Gardening Thread

[Mochamoos]

Hey RJL, says its an invalid link

[RLJ]

Just trying to work out how to post piccies, Hope these are our passion flowers and not anything rude.

http://www.legal-beagles.co.uk/forum...1&d=1183132288
http://www.legal-beagles.co.uk/forum...1&d=1183132321

[Delta]

My garden is growing very nicely, just how nature intended it to be!

Actually out back I have a honeysuckle that is taking over, and a humoungous rose TREE and some other plants that have been sorely neglected since my ex hubby died, and they have just gone mad, gonna have to trim them all down at some point, but the other week the honeysuckle was smelling lovely.

Out front I have a jungle that used to be a lawn, it has been cut but all the recent rain has encouraged growth! have a couple of rose bushes and two very strange bushes that last year I cut back right to the ground, and they definately looked dead............they taking over again, I fink thems triffids! lol

Best plant I ever had was a venus Fly Trap, brilliant things. every home should have one!

The extent of my greenfingers basically is....
I grow weeds with no effort needed
I kill proper plants while looking after them

[Fendyweather]

Oooooh Enaid.............. its a gardeners haven, or should that be heaven. Tis beautiful hun. Beautiful.................... Fendy xxx I love gardens. I love flowers. I love all things nature...................... I really do. xxxxx

[enaid]

it only flowers every other year, it's not very pretty bit like a tatty gladioli really.
The front is a lot nicer now my boxus have formed a nice little hedge and my Hydrangia is flowerrng White at last and the the archway over the gate is fully covered in Roses, Whysteria, Ivy and clamatis for all year cover and colour. me archway is an obolesque, but I can't spell it

[Fendyweather]

Oooooh Enaid, its lovely hun. Is that giant phormium I see in that corner. Wow, its huge.................... what do ya feed it. People ??? Lol Lol Lol xxx

[enaid]

there is a bit of my garden i think that was the year before last it's different every year really.

[enaid]

[enaid]

[Fendyweather]

My neighbour has monkey puzzle, she grows seedlings every year, I can check and see if she has any spares that you could have ??? If ya like ????? Hers is humongous, and soooooooooo beautiful, but she brought it with her when she moved. She had it lifted from her old house by professionals and brought to the new one. Fendy xxxx Its a lovely tree.

I myself prefer mediterranean and exotic plants. I got the plain run o the mill stuff too, but this year planted, lots of weird stuff. Grapes, Italian Cypress trees, tall thin ones, Castor Oil Plants, Banana Tree, Peach trees, plum trees, Almond tree, calamondin orange which has to be lifted and brought in every winter, Lemon tree, same story, gooseberries, blueberries, cherry, twisted corkscrew hazel, loquat, blackberries, raspberry canes, bay trees, cordylines, anything at all that makes me feel like Im on hols.

Took some pics of the garden last year in spring before it really started to take off. I would do one of this years, but on account it has done nothing but piddle down all June, I cant really get out there whilst things are sopping wet without getting drenched and my digicam ruined. Tis coming down sideways again today. I am uber sick of the pigging rain now. When is it ever gonna end.

Fendys Pizza Bread oven we built in the garden. This is taken from the webby we bought the plans from, but ours is exactly like it. Its ace.............. Fendy xxx Can cook anything from pizza to bread to steak to whatever in it. Its fabby...........xxx complete with little patio on the front and I even planted a fig tree next to it like the one in the pic. Lol Lol xxxxx

[strangewayofsavin]

Anyone got a Monkey Puzzle tree?

Are you after the seeds Mad? if so down our local library they have a couple of Chilean pines (monkey Puzzle), I can get you some seeds for you if you wish, about August.

[Paule]

Hi all, though i'd stick my two penneth in here as well

I'm into unusual plants and not the avergae sort of stuff.

I have 2no desert roses which (from the name) normally live in deserts. They have a big bulbous base with lots of branching off, At the mo one is just starting to flower.
Le Jardin Naturel - Adenium obesum

I'm also growing sunflowers of which i have abou 2 dozen made up of Russian (heads about 1ft wide with stems about 1" thick), Some red ones and some Giant, whicha re slightly smaller than the russian. I also planted some sunflower seeds that i bought for the birds and they are growing good as well.

So a tip...If you want normal sunflowers go but a £1 bag of sunflower seeds for birds and plant them. You will get a few thousand seeds in a bag as oppesed to £1 a seed for the russian.

Paul

ps the sunflowers dont like the wind and rain weve been having lately

[Happyolddog]

may I make a suggestion!
I love my garden and would like to see what others gardens are like, so lets take some pictures put those pictures in our photobucket albums and then post the url so that others can see our gardens.
I don't have any pictures of the garden as yet, I tend to take pictures of people or animals in the garden, rather than the garden. But here is one of paddy my Irish water hound, relaxing in the garden.
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...g/paddywad.png
best wishes,
Hod..Liam...

[Mad Hatter]

Anyone got a Monkey Puzzle tree?

[Fendyweather]

Yeah too right. Apparently we can grow them, but it takes several years for them to be edible though. Although one of the vines I bought was already 7 years old, so Im hoping they might actually be edible this year on that one. Fingers crossed anyway. Oh, and I planted an almond tree too, which apparently after about 3 years will actually give me real almonds. Really............ honest.