They usually produce lots of offsets first.
Almost impossible to give Sempervivums too much sun, they are cold climate cacti! (loosely). They usually suufer only if they are too wet rather...
Sorry Toni, your post arrived in between my seeing Glendann's pictures and managing to write an answer. The one's in your pics are indeed...
Ah, I would say that they are in fact not Sempervivums, they look more like Echeveria to me. Or Sedum or Graptoveria or one or two other things....
Semps usually do far better when planted out. Certainly mine have. In what way are they doing badly? The old way of planting them on roofs was to...
Thanks folks. Funny really how photos make a place look bigger than it is, though the area is not small, just about 3/4 of an acre. Size is...
Well, here we go again. You are invited to take a walk round the garden as it was on the 1st of June 2007. There are a lot of pictures because I...
There are some bulbs which are a lot quicker to flower from seed and you can hurry up the process a little. The tiny bulbs like, Leucojum...
Probably safer to bag it, they do not stay for long!
Yes, of course tulips develop seeds. When the pod is ripe it will split, Inside are the seeds, lots of them. Sow fresh and put the seed pot...
Phlomis fruticosa is Jerusalem sage. There is a pink flowered Phlomis too, but mine did not survive long enough to flower for a picture!
Phlomis fruticosa is what it looks like to me.
Sounds like Plum moth. We use a pheremone trap put on the trees in early spring. This attractas the males who then refrain from mating with the...
The use of this kind of soap as an insecticide is actually illegal in Britain. Moreover some liquid soaps contain chemicals which can harm your...
Bearded iris need their rhizomes to be baked by the sun for them to flower well. The time to move them is after flowering (bit hard if yours do...
And to answer another part of your question,no they are not in the same family. Clematis are in the same family as Buttercups and Anemone etc....
Wife and I did it with the help of our two daughters (before they went to university). There was no overall plan, it is a bit like Topsy, it just...
For those who do not realise what went on before, this is a picture taken from about where the big pond is. It was taken about 11 years ago. [img]
As threatened, here is the garden taken on Mayday. The first picture is what we see from the kitchen window. Then it is basically a tour of the...
May Invitation to View is under preparation.
