Hallson Gardens

The whole length of my garden is clematis hedge, there are 6 plants, 5 from cuttings of the first. its best to do them when the flowering has finished, in a good compost with a little root hormone, it is rather hit and miss, you need to do several cuttings and may only get one make it to a plants, b...

Does anyone know a plant other that water liilie and family that will grow in 4' of water?

see is i can get the pic in this time lol

hmmm pic was to big to add, and my paint shop pro9 isnt opening, will post when i sort it

I have 15 potted acers palmatums, most here around this little pond, and another dozen or so seedlings in the GH

out of about 30 seeds i have so far only 6 seedlings to show for it, but that might be the seeds rather than the method so i htink it works

thanks all

they are greedy feeders, and like to be in soil rather than a tub or or restricted liner. do you cover it each winter? the root is quite hardy, but the crowth stems are not, so if last years growing point died a new one will be small each year, that might account for a small palnt with a large root ...

I'm with old earth dog lol told ya should have shot it with a gun instead of a camera

thanks for the replies, I will start them off today, I will pop half in the fridge and half I will pot up and leave outside all winter, see how i get on, I will let you know the results next spring

Thanks for the info peeps

I knew about the fridge bit, its do i lay the seeds on top or do they need to be so deep?

you need to sow the seeds fresh, put them in a pot on top of the compost and cover them with a thin layer of perlite or grit, they do need the winter eliments to germinate them, so leave the pot where mother nature can do her stuff, but shelter from the hardest of the weather, under an evergreen bus...

Hi All, been a while since I posted.........Hi KHT

I have a few different species of acer (japanese maples) I have tried a couple of times to grow them from seed but with little success, does anyone here have any useful tips and hints i can use? i will try any and all

It depends on the plants, the papyrus will need light and need to be kept warmish, if the other plants have tubers its better to dry them out and store them like dhalias, if not they will need light to survive a winter

It does look like aphids, didnt think they would get so close to water, I know they secrete a sticky mess that can effect the plants around it, not sure what effect if any they might have on the water and water plants, interesting problem.

upvc pond liner will last for years under, I burried one for a boggy area 10 years ago, lifted a bit of it last month and its still intact.

I have 3 hostas potted in my pond, and they are the best looking ones in the garden so drainage isnt needed much either it seems.

Preformed are harder to install, they need to be perfectly level, you need to lay it on sand too so it beds down propperly with no gaps underneath it.

but as Josh says, one of them or no pond! easy choice.

congrates on your first pond, may it bring you joy

Same here Chris, I use a bit of garden soil from the back of the shed, never been dug, fertalised or planted in, about a rough as you can get, but all my water plants seem to like it well enough.

They only started to turn up in my pond early last week Sam, lots of reports of them from 2-3 weeks ago, seems my area is one of the last, they spawned saturday, drove me nuts with thier croaking all sunday lol but always pleased to see them in the little pond

Hasnt been to bad here in the UK, last two weeks have been rather nice, got a few jobs done, still lots to do tho, be patient everyone, your workload will start soon enough lol

To start thinking pond season again