Gardening Thread

[Happyolddog]

Thanks Mooch & Happy

See if this works

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...s/Image028.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...s/Image027.jpg

RLJ

Yeahhhh That worked RLJ,Now you can show off you passiflora (passion flower)
Can you see I am plant mad, I will put some piccies of my garden as soon as the sun allows itself a brief glimmer. I have,at last count 33 different shrubs, all of them flower at different time of the year. With so many different leaf colours, shapes and sizes.
Does my love of my garden show I am getting old?

best wishes,
Hod..Liam...

[Mochamoos]

My new favorite plant.... they started growing peppers about 5 days ago and are huge already

[Mochamoos]

They are gorgeous RJL,


HOD, being in love with your garden definitely does not show any age! I adore gardening and I am one of the youngest on this site...

Your garden sounds lovely cant wait for the sun to come out so we can get some piccies

[RLJ]

Yeeeeehhaaaaaaaa!

Hey Happy any chance of my passiflora bearing fruit oh wise one

RLJ

[RLJ]

They are Moch, Lovely delicate scent too. Sure do admire them pepps

RLJ

[RLJ]

This is a piccie of a flower munching peacock that used to come into our front garden, there were about 3 or 4 of them that used to live in the woods nearby. The sods devoured everything we planted. Had to get up really early in the morning to see them off.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...tos/Image026-1

RLJ

[scarletrose]

Scarlet, is that really your garden? It is massive!!

I would so love to wake up to that view, think I've turned green with envy!

Sally xxx

AAAAAwwwww Thank you little Sally and Fendly

hugs xxxxxxx
scarlet

[Paule]

Desert Rose - Adedium

Here are my Desert Roses

[Mochamoos]

I didnt know they were called desert rose, I used have a couple of huge ones growing in my garden, they was 2 1/2 metres high. Absolutley stunning shrubs and they smell divine.

I didnt know you could grow them here. I assume they are indoor only ??


What else have you got growing PKea?

[Paule]

They like hot, and outside its not hot.. LOL, so they live on the sun facing window sill over the heater .
One of them was bare last winter as they go dormant, and thought it had no chance of coming back..

At present the only other things i am growing are a few varities of sunflowers, Ile post some pics of them as some are started to open.
The weather is giving them a good kicking though,,,

[Mochamoos]

They like hot, and outside its not hot.. LOL, so they live on the sun facing window sill over the heater .

I know thats why I am so surprised they grow here, I had mine when I lived in overseas. Very impressed.

Sunflowers are great they always make me smile,such happy flowers! All my seeds got eaten by the birds this year Keep going to visit my friends sunflowers

[Paule]

I am trying to spiral the stems of some of my sunflowers
It looks more like right angles though...lol
As they lean to the sun if you turn them every so often the stems twist,
unfortuantley with the weather some half right angles.lol
ile get some pics soon then you wil know what i mean

[RLJ]

Hi Pkea

Maybe you should adjust the time and distance between turning them to allow them to grow upwards a bit more. Perhaps you are turning them round to much. Perhaps less than 90 degrees at a time. Just a thought.

RLJ

[Mochamoos]

Anyone know how to deal with red spider mites?



Peed'orf

Hows the kolhrabi? Thought of you today when I brought a gardening mag and there was a big spread on growing it...

[peed 'orf]

Anyone know how to deal with red spider mites?
Peed'orf
Hows the kolhrabi? Thought of you today when I brought a gardening mag and there was a big spread on growing it...

No idea about spider mites, or kolhrabi apparently! It's tall and very thin. might take shape later but I think it's a bit late.
Pak choi went straight to seed!
Slugs have eaten the squash, cucumber, marrows and all but one mellon!
Tomatoes are the size of pin heads.
The only thing that might do alright is me spuds, tucked up in their little bags, growing quite nicely!
Oh and the Katey apple tree is absollutly loaded again this year.