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Simply gorgeous!!!!!

I think you are right Kate...love the made up word!!..
or is it correct??

I'm liking the perimeter planting, Janey.

Very pretty, Janey. Good to know it is full of buds too.

I earnestly trained it along the garden twine...was quite obstinate and took ages to ' travel '

Wonderful transformation, Karen.

All looks pretty and pristine, Karen.

Beautiful views, thanks for sharing, Hywel. Pity we missed our share of your chips!
I do like 1st and 4th pic best.

It is a very pretty one, Julia. Love the colouring too.

I'm with Shirley, looks very effective. Vivid colour too.

Gosh, it's flowering abundantly there! I wonder if the rainy weather in past months has encouraged its floriferous- ness!!!! Think that's a word I've just made up! :-))

Kare, this a good idea and I shall look forward to seeing the progress you make in your new garden.

Hywel, do the Erythroniums needs special conditions? Damp, dry, shade or sun please?

Hywel, thanks for sharing your photos, really lovely ones!

Beautiful Clematis.

I love the way it is growing along the support too.

I like it very much.

You can't beat a pure and simple white bloom!

Thanks both of you for your replies. Sorry for the late thank you but for some reason I could not get access for a while. I have lots of this all over the place and forgot it is called Seeeeeeeedum!

I heard that too and today on the village FB page somebody posted a photo of a fearsome looking insect. It has been identified as a Timber Wasp or Giant Horn Tail, harmless but sounds like a Lancaster bomber!

Always wanted to grow one Janey..wonder how difficult they are..very pretty.

Claytonia is not native to Britain though.

Thank you both for helping me.
Google tells me that there is a pink version of stitchwort that grows in Devon but then suggested Pink Purslane which does look very much like it.

Thank you everyone. I would like to grow it at home if possible?

Lovely! Cool and wet here Shirley, so no watching bees for me today. On the radio the Asian Hornet is on the rise, a killer of bees, so we'll have to watch out for those in the summer. There's always something isn't there?..:((

Yes. I had two in my garden and they really got out of hand. They attracted aphids like a magnet. They had been in for about 18 years and they took all my strength and a recriproacting saw to cut the roots away.

Thanks David, I shall read that later.

That is so true Janey ... I have just watched some Bees landing on Welsh Poppies, Foxgloves, Teucrium and Geums so they have had their lunch in my garden today!

There is a much nice yellow Sisyrinchium called S. palmatum. Herbaceous type like striatum rather than the alpine types.

Downy mildew which thrives in damp conditions, and causes angular patches on the leaves between the veins. The fungus itself is more often visible on the underside of the leaves. Badly infected foliage will turn brown and die back when conditions become drier.
Try a Fungicide.

Aw that's a lovely thing to say, thanks Ange..:)
I'm sure you'll find many spots in your garden to plant your foxgloves and they'll look great!

It is Ange, and it smells heavenly..:)

They are, and they need all the help they can get..

I can see why! :o))

They really are such amazing insects!

A belated thank you to Hywel, Kate and Klahanie!
I have just recently come home after my holiday and only just found your comments.

Just cathing up Karen after being on holiday.
It is great how quickly it has come on Karen. Looks good!

You had a good showing of spring plants Hywel but a shame about the Loropetalum.

or more when the plants show new growth. I used to do this but then time slipped away haha

yes you can. using a sharp knife [kitchen knife is fine just wash well afterwards] cut the new growth, called pups, as close to the main stem of the plant. keep as much soil on the cutting's roots as possible. repot in a good compost with plenty of grit. water well and keep an eye on it. They prefer to be on the dryish side once settled.

looks like a violet to me. Until it flowers it could be one of several species. a typical woodland flower.

A mediaeval beauty!

Thanks, Karen. I have mauve ones and they seed all over. That's fine as the insects love them and they don't take up much room.

You still need an eye to make it work, rather than an unholy mess, Janey. You have that knack.

Thanks Meadlowland, it seems to like being inside the shelter and looks much better now.

Thata shame about your Loropetalum Hywel...hope it recovers for you...I've always been attracted to buying one but a little reticent.

It's very neat and tidy, that's nice. I hope you can keep it like that :)

Yes Ange, although I think they are very short-lived.

Fantastic views, Hywel! 👏

Yes, Shirley, they grow everywhere! There's an good article in Wikipedia about it.