General Chat

Shirley's right 'mind your own business' and I'm trying to think of the Latin name. We're very lucky here in Eastbourne, it grows as an endemic weed but up country one can pay as much as five quid for a small pot of it. We also have Campanula and Montbretia that grow on every brick wall, crook and cranny. It's absolutely beautiful around town at the moment and all for free! Cherryxx

good book called place that plant

Thank you everyone..OH very impressed, thinks I waste time on here.. He got the gardening books out and I said we could do it quicker on here....he scoffed a bit...but so impressed.... Will try Land life but also like camomile and thyme,,sandy soil by the sea... Keith would probably charge me, will get a bill now for consultation...!!

Here we are then:- 'Mind-your-own-business or baby’s tears, Soleirolia soleirolii (syn. Helxine soleirolii) is a creeping perennial that bears minute flowers and forms dense, slowly spreading mats of bright green foliage. The thin, fleshy, much-branched stems root as they slowly spread. It is a native of Corsica and Sardinia and is occasionally grown in rock gardens and in greenhouses. It readily colonises crevices in dry stonewalls. However, it can soon get out of control and is a difficult 'weed' to control as it regenerates easily from any small sections of stem over-looked when weeding or hoeing' I think it's beautiful and my friends up country are always pinching bits of it! Cherryxx on the coast at Eastbourne

I've got some spare little gem lettuce seeds Polly lol

bill already sent

Adds Cherrys one to the list. No Lesley. Thought you might Keith, go to the pub...

I would normally agree that mint is too invasive for many garden uses, but in a patio which only has smallish spaces between slabs it is limited on how far it can spread and works extremely well (as is the case in ours). It is also very easy to control in this situation as its easily pulled up and the subtle smell of mint that's been trodden makes it well worth the growing. I definitely wouldn't grow mint in open soil - I always put it in pots even if I then sink them. Angela

I've got some chive seeds? lol

Path 100yards long,sea at end of path..Atlantic with Gulf stream.. No Lesley ,not chives or lettuces...!!!!nice low ground cover..Have sent off for landscrapers catalogue.....

How about radish seeds?

There's a grey/silver creeping plant that's called something like 'Australian Moss' - very attractive and doesn't mind getting trodden on. Thymes, like someone has already said, Oregano is also quite low growing, some Sedums too. Where are you? I'll send you some 'bits' Mags xx

spring onion seeds polly?

Mags, I am on the West coast of Scotland.... No, Lesley.....!!!

melon seeds?

No, Lesley.. I want a nice pretty path not an allotment....!!

strawberries? They're pretty and you can eat them lol

On a garden path,,,no <Lesley !!!

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Thanks Mags...