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Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Markymarkmark Jul 2020 10:16am, 1 Jul 2020 12,006 posts	Quote Pin Markymarkmark I've had a few goes at getting a ceanothus bush going - each time it's just died off after a few months. Annoying, because there are some beautiful specimens iaround the area where we live! Columba, as bad as housework but far better for the soul! I have microscopic cucumbers! (Narrower than the actual tendrils the plants are waving about at the moment!!)
Garfield Jul 2020 12:59pm, 1 Jul 2020 13,192 posts	Quote Pin Garfield Our holly hedge is the bane of our existence!! It just keeps on growing and has to be kept cut back or it would take over completely!!!
D2 Jul 2020 12:59pm, 1 Jul 2020 11,735 posts	Quote Pin D2 Just catching up; Nice pond agree with stump grinding how about beech as an alternative tall hedge, keeps a lot of leaves over winter, or holly? Yes, just like housework but so much nicer
Garfield Jul 2020 1:05pm, 1 Jul 2020 13,193 posts	Quote Pin Garfield Holly is vicious...especially when you back into it!!
D2 Jul 2020 2:25pm, 1 Jul 2020 11,736 posts	Quote Pin D2 Actually I was once dumped into a holly hedge by my horse on a cross country competition so I can concur with the vicious comment!
SarahWoo Jul 2020 2:35pm, 1 Jul 2020 11,708 posts	Quote Pin SarahWoo I'm looking for a bit of advice please. I've got a blank, NE facing wall and would like to grow climbers up it. Any recommendations for flowering climbers that will flourish in the shade?
rf_fozzy Jul 2020 3:03pm, 1 Jul 2020 10,483 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy I've got a climbing hydrangea in a similar position Sarah. That might work? I could even try and do you a cutting if you like?
rf_fozzy Jul 2020 3:03pm, 1 Jul 2020 10,484 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy rhs.org.uk
SarahWoo Jul 2020 3:10pm, 1 Jul 2020 11,709 posts	Quote Pin SarahWoo Thanks, fozzy I'll let you know about a cutting, if that's OK? - thanks for offering.
Dvorak Jul 2020 3:13pm, 1 Jul 2020 20,089 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak A couple of weeks late, I've planted some tomatoes in a growbag. Usually they go in a bit late, so although I have good tall plants, the flowering may be late August into September meaning the fruit is often too late to ripen properly. So how can I say they are late this year? Well, they are only 30-40 cm high, and already flowering. I also have Minibel ones, still in trays, not even pots, and that are also starting to flower. And there's also been a lot of rain (70 cm over two days) just when the raspberries and strawberries are ripening.