Hi! YOUR OPTIONS
I have just cleared a small area in the garden that had horsetail growing in it
4 replies
23 Sep, 2022 Pdb
Do I need to take out all the old compost in my summer bedding pots and put all fresh...
5 replies
29 Sep, 2021 Pdb
Is Sanguisorba officinalis ‘Red Thunder’ invasive
1 reply
16 Jul, 2021 Pdb
I started hardening my plants off a few weeks ago but due to the weather being so...
3 replies
21 May, 2021 Pdb
I’ve been cutting my peonies back today and noticed I have some fresh shoots growing...
10 Nov, 2020 Pdb
I have many hanging baskets filled with begonias
21 Sep, 2020 Pdb
Please could anyone identify this bush pls
1 Aug, 2020 Pdb
Could anyone advise me if I could prune my rose back by more than half as it has...
17 Jul, 2020 Pdb
Could anyone ID this pls
7 replies
24 Jun, 2020 Pdb
Unsure what to do with this lilac bush
22 Jun, 2020 Pdb
Could someone identify this bush please
I’ve got Japanese Anenome in my garden and whilst the flowers are beautiful at this...
9 replies
19 Aug, 2018 Pdb
Could anyone tell me what the grasses are at the front of the picture
12 replies
28 Apr, 2018 Pdb
I have planted my sweet peas in the same spot for the last 3 years
2 replies
20 Jul, 2017 Pdb
Please could anyone identify these
9 Jun, 2017 Pdb
I have bought 2 hydrangeas online from a reputable company
8 May, 2017 Pdb
Is this a clematis?
6 May, 2017 Pdb
Can anyone tell me what weed this is?
28 Apr, 2017 Pdb
My begonias in tubs are still full of flower but I need the tubs to plant bulbs before...
3 Oct, 2016 Pdb
I have sown some Calendula Officinalis late August
18 Sep, 2016 Pdb
Can anyone tell me which Clematis this is
9 Sep, 2016 Pdb
I've had a honeysuckle for years and it's never flowered
14 Aug, 2016 Pdb
I have had an unheated greenhouse for many years and am thinking about heating it
8 Aug, 2016 Pdb
Can anyone help identify what could be eating my newly planted Hydrangea Wims Red
0 replies
23 Jul, 2016 Pdb
Could someone identity this herbaceous plant
10 Jul, 2016 Pdb
My previous question should read attacking not attaching
13 Jun, 2016 Pdb
Can anyone help in identifying what is attaching my fuschia?
Is it necessary to thin out beetroot?
Can someone ID these primroses pls
1 Jun, 2016 Pdb
I received some wild chicory seeds from a gardening mag
29 May, 2016 Pdb
Does anyone know when Beechgrove Garden is back on TV
8 replies
31 Mar, 2016 Pdb
If I use a wigwam for my sweet peas in my herbaceous border
21 replies
I've just sown my sweet peas
26 Mar, 2016 Pdb
Has anyone used a Karcher to clean glass windows of their greenhouse?
13 Mar, 2016 Pdb
I've had to dig my dahlias up today as I need to plant the bed with spring bulbs
22 Oct, 2015 Pdb
I have had a Clematis Armandii hanging around in a pot for a few weeks and need to...
6 replies
2 Sep, 2015 Pdb
Would I harm my spirea and choisya if I pruned them hard now ?
Please can anyone identify this
1 Sep, 2015 Pdb
I've decided to take drastic action to try and get as much light to my tomatoes
31 Aug, 2015 Pdb
I have been growing Gardeners Delight Tomatoes this year
29 Aug, 2015 Pdb
This is my second year growing a William Shakespeare rose
8 Aug, 2015 Pdb
Has anyone noticed an absence of butterflies in their garden
6 Aug, 2015 Pdb
Can this perennial be identified
31 Jul, 2015 Pdb
Can anyone tell me what this plant is pls
4 Jul, 2015 Pdb
I just want to check before planting if anyone has grown Swamp Milkwood Ice Ballet?
Has anyone put their hanging baskets permanently yet
20 May, 2015 Pdb
My sarpo Mira potatoes I have in tubs seem to have been affected by frost
1 May, 2015 Pdb
Can anyone recommend an Alstromeria that won't take over the border and spread...
6 Apr, 2015 Pdb
Please can anyone ID this
24 Mar, 2015 Pdb
Help from A very fed up gardener
16 replies
21 Mar, 2015 Pdb
I buy bird seed in bulk and I keep it in the garage
31 Dec, 2014 Pdb
Is it necessary to clear all the annual weeds
29 Oct, 2014 Pdb
I have a 2 year old Rosa William Shakespeare
27 Aug, 2014 Pdb
I was going to buy some of these Bellis Belle plugs for next spring
11 Aug, 2014 Pdb
Can anyone recommend a water irrigation for hanging baskets please
28 Jun, 2014 Pdb
Is this slug damage to my iris ?
20 Jun, 2014 Pdb
Is it ok to put begonia tuber hanging baskets out yet
18 May, 2014 Pdb
Is this a weed ?
10 May, 2014 Pdb
Can anyone tell me what these eggs are?
7 May, 2014 Pdb
Can anyone ID these please
27 Apr, 2014 Pdb
I have had a Leucothoe Rainbow for about 5 years and it's getting rather leggy
24 Apr, 2014 Pdb
Can I use leftover builders sand mixed in with compost for my herbaceous borders...
18 Apr, 2014 Pdb
My sister was asking me if I had heard of a plant called Roly
13 Apr, 2014 Pdb
I have had an Acanthus Mollis Bears Breaches for about 6 years and it's never...
10 Apr, 2014 Pdb
I have a question regarding digging over borders every year
5 Apr, 2014 Pdb
I bought some Plentifall Pansies already in hanging baskets earlier in the year and...
31 Aug, 2013 Pdb
Does anyone know what this creature is
10 replies
21 Aug, 2013 Pdb
I've grown Cosmos Sonata from a packet of seeds this year
14 Aug, 2013 Pdb
Either last year or the previous year Monty Don grew some hot coloured wallflowers...
11 Aug, 2013 Pdb
I've cut back some geraniums and my poppies now but always struggle what to fill...
8 Aug, 2013 Pdb
Can I put honesty that I'm pulling up on the compost heap?
8 Jul, 2013 Pdb
I would like my verbascum to self seed so am I beat leaving all the flower stalks...
Has anyone got a soaker hose set up on a timer in their borders?
7 Jul, 2013 Pdb
What do I do with Hesperis when it's finished flowering
26 Jun, 2013 Pdb
I've got loads of small caterpillar eating the leaves of my geranium
25 Jun, 2013 Pdb
2 questions in 1
24 Jun, 2013 Pdb
I have grown Tithonia rotundifloria for the first time this year and haven't...
21 Jun, 2013 Pdb
Can anyone ID this please
20 Jun, 2013 Pdb
A friend gave me this and we don't know what it is
18 Jun, 2013 Pdb
Can anyone tell me what might be wrong with my acer please
11 Jun, 2013 Pdb
Is this the start of blight on my tomatoes?
I know you are supposed to start seeds for perennials early in the year but I was...
This is just a quick update to my question re begonias from T&M
10 Jun, 2013 Pdb
I bought these plug begonias a while ago now and put them in my hanging baskets in...
11 replies
9 Jun, 2013 Pdb
Ive had this years but when asked what it was I couldn't remember
3 Jun, 2013 Pdb
Do you think the sun is scorching my geranium ?
2 Jun, 2013 Pdb
Every year I am disappointed with my dahlia display
30 May, 2013 Pdb
I've bought 3 barefoot Hibiscus plants from T&M and now can't decide...
29 May, 2013 Pdb
Thought I'd show off my peony tree flower
25 May, 2013 Pdb
What can be eating my Nepeta Six Hills Giant
20 May, 2013 Pdb
Once you start hardening off plants during the day have you got to continue?
18 May, 2013 Pdb
Has anyone got their hanging baskets
17 replies
12 May, 2013 Pdb
I've had to make room in my greenhouse for tomatoes cucumber and had to move...
8 May, 2013 Pdb
My dahlia tubers are only just starting to grow
7 May, 2013 Pdb
I've had this for years
6 May, 2013 Pdb
I have 2 standard Skimmias in my border and I just can't think of what to plant...
5 May, 2013 Pdb
I also have just received these begonia plug plants
4 May, 2013 Pdb
I've had these Echinacea Primadonna as plug plants since autumn
Is it too late to prune honeysuckle?
2 May, 2013 Pdb
What do you think I should do with my 3 Cistus
1 May, 2013 Pdb
Does anyone know what Geranium this is
29 Apr, 2013 Pdb
Can I use chicken pellets to feed my roses?
28 Apr, 2013 Pdb
It's here at last
26 Apr, 2013 Pdb
I have just pruned my choiysa
23 Apr, 2013 Pdb
Has anyone put their sweet peas out yet?
19 Apr, 2013 Pdb
Has anyone started hardening off any annual or perennial seeds they have been growing?
18 Apr, 2013 Pdb
Thanks to GOYers I have discovered I've got ground elder in the garden
15 Apr, 2013 Pdb
My friend gave me these and she can't remember the name
No still wont let me send photo
Can anyone tell me what these are pls
Is it safe to put my seedlings I've been growing in the house into an unheated...
So far my penstemons don't seem to have got any new shoots at the base
11 Apr, 2013 Pdb
Are wild strawberries considered weeds?
10 Apr, 2013 Pdb
No its doesn't seem to be accepting my photo
9 Apr, 2013 Pdb
Is anyone else having problems inputting questions and pictures on GOY?
I had some new veg compost delivered last week and its now in my beds
8 Apr, 2013 Pdb
I have a couple of existing raised beds which I have grown veg in for the past 4...
2 Apr, 2013 Pdb
Is there a difference between garden soil and loam
24 Mar, 2013 Pdb
I have been looking at copper slug collars for my delphiniums and they seem expensive...
Spring 2013
23 Mar, 2013 Pdb
This is the photo I meant to put on regarding my comments about laggy seedlings from...
20 replies
22 Mar, 2013 Pdb
I know the reason for my leggy seedling
21 Mar, 2013 Pdb
I am growing Canary Creeper for the first time and Im sure its not supposed to be...
20 Mar, 2013 Pdb
My existing borders are needing some new soil
19 Mar, 2013 Pdb
I've made the fatal error of losing my plant label
14 replies
16 Mar, 2013 Pdb
Has anyone grown Bacopa Blutopia Blue and Snowtopia White from seed bedfore?
7 Mar, 2013 Pdb
Ive been growing Hesperis from seed over winter in the greenhouse
4 Mar, 2013 Pdb
Ive had this climbing rose for 2 years and last year this stem sprouted up from the...
Whilst I had one of my many not being able to sleep nights I was flicking through...
22 Feb, 2013 Pdb
I have a yellow flowering Jasmine climbing up a fence
17 Feb, 2013 Pdb
Is it too early to start sowing Petunia Lady Purple?
I have 2 small borders
15 Feb, 2013 Pdb
Can anyone recommend a heater for my greenhouse
11 Jan, 2013 Pdb
I grew some Trifolium Rubens from seed last year and they were lovely
9 Jan, 2013 Pdb
I've had a witch hazel for 3 yrs but would like to move it
Can any of you Gardeners with large amounts of leaves to move recommend a good garden...
15 Nov, 2012 Pdb
What is the best way to store begonias over winter
22 Sep, 2012 Pdb
I have grown these Streptrocarpus form leaf cuttings
20 Sep, 2012 Pdb
I bought some small T&M perennial plug plant a few weeks ago
13 Sep, 2012 Pdb
Can I cut back a straggly Rose that was new in the spring
9 Sep, 2012 Pdb
I've just bought 100 different alliums from a T&M offer
13 replies
I sent a photo of my poorly Oak Leaf Hydrangea in March and just wanted to send a...
25 Aug, 2012 Pdb
I've just cleared my small veg area as my crop was terrible this year
24 Aug, 2012 Pdb
My allium
23 Aug, 2012 Pdb
Is this a weed?
Also do you think its slugs eating my Obedient Plant?
14 Jul, 2012 Pdb
I bought 3 Filipendula Purpurea f albiflora earlier in the year and they don't...
Do your GOYers with large herbaceous borders feed the plants throughout the growing...
13 Jul, 2012 Pdb
How long does an unopened bag of compost keep?
7 Jul, 2012 Pdb
Now that I have moved the spring foliage from around 2 trees I have can anyone recommend...
2 Jul, 2012 Pdb
I have a Patty's Plum poppie that due to the constant rain has not done well...
1 Jul, 2012 Pdb
Apologise for it not being a garden question but does anyone know of a bird website...
29 Jun, 2012 Pdb
Unsure what to do with Verbascum Phoeniceum
28 Jun, 2012 Pdb
I have quiet a few hemeroacallis around the garden and whilst most do open and flower...
Sorry for the duplicate
27 Jun, 2012 Pdb
Does anyone know what the tall pink
24 Jun, 2012 Pdb
I have grown some aubretia from seed
17 Jun, 2012 Pdb
I bought this Peaonia anemoniflora a few weeks ago
9 Jun, 2012 Pdb
I bought 2 flower towers last year
5 Jun, 2012 Pdb
Potting on question
17 May, 2012 Pdb
I recently asked a question about my Acanthus Mollis not flowering after 3 years
12 May, 2012 Pdb
I bought a Acanthus Mollis 3 years ago and it's not flowered at all yet
9 May, 2012 Pdb
Every year my Aster gets attacked by something
7 May, 2012 Pdb
Does anyone know a way of getting rid of black spot and powdery mildew on my 2 roses
5 May, 2012 Pdb
Is Epilobium Stahl Rose very invasive?
Can anyone identify these pls
4 May, 2012 Pdb
The writing on my Rose feed box has disappeared
2 May, 2012 Pdb
Update on Oak Leaf Hydrangea that was on its last legs
30 Apr, 2012 Pdb
I have got all my seeds in the house at the moment
22 Apr, 2012 Pdb
Does anyone know of a website that shows herbaceous borders and if you hover over...
6 Apr, 2012 Pdb
I have some small headed alliums
2 Apr, 2012 Pdb
I have some Verbena bonariensis that have been overwintered in my greenhouse
18 Feb, 2012 Pdb
I have had a Trachelospermum Jasminoides for about 3 years
12 Jan, 2012 Pdb
I have delphinuim
6 Dec, 2011 Pdb
Please help
15 Nov, 2011 Pdb
Oh no, after just sending a question about storing begonias I just had a peek on...
16 Oct, 2011 Pdb
Sorry if this has been asked before
Do Dianthus need cutting back or pruning?
20 Sep, 2011 Pdb
I have been growing verbena
18 Sep, 2011 Pdb
Bulba and Beattie
8 Sep, 2011 Pdb
Bracken identify question
Are all ferns invasive ?
7 Sep, 2011 Pdb
Would I be ok to divide Knautia pastel now?
6 Sep, 2011 Pdb
Here are pictures of the bulbs I bought at Southport Flower Show and didn't write...
2 Sep, 2011 Pdb
I bought some bulbs from Southport Flower Show and made the mistake of not writing...
1 Sep, 2011 Pdb
I put some seeds from my sweet William plant in pots a few weeks ago
31 Aug, 2011 Pdb
Sorry it's a follow up question to the cuttings question I asked a while ago
29 Aug, 2011 Pdb
I am attempting to grow quiet a few cuttings of some of my plants
27 Aug, 2011 Pdb
Could you identify this plant pls
19 Aug, 2011 Pdb
I have a lovely pink Phlox
I have had a Philadelphus Aureus Golden Mock Orange fir about 3 years and has never...
17 Aug, 2011 Pdb
I would like to grow a pink rambling Rose next to my fence
10 Aug, 2011 Pdb
Hi, Its not really a question and I may be very behind the times
4 Aug, 2011 Pdb
I have had 2 Pittosporum tennuifolium 'Tom Thumb for 3 years now
31 Jul, 2011 Pdb
I am changing one of my borders and have decided to try and do the colours
28 Jul, 2011 Pdb
Hello to everyone that has replied to my mystery plant
23 Jul, 2011 Pdb
Can anyone tell me what these 2 plants are
Has anyone else's Busy Lizzie died
21 Jul, 2011 Pdb
Can anyone identify this pls
17 Jul, 2011 Pdb
Would I be ok to sow perennials now rather than wait till Autumn?
Can a Black Sambuca be kept to a shrub size of about 5ft?
12 Jul, 2011 Pdb
i have been to a beautiful NGS garden today in Great Budworth
10 Jul, 2011 Pdb
This is 2 questions in 1
Can videos of our gardens be put on this site?
25 Jun, 2011 Pdb
Hi what does everyones borders look like at the moment
I have had an Oak Leaf Hydrangea for 3 years and so far it hasn't flowered
10 Jun, 2011 Pdb
I have a 1 year Eupatorium purpureum and something seems to be eating it
3 Jun, 2011 Pdb
I have grown hollyhocks for a couple of years now and finally I am giving up with...
31 May, 2011 Pdb
I have an 80ft border at the front of the house which runs parallel to the drive
27 May, 2011 Pdb
I am growning Verbena bonariensis from seed
20 May, 2011 Pdb
Confused..
I have got a selection of sweet peas growing in pots
I now realise I have planted my Fatsia japonica in the wrong place
15 May, 2011 Pdb
I have grown quiet a selection of seeds
I have had a lovely display of tulips in my tubs this year
10 May, 2011 Pdb
I grow a lot of my own plants from seed and I find the transplanting on to bigger...
3 May, 2011 Pdb
Has anyone put their hanging baskets outside yet?
I have had a Phormium for the past 3 years and it really isn't doing well
21 Apr, 2011 Pdb
I have bought some horticultral sand to try and improve my clay soil
I lifted my dahlia tubers a while ago and put them in large pots in the greenhouse
19 Apr, 2011 Pdb
This might seem a silly question but I have a large garden both at the front and...
15 Apr, 2011 Pdb
This is more a technical question
13 Feb, 2011 Pdb
I bought 3 climbing roses that were on offer at Homebase a few weeks ago
I have just lifted my Dahlias up and put them upside down in the garage to dry off
27 Oct, 2010 Pdb
I bought 2 Begonia Red Robin some while ago
18 Oct, 2010 Pdb
Should I lift my begonias yet
11 Oct, 2010 Pdb
I dug my daffy's up this year and put them in buckets
22 Sep, 2010 Pdb
I have a glut of yellow tomatoes
16 Sep, 2010 Pdb
I am going to plant my foxtail lily bulbs I bought
4 Sep, 2010 Pdb
How successful would sweet pea seeds be from this years plants?
3 Sep, 2010 Pdb
I have made the fatal error
30 Aug, 2010 Pdb
I got some plug plants hellebores a while ago and they have been in the greenhouse
25 Aug, 2010 Pdb
I have just bought 2 clematis
I have a large beech tree in my 80ft border
24 Aug, 2010 Pdb
My sweet peas were a disappointment this year
23 Aug, 2010 Pdb
It is the first year for me growing rhubarb
16 Aug, 2010 Pdb
I have a lot of plants that need staking
11 Aug, 2010 Pdb
I have grown these Verbascum from seed this year
10 Aug, 2010 Pdb
My new border is 2 years old
What is the best way to grow Passiflora?
2 Aug, 2010 Pdb
I can't for the life of me remember what this bush is called
1 Aug, 2010 Pdb
I planted some begonia tubers earlier this year
26 Jul, 2010 Pdb
I had 3 new cistus plants last year and lost one in the winter
21 Jul, 2010 Pdb
Hi Ilex, here are the photos
20 Jul, 2010 Pdb
Can anyone tell me what these 2 plants are called
27 replies
Could anyone advise what may be wrong with my potatoes?
18 Jul, 2010 Pdb
I am growing 'Flamingo' cucumber for the first time
11 Jul, 2010 Pdb
I grew some cups and saucers from seed this year
Can you solve a mysery plant for me
10 Jul, 2010 Pdb
I have grown these from seed and I am wondering if I can plant them in t he garden...
3 Jul, 2010 Pdb
This is my first attempt at cucumber
2 Jul, 2010 Pdb
Can anyone identfy these
I have 2 red Phygelius in the middle of my border
17 Jun, 2010 Pdb
I am on my second Passiflora
14 Jun, 2010 Pdb
I have grown some Monarda from seed
12 Jun, 2010 Pdb
I bought 2 climbing roses a few weeks ago
7 Jun, 2010 Pdb
I have only just come across the NGS website
6 Jun, 2010 Pdb
I was watching GW last week and just loved the Lamiaceae family that Carol Klein...
29 May, 2010 Pdb
I grew Hollyhocks for the first time last year and when the flowers were out they...
23 May, 2010 Pdb
I sowed some Francoa sonchifolia
19 May, 2010 Pdb
Am I being too fussy with weeding?
27 Mar, 2010 Pdb
I bought 3 Verbascum Bombyciferum last year for my new border and they all died
26 Mar, 2010 Pdb
I sowed a selection of seeds in Feb
22 Mar, 2010 Pdb
I invested in a new border last year and have pruned the ones I should have done...
6 Mar, 2010 Pdb
Verbascum Arctic Summer
25 Aug, 2009 Pdb
Mystery plant
29 Jul, 2008 Pdb
