Gardening: Hints and Help!

Yes beautiful cherry brue. I was hoping to put in a variegated holly this year, grow it as a topiaried bush. 

My Bathsheba climbing rose has been beautiful , but its not sending any strong trainable  climbing shoots only thin rose bearing ones. More like a Floribunda . Any ideas ?

Did you have any luck HH? It might be the wrong end of the growing season and a good prune will produce lots of new strong growth in the Spring. 

Yes will try that in the spring brue, It needs stronger support due to the size and weight of the flowers. 

It took my climbers quite a few years to settle & become happy enough to climb & spread likewise my ramblers, other than ‘Seagull’ that was just like the Birds. . .A menace🤷🏻‍♂️😊

Agree, a good prune will help. Some roses can be a bit spindly first couple of years. I took one out of a pot this year, and it’s struggled, but will be better next year👍

Not putting away childish things...

Decided to grow an Avocado stone, it's taken over three months to grow first in water then a pot. It grew just like a broad bean, splitting and sending down a leg root. 🌱

Interesting project brue. Looks to be doing great as well. I am going to plant some acorns, see if I can grow some Oaks. I meant to fetch some back from Norfolk (walking in Nelson’s footsteps) but never did a walk to find any. I do have a Pomegranate tree, but it’s never shown any signs of fruit, probably way too cold.🥶

My main task this coming year is to try and persuade my very reluctant fig to fruit. It’s a stubborn little beastie so far, so I need to do some reading up.🤨

I like the avocado, mine is still in water in a 'bulb' glass. Might pot it up and bring indoors for winter.

Have been fed up with gardening services weeding and feeding the lawn with their chemicals on a regular basis. Have now gone for a total moss lawn which is slower growing than grass and therefore needs less cutting.

More time in the deckchair with a beer in my hand.

Took quite a few cuttings a week or so ago, along with Hosta's. All seem to be doing well . Also started trimming some perennial's and general tidying, getting ready for Winter.