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Talkback: My five favourite dahlias
garden with one side orange and the other side red. The colours split the flower bloom completely down the middle. Is this rare? I have a photo of it. Sue J: It is very uncommon to have such a chrysanthemum: according to this article it only happens about by Gardenbabe
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28/11/2011 18:41:19
by I Love Dahlias
Talkback: Courgettes and marrows
my courgettes this year have produced only male flowers so the yield has been almost nil can anyone suggest a way to get more produce. I have grown Courgettes since the early 70's when the local farmers kept telling me you had to grow marrows by poplars
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28/11/2011 18:39:14
by Novice veggie grower
Advice for a novice
with grape hyacinth bulbs...bright blue flowers for long period. Heucheras are available in foliage colours from purple to red to orange to yellow to almost white. What about a dwarf conifer or heather? Lavender, rosemary and thyme or scent........... I by Stewart Forward
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31/07/2012 20:56:07
by quercus_rubur
Hanging/trailing plants in full shade - any advice?
. Snowdrops are out at the moment and hyacinths. Hello I think that for colourful ground cover or even for hanging baskets Nasturium, they have a lovely orange and yellow flowers the self seed and come back on their own AND their edible !!!! a nice little by Hogroast2
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11/02/2013 09:25:46
by Hogroast2
passion flower
HI all,can anyboby tell me if the passion flower plants all bare  fruit, i used to have one with terrific smallish orange sweet  fruit about the size of a satsuma ,now iv moved i want to get another but am told that only Passiflora Edulis gets fruit by Alan4711
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20/02/2013 10:57:40
by Alan4711
Talkback: Snowdrop season
been in flower for more than a month but the problem is I don't know which variety it is (I inherited the garden a few years ago with mature planting); it seems too orange to be Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane' but not sure what else. Can I submit by James A-S
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28/11/2011 18:37:51
by Dai Bach
Wilko,s
after them very well and a lot dry out through lack of watering and care. Makes me very angry and I usually end up telling them. I've also haggled with them. I managed to get an Orange Dream acer for 50p years ago - it had been marked down to £1 because by Alan4711
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21/02/2013 12:03:43
by Flower bird
Crocosmia
is ordinary garden soil - what am I doing wrong?   Una. Do you know the varieties? I have a large bright orange one that seems to cope with anything, but the smaller pale orange one has struggled and finally given up the ghost this year. Hello, Usually by Supernanauna
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06/08/2012 17:18:02
by christopher2
Talkback: Ladybirds
Leaving aside whether or not ladybirds are good or bad, there are nearly 30 different species in the UK. A good visual guide can be found hereThere is an 'orange' ladybird, Halyzia sedecimguttata, and several other pale pinky ones.Also, common 7 by Imcoho
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28/11/2011 18:31:26
by barbarahouse@hotmail
Talkback: The field maple
this year i only had a few flowers any reason why ? If you are anywhere near a native hedge look out for the spindle trees. They are just opening their pink fruits to reveal their orange berries - how Fauvist is that? by happymarion
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28/11/2011 18:41:27
by sheepandlambs