jones wrote:
Thank you for the suggestions and the informative website from Jonno.

They are in full sun (one point to me).

But yes I admit, the soil is old, the plants are old, and I don't fertilise
them.
So really I am lucky they are still alive :-)

I can start by giving them a trim (more than I usually do).
Thanks again and I will keep in touch with progress.

BTW - does anyone have any names of fertiliser I can get from say, K-mart.
We don't have a nursery close by. The one we did have years ago, it was
bought out and an office block is in its place. It looks ugly.


"Wily Wilde" wrote
Come Winter... say June, pull them all out, chop off the top green parts
and stick them in the ground. Mulch the brown bottom bits.

They'll grow from there and produce nice flowers.

I'd say yours are old? When did u start growing them?




As suggested Liquid fertiliser (Aquasol Seasol or any cow manuse is
good, but better still a handful of lime and some fertiliser, but dont
over do it. A few hand fuls, and keep them well watered in the main
growing seasons. Spring and autumn.
Cut them back to more than half. Be ruthless. They will thank you for it.