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Hi Mark, you would need to keep an eye on the overnight temperatures. You can bring them in now, especially if you're not getting to enjoy them outside now the weather has turned cooler. I will be leaving mine until overnight temperatures start hitting 6 Celsius as they look great outside the kitchen window. Simon

@@walkingtalkinggardeners Thank you, Simon. It started the spring as a gifted cutting. It's now spectacular with giant very dark rosettes. It's done so well. I'm just nervous about getting it thought the winter. I do have a conservatory.

Hi Stephen, you can plant them now. Just don't disturb the root system, despite what others may say on the Internet! And make sure they are planted far enough apart to accommodate their full size. If I had a pound for every time I saw fruit trees planted within a few feet of each other! You've seen how big the apple tree is in my garden. You are looking at 6 - 10 metres apart minimum. Simon

@@walkingtalkinggardeners the mm106 grows to 4/5 metres and the m26 grows to 8-10 feet apparently.will put them about 20 feet apart cheers Simon!

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Hi Gav, that would be late spring to early summer. That way, you avoid late frosts, but have most of the growing season to establish your plants before overwintering. I think I did mine around May/June. Simon

@@walkingtalkinggardeners I have heard of people sewing these types of echium in late autumn. In a glass house. In readiness for the next growing season. Which is why I asked. I will go with your method! Cheers

You could do it that way to get an earlier germination. However, it is easy to lose that advantage if you are not spot on with potting on, feeding, and watering. For me, it would be a case of the greenhouse being full of overwintering plants that I wouldn't have room for the seed trays.

@@walkingtalkinggardeners yeah good call. I have a number of tender plants to over winter. This year is the first year of having a greenhouse. Iv gardened for years without one so now the routine has changed

Thanks Varunias for getting in touch. And I completely agree. Simon 🙂

You are very welcome. Simon

Hi Terri. If you want what is best for your plant then you would leave them on as this provides protection for the crown and top of the trunk for the following winter. Personally, I try and wait until the old ones have turned brown, but usually they go before that if Lorna starts complaining or we have people round and the garden needs to look smart. Simon

Oops, sorry I meant island state. Simon

Well this is of course true. Drainage, humidity etc will have a massive impact on the survivability of certain plant genera at low temperatures. However, so that UK gardeners can make reasonable generalisations we have a table of cold hardiness for plants which youi can find on the RHS website. It works for us here in the UK, which is where I am, but I agree that this may not translate well to other countries with different climates. Although I would much prefer to garden where you are rather than here with our crap weather. Simon

To be fair, at lot of it is. Simon

​@@walkingtalkinggardeners great information though and much appreciated!

You are very welcome.

Hi Fan and thanks for getting in touch. I would be interested to know how you get on. I might even try it myself! Simon

@@walkingtalkinggardeners they’re very cheap plants easy to divide propagate so nothing to lose

The one in the video is Conca d'Or. I have had it about ten years now. Simon

I'm pleased you are enjoying your tree lily. They are great plants. Simon

Thank you Raw London. There is one more to come which will be published in a couple of weeks. Simon

Hi there, that's a great question but I am not an expert on native American foods. You would be better off asking an expert who specialises in this. Simon

Thanks very much, Daphne. I think that Clivias are a lot tougher than we have been led to believe, so I would be interested in finding out how you got on with that. Simon

@@walkingtalkinggardeners I’ve put a tag next to it so I stand a chance of remembering next year!

Good thinking. I need to do more of that myself.

You are very welcome Antienoia. If you are interested we have another parody planned for next month which should be published end of October. We will be in Lanzarote so I'll be going through his old videos from his last visit there. Unfortunately we don't get to go away as much as Tim and Gaby! Simon

I loved it, It was like I found my gardening twin!

Great advice Poacher, thanks for sharing. Simon

Thanks Berkcansevgi, we really enjoyed it here. Simon

Well, that is generally the basis of our marriage. 😂

Hi Dan, That's great information. Thanks for sharing your techniques. Kind regards, Simon

Oh my goodness, it sounds like your plants are surrounded! Good luck with your management. I find that the sonic pest control devices work quite well. Simon

Hi Stephen, by rights this should be fine. However, you increase the risk of fungal infections getting into the crown. I use water out of the tap and chemical fertilisers and avoid that problem altogether. Once they go into decline from fungal pathogens you can't bring them back. Kind regards, Simon

It's a good question. I have answered it in your other comment.

Hi Carolyn, unfortunately its been both a poor winter and a poor summer for this species. Mine hasn't flowered either, and there are still no signs of bud coming through. I think that all that can be done is an application of mulch over the winter and a hope for better conditions next year. Simon

Hi Elvo, It's not something that is particularly practised, but soaking in tepid water for an hour or so could reap some rewards. However, I'm not convinced it will undo any damage if the bulbs become too dry. Kind regards, Simon

They are fantastic plants so I hope you get a lot of enjoyment from it. Kind regards Simon

You are very welcome. These are fantastic plants, I hope you get a lot of enjoyment from it. Simon

You are very welcome, John. I'm glad you found it useful. Simon

Hi Mary Rose, Yes, you can. The best time to dig up camellias is after leaf drop in the autumn, so between November and February. However the root damage in doing so will stress the plant and can cause the flower buds to drop. They will always perform better in the ground, assuming it's planted well and in the right place. However if you have to move it then you have to move it. Good luck, Simon

@@walkingtalkinggardeners ok thank you.

Sounds like they are doing well for you. I hope they give you a good display in the spring. Simon

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Thanks Murray. Simon 🙂

Thanks Raw. Kind regards Simon 😃

I'm sorry to hear about your canna lily. Depending on what caused it to die will depend on what to do next. If it's a canna virus, then I would dig up the root and destroy. If it's environmental then just resolve the problem before buying new stock. Sorry I couldn't be more specific. Simon

Hi Mic. I did split the plants in the pot, but no, I didn't split the corm stack. However, I can look at this again when I next lift some plants. It would make an interesting video. Simon 🙂

Hi Beeminty, and thanks for getting in touch. I would love to have a dry rocky slope here as that would allow me to grow a whole different range of plants. Check those growbags, though. In the UK, they just contain either sedge peat or mosspeat so no nutrients or additional drainage. Its just cheap rubbish. I wouldn't know what they would contain in the USA, it could be an entirely different thing. Kind regards Simon

You are very welcome. Simon

That is great information Kaia, thanks for sharing. Simon

Oh my goodness, that sounds terrible. I wish you all the best in resolving your vole problem. Kind regards Simon

Indeed, well spotted. Simon 🙂

Hi Matteo, and thanks for getting in touch. Your 7a cold temperatures are way lower than ours so you have done really well overwintering your dahlias outside. Your mulching is a great way to keep the penetrating frosts away but I have to agree with you that climate change and milder winters have a part to play. Bad for mankind but good for gardeners. Silver lining and all that! Simon

And this tip is for those who own plants that hate their roots being touched like bougainvilleas, it's best to keep an aloe vera around because if it suffers any damage like a squirrel attack, blend up water and fresh cut aloe vera then pour the mixture after filtering the debris out, mine bounced back after one day of being upset and is happy and healthy again root booster works somewhat in the same way but aloe vera does it the best

That is a fantastic piece of advice. Thanks for sharing that on the channel. Kind regards, Simon.

That is a great collection of plants, sadly most of which we can't keep outside here as we dont get your amazing weather. However, the red yucca looks like something we could grow here so long as we can keep the roots dry enough. Very interesting, we hadn't come across that one before. Thanks for sharing. Simon

@@walkingtalkinggardeners red yucca is a native to my region you see it almost every for how tough they are their leaves can survive multiple rounds of damage and still stay green, can handle being abused by the sun while it's 40Cs while plants that say they can handle full sun wouldn't last, I keep mine in almost full sun exposure throughout the entire day sadly y'all don't get hummingbirds because it has tubular flowers, but since most of the plants I have are mostly meant for warm or hot climates I have to bring them in when temperatures drop to about 15C since 10C would start to hurt them unlike red yucca that can survive in 0C but more established and healthy specimens are able to handle -26C for brief periods and is a cousin to agaves since their both members of the Agavaceae the Century plant family

Hi there, I purchased mine online from Thompson and Morgan. Simon

I watched it from 4.34 the realised I missed out on loads of decent information! Thanks for your opinion. Kind regards, Simon

Hi Steven, I agree it is likely to be cats of possibly foxes. You can try and add a 'Cat Off' product or out down a load of ground pepper in the area. Alternatively stick a sonic alarm near it as they tend to work quite well. Simon

Hi Richard I appreciate you adding that to out bank of information. 30 plus years is an impressive feat. Tell him well done form me. Simon

Hi there and thanks for getting in touch. As mentioned in my video, once they are mature, they will tolerate lower temperatures than that. Which is why they are so many mature specimens here in west Sussex. Temperatures went down to -7 Celsius in 2022, and they are all still here. You can check for them on google maps if you require further proof, but they are already featured in the video. Kind regards, Simon

Thanks for the update Daniel, we appreciate that. My worry regarding all these fires we hear about is that they are caused by climate activists trying to prove their own point.