Wyeboy's Outbox
Wyeboy's Outbox
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10 Oct, 2008
You will have to physically dig it out , if it is as you describe.
On question - How do I get rid of a plant?
10 Oct, 2008
Plant your hedge( I prefer a mixed natural hedge thorn, nut etc.with some dog rose) Let it grow to a good strong height and the stake and pleach it. I grew a very good hedge in 4 years by planting thorn whips, after planting cut them off to a third of their height , they then bush out and when they get to the height you what cut them again and every year after wards just trim like any hedge. It is an art and it is not easy you must have a good 'eye'!!
On question - pleaching hedge
8 Oct, 2008
Make sure you plant them in a hot sunny spot preferably at the base of a wall, the ones in pots would be better now planted out but do not divide if you want flowers next year.
On question - nerines
7 Oct, 2008
Well done Spritz, who would have thought a caterpillar good generate 14 replies!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!
On question - The Very Hungry Caterpillar?
7 Oct, 2008
I think it is the weather and they look as if they have had a lot of feeding? Which would help to produce the lush growth they are showing.
On question - PENSTEMON
7 Oct, 2008
You could try turning the flowers away from the light, mine then start going towards the light. It is very difficult to keep them straight , I try to do it by tieing to a stake as it grows. Whenit has finished flowering cut it off just above that brown mark I can see on the stem. With any luck it will send out another shoot there, and one day it will send a new shoot from the bottom. Be patient though!!!
On question - How to Look After Orchids
7 Oct, 2008
I think it was just a bad summer for them. Are they congested in their pots. I don't think they like being in pots for years on end.
On question - no flowers
7 Oct, 2008
Gardening is a very personal thing. I would suggest you visit lots of other gardens. At this time of the year go into their websites, lots of gardens have very good photos. Buy some good illustrated books and also some easy to understand practical books. Join a local garden club if possible. And if you can, learn Latin names of plants ,it opens up a whole new perspective on plants, and lastly visit this site, not only will you pick up lots of tips ,you will realise what a lot of different ideas are around. By the way, gerberas to me are for flower shops and flower arrangers!!! There you are, Scot kat loves them, I don't!!!!!
On question - flowers
7 Oct, 2008
Possibly a fungi of some sort , there is one that resembles a phallus, but it is white and has a ghastly smell. Posting a photo it may help to identify it.
On question - what is the plant
6 Oct, 2008
All leaves have a lifespan, when will people get this basic fact about plants in general.
On question - banana
5 Oct, 2008
If you keep it as a shrub you will never have beans, it has to be about 15 to 20 years old I think before it would produce flowers and beans.
On question - What this plants name please?
3 Oct, 2008
Sorry. We moved house 2 years ago , I now have a very small garden with pots and gravel. I dug up the lily and gave it to a very good friend.
On question - White Kaffir lily
3 Oct, 2008
I was lucky enough to go to Highgrove a few years back and bought one there. They now have a shop in Tetbury perhaps they have it there. Have you thought of looking in RHS Plantfinder ,I am sure it is there.?
On question - White Kaffir lily
1 Oct, 2008
Agyranthemum var. probably Barbara Wootton but it seems a darker pink.
On question - Pink Daisy
1 Oct, 2008
I think it is a tree called Catalpa Bignoniodes. You can keep it as a shrub by cutting it hard back in the Spring, that way you get very big leaves.Common name Indian Bean Tree
On question - What this plants name please?
30 Sep, 2008
I would put it on in November ,as Hoya says the worms etc will pull it in. The problem is although it should improve the structure of your soil, with the amount of rain you get in your area any nutrients will have gone by Spring.Nevertheless it is very good stuff to use.
On question - compost and soil.
30 Sep, 2008
There is an Euomymus called, wait for it!! Euonymus japonicus Microphyllus Variegatus !!!Which is a bit similar to variegated Box, but it is more rigid than Box. For a small very slow growing plant it has a very long name!
On question - variegated box or euonymus
29 Sep, 2008
Make sure you give it a low nitrogen feed at this time of year, you do not want a lot of new growth now.
On question - lawns
27 Sep, 2008
A least you learned a lesson in gardening plants need light or they die!!! Inverglen has the answer.
On question - How do I get rid of bald patches??
27 Sep, 2008
Suggest you get a gun!!! Cover the pots with some wire until plants show through.
On question - Squirrels!!!!!!!!!!! Eating bulb...
26 Sep, 2008
Andrewr where are you? I certainly don't think the big one is a Hebe and I am sure the small one in mot Comfrey.
On question - Two for the price of one
10 Oct, 2008
Cut them off regularly and then you can keep the lovely foliage coming every year.
On question - Eucalyptus Trees