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Mystery Plant

On 03/01/2013 in forum

, the following names I don't no, maybe someone can help... album 1. "whatever" ? 2."ornamental grass"? 3."lily,a nice one"?Is it a lily? 4."unknown 30cm fruit"? No one Thai see this fruit before, many I ask, but nobody know them, but is growing on my land... 5.I


ANTS

On 29/06/2012 in forum

-are you talking about a bag of potting compost or a garden compost bin? Ants love a dry compost bin -if it is wet they go elsewhere I too have recently suffered from an ants nest in one of my Dalek composting bins, where I had put some grass divots


Late-summer colour

On 20/10/2011 in Plant features: Flowers

. Don't overlook ornamental grasses, which can lift a border into the designer league. And don't forget to grow a few spare plants in pots, so you can slot them into gaps that may appear in a scheme.A diverse choiceAlso known as montbretia


Plants for small gardens

On 20/10/2011 in Plant features: Structural

.Sedum spectabileSnowdrops are the first of the spring bulbs to emerge after winter. They prefer heavy soils, and are ideal for naturalising in grass. Transplant them 'in the green' after they have flowered, as dry bulbs do not establish well. Height and spread 15cm


Talkback: To chop or not to chop?

On 28/11/2011 in forum

the plants and cover with mulch? Madame Gummidge, a pleasure to hear from you. Nectaroscordum can indeed be planted in pots but I would suggest that they would look better alongside something else- they look particularly fine with taller ornamental grasses


North Facing

On 11/02/2013 in forum

, aquliegias, thalictrums, hemerocallis, phlox, hardy geraniums, sedums, peonies, rheums, roses, persicaria, iris, ornamental grasses in the carex and miscanthus families and many more. We also have a veg patch which does very well with rhubarb, soft fruits


Talkback: Planting seeds and germination

On 28/11/2011 in forum

) in the coldframe outside from March without any heating. Seed packs are rose campian, cosmos, deliah, Agastache cana, Campanula Rockery ,Eryngium leavenworthii, Lysimachia atropurpurea, Papaver, Primula ,Sedum Rock Garden Mixed, Verbena bonariensis, Grass


Talkback: Newts

On 28/11/2011 in forum

LUCKY TO HAVE TWO PONDS AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE FISH IN BOTH OF THEM I ALSO GET NEWTS FROGS AND SOME TIMES THE GRASS SNAKES COME FOR A SWIM AND A BITE TO EAT .THEY ALSO COME WHEN THEY SHED THERE SKINS . when is the best time to clear all the leafs from my


Sambuca Nigra

On 30/06/2012 in forum

Obxx.    Good luck with yours. I have to sort out my daughters garden it is very waterlogged, so I have bought a golden sambuca, some carex grasses, Lobelia cardinalis anything else that will do well in these conditions Astilbes, hemerocallis, chelone


Lost and found in your garden

On 07/04/2013 in forum

dark). The following year they didn't show up so I thought they snuffed it but oh no. They are back this year as is the ornamental alliums that I thought died last winter (or at leate there is something oniony popping up where they where). Finally one


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