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Karen, you have certainly planted this up well, it looks so good.

That is way ahead of mine!

Karen, I remember your soil conditions all too well!

I bought a small Blueberry shrub this morning, it shall be planted in ericaceous compost in a large pot as I know it would die in our Sussex clay.

It's good to see you back on GoY ... :o))

And this blog took AGES to publish, it just wouldn't work :(

Josie, this was a spur of the moment purchase a few years ago. So pleased with it.

Chris, I was wondering last year if it would ever grow so I'm very happy to see it thriving.

I've just had five days in hospital, cardiac problems again, I hope you're keeping well ... :o) x

Like Driad, I was watching the Indian lady, started in London area I think, then moved North and was finding a big difference in growing conditions

Had tomato envy just watching her

It's lovely Julia, but never heard of it before.

Thanks Julia but I keep them well watered as they are in big pots. In the beginning I did get flowers but were sometimes distorted.

Hi Wildrose and Balcony, Robins are very bold at this time of the year. It's amazing how a friendship develops when there's food to be had. I love their birdsong.

That’s my exact problem with orchids, I overwater them. I worked with a lady who had a big lath-structure and had hundreds of different orchids, she said she would water them once every three weeks, never fertilized them and they grew and bloomed like crazy for decades. I saw pics of all the different varieties of Cattleyas flowering. Such luck!

Thank you Kate and Chris...it does seem to be growing into an attractive shape.

It's such a long time since I last watched GW that I wasn't sure if it was still running! I haven't watched anything since the Chelsea show in May!

I nearly bumped into one Saturday! I didn't see it until I was practically on top of it!

FF, we remove the plants from the table when we want to use it! Anyway the Amaryllis flowers only last about 2 weeks! When they finish flowering I take them to the 2nd bedroom where they spend the next 12 months on the windowsill!

Thanks,Andy! :)

We all kill one type of plant - or at least we can never get them to grow! I'm particularly bad at growing Lavenders - I've been given several & they always die on me! I think I overwater them!

What sort of computer/laptop are you using,FF? If it's a Windows the adblocker ought to work. If it's an Apple then I can't help as I've never used one.

Very pretty Siris.

Lovely Kate, nothing much to see in mine yet but coming on well all the leaves are sprouting now and itching to get stuff done, been out there today dividing some plants, was away last week and noticed the difference in the plants growth :-))

A smart thing to do Karen.
Living on the acreage is giving me a pleasure (and sometime frustration) to have lots of pretty flowering native "weeds" growing all around in summer......My designated flower bed does not look very cheerful until May-June.

I do record it Wildrose, and I fast forward what I am not interested in I love Carol Klein and Adam Frost and the viewers gardens.

That may be your experience but geographical UK areas differ quite considerably...living in wet Wales we have had the same problem as Rose with some Camelias.

That looks super. I love newly planted areas! That’s a very dear little fern. I shall be looking out for tiny plants next month as 2 big pots cracked and I am going to use them to make a fairy garden with Niamh. I’ve collected the fairies and their houses, and some autumn flowering crocus bulbs, but no plants yet. It will be fun!

That’s lovely Chris. :)

I seem to have chosen really late narcissi. Still loads to come! I shall have to buy some earlier ones this year!

They have! All that rain last year! And the Magnolias are absolutely lovely too! And so far no frosts to turn them all brown.

It always amazes me that the leaves start so red!

Hopefully that will do the trick!

Love it!

I had one in the garden, but doesn't colour up much so is now in a pot getting more sun.

Lovely to see you back on here and to see your photos again. x

I agree with you Chris! I still watch it, but not sure why!
Pots and pots of tulips are probably planted by helpers and he just does the one or two for the camera!
As if most of us could afford to have so many!
I loved Geoff Hamilton, so down to earth! x

Rose,if the previous year is too dry it can produce distorted buds or none at all.

Hello everyone , like Wildrose , I have been away from the site for what feels too long now .
How refreshing to hear what you all have to say .
Of course Monty has minions to do most of his work , but I really enjoy the garden visits , especially an Indian lady who has just started her garden in Derbyshire somewhere .She has worked wonders there but we haven’t seen her lately .
I think that that Christine ( on Gardeners Question Time ) would be a lovely addition/replacement on Gardeners World . She came to out little local theatre and did a wonderful show .

Every year I find spring seems so slow K. But then it all takes off and is over too fast! So I’m trying hard to appreciate every little change and not to long so much for summer. I’ll pop out soon and see what’s changed since yesterday, and try to be content with it. Slow as it is!

Mine haven't even started flowering yet Chris. It's a white one, so bought the red flowering one last year and nothing from it either!

Very pretty!

Spring must be here Chris! Nice to see you back on here.
Will be in touch soon. xx

Thanks Kate.

They certainly have Chris coupled with the Magnolias.That's a very sweet one.

Our own little robins are very special to us and I love to see and hear them! Ours loves us to be out there with a fork or spade!

That is very pretty and has a lovely shape.

I too love this time of year especially when the sun is shining down too!

Perfect shape and it will look stunning for you.

This has reminded me that my recorder didn't record last week due to a "clash" so I have to watch it on i player. I agree with the above comments as I too can't stand the concrete and metal concoctions that pass for a garden these days and the veg seed comment made me smile too. When it's recorded I skip over these parts but have found more and more skipping taking place. I was a great fan of Geoff Hamilton, even went to his Barnsdale garden a lot of years ago now and learned a lot from his time on GW.

It looks as if you have been missing too Kate so welcome back from one absentee to another. Lovely to see your beautiful pictures.

Wonderful to read your comments and realise I am not alone with my thoughts!!
They made me smile and I agree with everything that was written so thank you all so much for endorsing what I was thinking.
I am off out into the garden soon which has no named areas just flowers and shrubs and trees and a few messy bits too!

I think Monty & co are too close to Garden Designers and not gardeners, you only have to see recent RHS Chelsea shows to see how “on trend” every one has become, more stone & concrete, stainless Artwork etc than plants

I've always found GW a bit unrealistic, describing gardens of just half an acre as small for instance

Easy to have pots & pots of tulips if the BBC Licence payer is paying for them, not so easy when competing with the gas & electric bills.

Hi Chris
I've often thought of you and missed your input on GoY...so good to see you...
Most gardens are a mixture of planting areas ...do you remember the central island rose beds?...Now roses are planted amongst herbaceous plants and look so much more natural.
I'm sure you wouldn't be described as a grumpy old woman...
As regards pots of tulips...this is the last time I'm doing it...There was more lasting colour here with Pansies and Violas.
Hope all is well with you both.x