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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #30 - May 20, 2012, 02:55 PM
    I laugh in the face of back breaking work lol hah hah HAH  cool2

    No seriously, after all the work I had to do in the house I reckon i am up to the job.  Plus its good for keeping active.

    So the birds will really attack the seeds?

    *make point of leaving cats in garden more often and stop feeling sorry for the mice and birds they catch
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #31 - May 20, 2012, 03:11 PM
    Please post hotpants'n'wellies pic.



    The birds will eat some, but not all. Throw more seed on bare patches once the rest has germinated. Doesn't take long. It's rather magicaal, actually.
  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #32 - May 20, 2012, 03:41 PM
    Quote from: billy on May 01, 2012, 12:21 AM

    (Clicky for piccy!)


    I saw some of those in my sister's garden. She said she was going to make hemp paper out of the plant's fibres; very arty and crafty my sister is  Cheesy
  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #33 - May 24, 2012, 12:16 AM
    Okay okay, so I know I SAID I'd send you pics of my tulips but honestly, I'm so lazy and I don't even care about them anymore. They're stupid.

    SO HERE'S THE NEW THING! So I went to my friend's house and her entire PORCH was like SO FRAGRANT with this AMAZING SMELL and I asked her what it was, and she's like, "Honeysuckle", but it wasn't cuz I asked her mum and she said that it was lilac, and it was cuz I picked some and they smelled like heaven I SWEAR!

    Anyway, so!!!! Can I plant lilacs this time of the year?

    ALSOOOOO we have lilacs in our yard, apparently, but they don't smell as good as my friend's :( soo is that cuz they are getting too much sun?

    And can you tell me more plants that smell as nice as lilacs? Not roses or something dumb like that, roses smell like barf. Like, ones that grow FAST. I don't want to wait 50 years for a jasmine tree to grow or something.

    THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #34 - May 24, 2012, 12:17 AM
    Okay, they don't smell like barf, but lilacs are better.
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #35 - May 24, 2012, 12:26 AM
    Rosemary smells really nice Smiley we have some of that back home. It's not a 'pretty flower' but the smell...mmm, makes me want to make some pot-pori out of it.
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #36 - May 24, 2012, 12:27 AM
    Thank you!!! Rosemary and Thyme, I used to watch that TV show. Two old women went around solving mysteries, it was so weird.
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #37 - May 24, 2012, 01:28 AM
    Quote from: chepea on May 24, 2012, 12:16 AM
    Okay okay, so I know I SAID I'd send you pics of my tulips but honestly, I'm so lazy and I don't even care about them anymore. They're stupid.

    Tulips are not renowned for their intelligence. Try agapanthus instead.


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    And can you tell me more plants that smell as nice as lilacs? Not roses or something dumb like that, roses smell like barf. Like, ones that grow FAST. I don't want to wait 50 years for a jasmine tree to grow or something.

    Jasmine isn't a tree. It's a vine, and it grows quite quickly in the right climate.
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #38 - May 24, 2012, 02:20 AM
    David, this is an awesome thread!

    I just have a question on cyclamens, I bought one about 2 months ago and it was doing fine but then suddenly about 3 weeks ago all the leaves and flowers dropped off and I thought it had died. Before all the leaves died and the leaves and flowers died, I was watering it about once a week with 1/4 cup of water as a friend told me that if I watered it any more than that it would kill it.

    After all the leaves and flowers died off, I moved it into the bathroom where it has more light, and have been watering it a teaspoon a day and since doing that more flowers have come out and are surviving but the leaves haven't come out, there is no new growth of leaves.

    This is what it looks like now:




    What am I doing wrong and how do I get it to become beautiful again?
  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #39 - May 24, 2012, 02:24 AM
    Oh, should also mention that it's winter here, gets pretty cold on some days and other days it's warmer. I have the heater going at night and sometimes during the day if it's particularly cold. Could the weather be affecting it? I can't see how the heater could, as I've been having the heater on every night since I first bought the plant and it only started dying (really quickly) 'bout 3 weeks ago.
  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #40 - May 24, 2012, 05:39 AM
    David, I have some azaleas in my garden that I need to move to another spot. When is the best time to do it? They're in full flower at the moment. Thanks.
  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #41 - May 24, 2012, 07:22 AM
    Quote from: Da_Dude on May 24, 2012, 02:20 AM
    David, this is an awesome thread!

    I just have a question on cyclamens, I bought one about 2 months ago and it was doing fine but then suddenly about 3 weeks ago all the leaves and flowers dropped off and I thought it had died. Before all the leaves died and the leaves and flowers died, I was watering it about once a week with 1/4 cup of water as a friend told me that if I watered it any more than that it would kill it.

    After all the leaves and flowers died off, I moved it into the bathroom where it has more light, and have been watering it a teaspoon a day and since doing that more flowers have come out and are surviving but the leaves haven't come out, there is no new growth of leaves.

    This is what it looks like now:




    What am I doing wrong and how do I get it to become beautiful again?


    Is it not time to move it to a bigger plant pot? 

    I'm not G on gardening at all, but my daughter's bean plant starting dying so I changed it to a bigger pot and then it started growing really well again as the roots could spread out more I guess, and then it started dying again because that pot became too small too.  But then I failed to go and get a new bigger plant pot and it completely died.  Thankfully daughter is the forgiving type.  Grin
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #42 - May 24, 2012, 09:36 AM
    We should set up a "Dear David" column.
    He's no friend to the friendless
    And he's the mother of grief
    There's only sorrow for tomorrow
    Surely life is too brief
  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #43 - May 24, 2012, 10:04 AM
    Quote from: BerberElla on May 24, 2012, 07:22 AM
    Is it not time to move it to a bigger plant pot? 

    I'm not G on gardening at all, but my daughter's bean plant starting dying so I changed it to a bigger pot and then it started growing really well again as the roots could spread out more I guess, and then it started dying again because that pot became too small too.  But then I failed to go and get a new bigger plant pot and it completely died.  Thankfully daughter is the forgiving type.  Grin


    I might try that Berbs, thanks for that!  Afro
  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #44 - May 24, 2012, 10:05 AM
    Quote from: Naerys on May 24, 2012, 09:36 AM
    We should set up a "Dear David" column.


     Cheesy
  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #45 - May 25, 2012, 04:57 AM
    Quote from: Naerys on May 24, 2012, 09:36 AM
    We should set up a "Dear David" column.

    +1

    From now on, all my posts in this thread will begin with: "Dear Aunty David" Smiley
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #46 - May 25, 2012, 04:59 AM
    Dear Aunty David,

    Os is being a smart aleck again! Lookit!

    Quote from: osmanthus on May 24, 2012, 01:28 AM
    Tulips are not renowned for their intelligence. Try agapanthus instead.

    He's making me feel bad about my bad word choices. Cry My self-esteem is in ruins.

    Also, he's trying to take over your job by telling me garden-y stuff:

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    Jasmine isn't a tree. It's a vine, and it grows quite quickly in the right climate.

    Which, admittedly, I had not known. What's that tree that looks like jasmine, and the white flowers fall off and it's soo pretty and smells nice too I think?

    And also, when I say "grows quickly", I mean, like, within 3 months....
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #47 - May 25, 2012, 09:52 AM
    Tongue David is not the only person in the world who knows garden stuff. Nobody knows it all anyway.

    I don't know which tree you mean. There are lots of trees and shrubs that have white flowers and smell nice. You should try to give more detail so people have a better idea. Smiley
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #48 - May 25, 2012, 02:00 PM
    Sorry Aunty Ossy. Umm...the flowers are kind of big, maybe the size of my palm. It only blooms like once a year. And the petals are shaped like real petals, not pointy or anything, just round...

    :/ It's such a normal tree!! I think the leaves are dark green though. We used to have some outside our house(s) in Saudia, so..um...yeah. But I think I saw one here too.

    ....man, I suck at this. Sorry. :/
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #49 - May 25, 2012, 11:49 PM
    Could be a gardenia. They have very dark foliage and stink like anything. grin12

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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #50 - May 25, 2012, 11:51 PM
    Gross, no. They're very simple looking flowers. Like, not rolled up in the middle or anything. They come from a tree.....um. Yeah Tongue I think I'll ask my mum, maybe she'll know what I'm talking about.

    Also, now that I think about it, maybe they don't smell THAT nice, but they were pretty. Sorry.  lipsrsealed

    Edit: Also, the edges of their petals are totally smooth. I think they have 5 petals.
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #51 - May 25, 2012, 11:59 PM
    Could be a magnolia, if it's a tree and not just a shrub. They fall to pieces as soon as you pick them.

    Is it deciduous or evergreen?

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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #52 - May 26, 2012, 12:03 AM
    Umm...no idea. The leaves were on all year in Saudi, so evergreen I guess.

    And OMG YES I just googled magnolia and they KINDA look like what I'm talking about! dance My mum isn't here right now, otherwise I'd ask her. Tongue Sorry!
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #53 - May 26, 2012, 12:17 AM
    There's oodles of things it could be. If you had a pic we could get an id easily. Could be Gardenia thunbergia (a very old one that forms a small tree), one of the Michelia cultivars, even a white hibiscus.

    If it wasn't evergreen I'd guess at a frangipani (Plumeria). Those are usually thought of as tropical or sub-tropical, but in their original habitat they are xerophytes, and they have a close relative (Adenium) that is native to the Red Sea area.
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #54 - May 26, 2012, 12:18 AM
    OMG IT'S THE FRANGIPANI OMG THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! dance dance I forgot that they were yellow in the middle.

    I don't know why I thought it was evergreen. Tongue It's cool how you managed to figure it out even though I misinformed you. Tongue Sorry.
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #55 - May 26, 2012, 12:23 AM
    Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Well that was a bit of a fluke.

    Frangis are great. There are stacks of different ones these days, with all sorts of colours and perfumes.

    http://www.sacredgardenfrangipanis.com/frangipani_01.php
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #56 - May 26, 2012, 12:26 AM
    Tongue No it was good, thank you! You know a lot about flowers too Aunty. Tongue

    And I hate when people dye flowers, it's so fake. I like white frangipanis. But thanks!!!! grin12
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #57 - May 26, 2012, 12:27 AM
    Oh yeah: the bad news. Frangis aren't fast growing. In fact they are reasonably slow, but they'll last a long time once established. I have several here that are about thirty years old and they are about 4-5 metres tall and 6-7 metres across.

    Good news is that they are really easy to grow. All you need to do is grab a branch and stick it in the ground. I had a truck back into one of them and break a few bits of branch off. Tree still looks fine, and now I have half a dozen small ones too. grin12
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #58 - May 26, 2012, 12:28 AM
    Quote from: chepea on May 26, 2012, 12:26 AM
    Tongue No it was good, thank you! You know a lot about flowers too Aunty. Tongue

    And I hate when people dye flowers, it's so fake. I like white frangipanis. But thanks!!!! grin12

    They aren't dyed. Those are genuine colours resulting from cross breeding using natural genetic variation. Smiley

    I like the white ones too, but some of the coloured ones are also cool.
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  • Re: Gardener's Question Time...
     Reply #59 - May 26, 2012, 12:29 AM
    LOL you backed a truck into your tree?! Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy That's so funny!

    And ugh, that sucks. :( I just want to grow something fragrant during the summer.

    But OMG our lilacs actually smell nice!!!! They smell nice at certain times of the day, it's really cool. dance
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