the one in the middle (with the hooked spines) is a ferocactus, quite possibly a ferocactus pilosus so keep dry at 10°C in winter, but it can tolerate sporadic light frost.

Looking good Coddy, would love to see the finished front.

Opuntia Polyacantha came through the winter unprotected here in a raised bed, no damage and has grown much bigger this year. I know Paul Spracklin has a huge Trichocereus Terscheckii in his garden in the Thames Estury, which came through last winter no problems. In fact if anything alot of Cacti are...

In no particular order:- Trachycarpus Fortunei Phyllostachys Nigra Yucca Gloriosa Magnolia Grandiflora Matteuccia Struthiopteris Hibiscus Syriacus Fatsia Japonica Aucuba Japonica Prunus Amanogawa Araucaria Araucana Arundo Donax Phormium Tenax Could also add Cordyline Australis to this list providing...

Oh ok, but what I was thinking is to mute the camera sound track completely. Can't cope with the Yorks accent? :lol: :lol: :lol: As I work with people day in day out from all over the world, including southern and western Africa, the Indian sub-continent, the far east and all over Europe, my abilit...

That's what I did for this video! :lol: On the other video of the back garden I spoke whilst taping but on the front garden video I added the sound after and found the quality to be awful! Just didn't feel comfortable speaking to myself in the front garden :) Oh ok, but what I was thinking is to mu...

Here is the July front garden video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d8FL3fAooU Apologies for the sound quality. You will just have to put the sound up to max to hear me! (Having a bad cold doesn't help either) Comments welcome Garden looking great icon_thumleft Just one suggestion though, in future...

If your looking to improve your soil cheaply then home made compost would be a good option, perhaps you have some neighbors that have some going spare. Alternatively perhaps buying a delivery of well rotted manure. You could also look in your local paper for a top soil supplier, but that will be a b...

i've been googling and i can't find how grit and perlite differ in what they bring to a potting mix. i can't decide if have some grit in the mix instead of all perlite makes any difference. icon_scratch Well to be honest they are both ways of breaking up the soil, to make it less compacting, better...

well it is wet here all year round. i plan to move the pots close to the house walls in winter for protection from cold and that should make a little bit of a rain shadow too. i dont understand what is different between perlite and grit. does perlite hold some moisture? i have value decorative roun...

Ross, I agree with your points. Regarding rainfall, i am in one of the wettest parts of England, that why i move towards the increased drainage. I tend to apply a chicken poo dressing to replace the lack of compost which tends to work for Me. I'm glad you mentioned that Darren, as this is exactly w...

what's the difference between grit and perlite? you cant get hort grit anywhere around here id there a suitable substitute? If you can get fine gravel the 3-5mm stuff that'd do. But if not you'll just have to go with a 50/50 compost and perlite mix, as I said in the previous post adjust accordingly...

Ken, I don't grow that particular yucca, but the ones i have got are planted in 75% grit/gravel with the other 25% good potting compost. I think you should be Ok as long as it free draining mate icon_thumleft I do agree that drainage is important, but you don't want to put the kibosh on good growth...

Well for my cacti I use 1 part compost 1 part horticultural grit 1 part perlite But for yuccas I'd tend to be a bit more generous with the organic matter. So perhaps 25% perlite 25% grit and 50% compost would be a good combination. I'd pot them into un-glazed terracotta pots and put some pebbles or ...

To answer your original question, I would rescue my large cacti. However they are in pots anyway. But as for things in the garden, well its always fun to start over