Is there anyone sreious ANYWHERE on these forums? Hope not, it's the most fun I've ever had looking up stuff. You get your answers and a laugh too!
With those names, which one WAS the dog? Mum never let me stay up to watch that!
Sorry, Tootles, where was I?, Oh, Yes I can answer 2 and 5.
2, I have potted some runners and put in GH, some into beds, and some into pots outside. Also will bring in some that were potted last yr for early fruit nxt yr. Nothing lost, as Zoomer says, and a bit of cold does 'em good, as our Scottish Strawbs show.
5, Pieris is tough as ould boots, too. Any pruning at all will produce lovely new red leaves, but don't do it too close to bad frost time. In my experience, it willput out young growth at nearly any time of yr, but the young soft leaves can scorch with frost. I have one that has been moved from pillar to post at all times of the yr, and has lived in pots sometimes, and is still doing as well as my more established ones. And cutting off spent flowers is a good general rule for any plant.
Hope I was of some use in my giddy mood! Just been on the joke threads. They're really terrible, you must have a look!
Love this idea of a thread, will get ny notebook out over next few days and list all those questions I forget to ask. Sorry spent ages trying to think of a funny quiz question and failed, promise to add some to my list. X
Didn't remember the dog I'm afraid - that's because I'm too young of course...
I never had a greenhouse and always kept new strawb runners outside- albeit against a sheltered wall here in the windy west of Scotland!
Pieris- re the colour - think that may be a myth!
Grass struggles if it's cut very short so it gives the weeds a chance to get their feet in the door and take over. Give it a chance early on by cutting it a little higher and feeding it. When the weather warms up you can cut it shorter .
Would agree with fidget on the other queries.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
All you can do is rie in the growth you don't want on the window. You can cut Honeysuckle back as hard as you want. We have had to do one of ours back to 6 inches from the ground and it is now back up to 30 feet again, in a season!
Flowersfb, can you not tie it back somehow until it's finished flowering - nice to keep the summer going for just a bit longer
If you want to give your honeysuckle a good sort out you can cut it right back in the late winter/early spring - otherwise just give it a tidy up when it's fnished flowering.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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That's right, Boss Hogg didn't have a dog, but Rosco Coltrane owned Flash.
Is there anyone sreious ANYWHERE on these forums? Hope not, it's the most fun I've ever had looking up stuff. You get your answers and a laugh too!
With those names, which one WAS the dog? Mum never let me stay up to watch that!
Sorry, Tootles, where was I?, Oh, Yes I can answer 2 and 5.
2, I have potted some runners and put in GH, some into beds, and some into pots outside. Also will bring in some that were potted last yr for early fruit nxt yr. Nothing lost, as Zoomer says, and a bit of cold does 'em good, as our Scottish Strawbs show.
5, Pieris is tough as ould boots, too. Any pruning at all will produce lovely new red leaves, but don't do it too close to bad frost time. In my experience, it willput out young growth at nearly any time of yr, but the young soft leaves can scorch with frost. I have one that has been moved from pillar to post at all times of the yr, and has lived in pots sometimes, and is still doing as well as my more established ones. And cutting off spent flowers is a good general rule for any plant.
Hope I was of some use in my giddy mood! Just been on the joke threads. They're really terrible, you must have a look!
Didn't remember the dog I'm afraid - that's because I'm too young of course...
I never had a greenhouse and always kept new strawb runners outside- albeit against a sheltered wall here in the windy west of Scotland!
Pieris- re the colour - think that may be a myth!
Grass struggles if it's cut very short so it gives the weeds a chance to get their feet in the door and take over. Give it a chance early on by cutting it a little higher and feeding it. When the weather warms up you can cut it shorter .
Would agree with fidget on the other queries.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The new growth on Pieris is pink - therefore cutting back produces more new shoots = more pink - QED
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
But just cutting the flowers off?
Well, if you dead-head roses you get more sideshoots - wouldn't Pieris do the same?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi Tootles,
Hope you don't mind me hopping on your patch to ask a few questions too!
I have honeysuckle growing up the front of the house - it's still in flower and I
don't want to cut it back too soon, but it's covering half of one of my windows -
any suggestions would be most welcome. Also how hard can you actally cut
honesuckle back without harming it?
All you can do is rie in the growth you don't want on the window. You can cut Honeysuckle back as hard as you want. We have had to do one of ours back to 6 inches from the ground and it is now back up to 30 feet again, in a season!
Flowersfb, can you not tie it back somehow until it's finished flowering - nice to keep the summer going for just a bit longer
If you want to give your honeysuckle a good sort out you can cut it right back in the late winter/early spring - otherwise just give it a tidy up when it's fnished flowering.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.