The soap washes off the sugar which when left on may lead to the seed getting a fungal infection.
Cyclamen hederifolium seeds (outdoors in Britain) ripen in July (ish). You can tell when they are ready as the pod goes a bit papery and begins to...
We have limited access at the moment which makes doing anything other than a quick text message, very hard. The local library is a 20 mile drive...
We no longer have easily used affordable Internet. BT have pulled the plug on our ISP's Free phone line so now we can only get Pay as You go. This...
Nor from me, but we do have Iris of both those hues.
Monarda punctata to the rest of us. At least I was in the correct genus, the Lamium family.
With bracts like that it really looks like some kind of Salvia.
Geranium of some description?
The more widely spread a plant, the more likely it is to have lots of different names. This plant is spread throughout Britain so it has a lot of...
According to the book by C.T. Prime there are over 100 names for this plant.
Taken me a while to process these pictures, actually been doing some gardening! http://www.ideasforgardens.net/palustris/EastCheshire
We moved here 15 years ago and it was just a rubbish filled weed infested area. http://www.ideasforgardens.net/Berghill-FGT/ That is what it...
If it is the same as the Dead nettle we have, I think the smell of the leaves is utterly disgusting.
Hyacinthoides hispanica, syn. Endymion hispanicus or Scilla hispanica) if you want to look them up.
They look suspiciously like what we call Spanish bluebells to me.
It is a very nice idea and we have been round some of the gardens in it. Our main problem apart from me, is the lack of parking. So visits would...
The Yellow Book is a list of private gardens which are open to the public to raise funds for various charities.
After allowing a coach party of friends round 2 years ago, the Yellow Book entry is a NEVER. Why? Well I was ill for three months afterwards with...
Hi Jerry, no that is a Butyl rubber liner which was supposed to last 35 years, but has been punctured by the roots of various things. Underneath...
The Carex (name escapes me) was planted in the border alongside the pond. I broke a stainless steel spade cutting through the roots of it. What...
