If you post a pic Ken, might be able to tell you which species/subspecies. I've got some of both. The one that used to be called F. pitcairnifolia flowered through January in a dark corner of my conservatory. A plant of the hardy version only just came back from the 2010 winter and still isn't back ...

For a seed catalogue can't beat Chiltern Seeds, Jungle Seeds aren't bad eaither. For a plant catalogue I recommend Cotswold Garden Flowers.

I'd like my garage to be semi glazed too. It's used as more of a potting shed come plant store then anything else while looking reasonably conventional anyway. Even if money wasn't an issue, I don't think I'd replace the garage completely with (say) a greenhouse (lol) because as Dave said it could t...

I lost a good sized one I'd had for 8 years in 2010. It had been planted out for a couple of years in a raised bed and I really hoped it would sucker after it went backwards but it didn't :( When I eventually plant one out again, I'll plant slightly deeper and have been potting on my various Chamaer...

Did she have here strawberries completely covered over with netting when they start fruiting because if not it would be blackbirds that ate them all. My dad used to grow them when he was alive and never netted them but still managed to get a few but I have been growing them for nearly 10 years now ...

Dave Brown wrote:

JoelR wrote:I have seen some bloody big rabbits down there!!

Aren't they called Hares lol!

You can get tiny battery operated CCTV cameras with an SD card. It wouldn't stop things from happening, well, the first time, but you would have video evidence of who was responsible. :wink: I was thinking along such lines if the need arose. 1 camera could probably watch over quite an area unless t...

I made the mistake of pricking and transplanting my onion seedlings. Most didn't survive lol! Sown another packet in modular cells so fingers crossed.

Quality effort Joel!! All credit to you! How hard was it to get the grants? Easier than you might think Tom. All grant donors have their own application and award processes and usually a panel decides how money is granted. With charitable grants it's critical that your project serves the better goo...

I helped set up this project: http://redacre.org/ Three of us set our sights on some derelict land in the village which was carved up among 3 different owners who were all amenable to selling or making the land available. We formed a not for profit limited company in 2009 and applied for charitable ...

Just for you JoelR (and anybody else interested), picture of now 6 month old Tetrapanax and others of the same age. Left to right is Fatsia Japonica, centre is Patsia Polycarpa and on the right is the Tetrapanax. They have been kept all autumn and winter in a cold greenhouse and as you can see, the...

Paul Spracklin had a batch from Sandman Seeds germinate but failed when he tried again. I think a lot of the seed that is sold isn’t viable. The ‘stuff’ that is left after flowering often doesn’t contain viable seed, but gets sold anyway. Crug had trouble – they realised that ‘Empress’ was a better...

That's a good result Ricardo. Is that picture recent? How are the seedlings/plants doing?

Zero germination for me too. Somebody must have got them to germinate!!

I've got a white flowering sedum "Acre" (I think) which is very invasive and will grow anywhere. I borrowed a small piece growing out of a wall on a walk one day and it has since smothered quite a few sempervivums. Also check out Cymbalaria muralis. This has populated by brick work quite w...