, marigolds and nasturtiums, so I have


window boxes are a wash out this year

On 08/08/2012 in forum

the weather. I've already had their  first show and they are really bushy.   yes Kate I did the same thing in the end - which sort of cancelled out the economising of the seed growing! My garden centre were selling things like begonias usually $3.99 for £1


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