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I recognise this Sedum.

David, these look familiar!

You have a wonderful collection of Iris plants.

This is stunning.

I love this one.

Thank you both, yes it is a shame when in the past they have been reliable. I sent them a photo when 10 plugs of Verbena Blush arrived dry, shrunken and dead, but they did at least refund me!

I’m a huge fan of Sedums. :)

Sheila that is so disappointing...a friend of mine has had problems this year with Sarah Raven young bean plants...they arrived yelliw and shrivelled up so obviously had to be returned. It's a shame in the past that is the name I would recommend.

These tend to come back and surprise me. But I haven’t planted any yet. I may well get some this year.

Different problems with Sarah Raven here. They have sent me my plants very late this year, so I planted them straight away, but with this heat they are just sitting there in shock. Not impressed at all with them sending me tiny young plants out in June. Same last year which I overlooked because the spring was so dire. But no such excuse this year.

I only realised how powerfully scented this plant is when I brushed past it the other day! It’s wonderfully and sweetly perfumed.

Brilliant, I would so love to have a wander round.

I do hope something can be sorted ... otherwise I may defect to another gardening forum!

Josie, it always amazes me how Brighton beach is so crowded. No sand to sit on, just pebbles ... :o(

David, this is actually in my garden, not Kates!

Well done to your council for planting hundreds of them.

Lovely rose to have.

Hi Balcony, hope you're keeping safe and well while this heatwave is upon us. We go out for our walk early and keep having extra to drink at the moment.
I have difficulty in putting my photos on here sometimes.

This plant is highly toxic. I grew some from seed out of curiosity and found out that it came from Dr. Rappaccini's garden. It is in my opinion one of the most vile of all plants.

It's a beautiful Anemone, Kate! :) I had a couple on the balcony last year but they don't seem to have come back this year! :(

Our council gardeners planted 100s of the & they flowered beautifully last year! :)

A good idea, very uncomfortable walking over pebbles!

yes this sounds like a lack of water. not to late to up the water and hope they put on a late show.

Thank you Shirley you have come to the rescue again! My
fingers shall be tightly crossed for everyone’s sake.

Thanks for emailing Dave, Shirley. Other times he has been able to make some difference to our "complaints" about GoY, so perhaps he'll be able to do something.

Thanks for emailing Dave, Shirley. Other times he has been able to make some difference to our "complaints" about GoY, so perhaps he'll be able to do something.

Good idea, Wylie! :)

They are indeed pretty flowers, Lindak! :) Thanks for iding them as it's difficult to distinguish what they are as it's not possible to make the pictures any bigger on GoY! :(

No it isn't you Chris, this site has deteriorated so much recently. It takes so very long to view the photos and blogs that I think many of us just give up. Writing a blog is a long process now, as I'm sure you discovered.

Today I have emailed Dave (Shedman) to see if he could 'shake things up' a bit! Fingers crossed.

Lots of lovely irises and poppies Nancy.

Is it me or has the web site become slow to respond?

Meadowland, sorry you have felt unwell too. Mine was a tummy bug and today is the first day I feel a little bit better. Hope you do too.

Karen I am just about managing to dead head the roses and water with the hose! But, the book is first choice!

Shirley I wish I felt like food - even rocket does not appeal but you did make me laugh!

Balcony it was a strange time of year to get the greenhouse delivered as we were a bit late for sowing seeds etc. Perhaps a few tomato plants would cheer it up and today a friend gave me two melon plants!

Sheila thank you for your kind wishes, I have spent a lot of time sitting in the shade and have just finished a good book. Feeling a bit better at last.

Thanks to ALL of you for your good wishes they really have cheered me up.

With all the daylilies, what is open changes every day.

I have a few very shady places that I have put them. Not much else will grow there, so Bromeliads are a solution.

I have emailed Dave (at 12.45) and asked him to look at this question, along with the responses, as I feel the site really does need some attention now.

Fingers crossed that there might be some improvement before too long.

Makes you almost forget the state the world is in ... :o)

Perfect ... :o)

I haven't been able to open my messages for months and get the oops message. It's strange that when I click to open messages the top moves from "thorneyside" to nothing, just hi there, as if I'm not logged in anymore. Click back to members or my photos etc and back comes thorneyside. I mentioned this a couple of months ago and someone sent me a pm to see if I could open that, I can't remember who, but still couldn't open it.

Yes indeed, especially in this glorious weather.

Sheila, I bet that looked really pretty too.

They are Musk flowers Balcony. Pretty yellow aren't they.

Sorry you’re not feeling too well, Chris. Hope you can rest in the shade and get better very soon. Garden looking glorious x

Love these. I should have taken a photo of my Libertia grandiflora when covered in masses of tiny white flowers, like stars!

Lovely idea 🙂.

Thanks Shirley yes the scent is lovely too :-)

Shame you are not very well, Chris, but I wish you a quick recovery so that you may enjoy your lovely garden.

That white rose arch is quite something! You also need to fill up your new greenhouse, it's looking rather forlorn at the moment!

A beautiful Peony, Kate! :)

About 3 years ago my son & daughter-in-law bought me a Peony, it, too, was in flower. The following year I think it may have had a flower but for the last 2 years it hasn't done anything other than grow for a few months before dying back till the following year! :(

I hope yours does better in the ground, Daylily! :)

Lovely to see the swan parents with their offspring! :)

This is quite a nice picture, Wylie! :)

I've grown a few Bromeliads through the years as well. I haven't had any for a few years now though.

Lovely to see the trees in flower - even in June! That's something we are not very accustomed to here in the UK! I imagine they wouldn't be able to grow in our climate here. :( But with climate change who knows if in a decade's time it wouldn't be possible? We are having a heatwave at present with temps reaching the 30sC! The winters are warmer as well & we hardly see frosts any longer some years. Roses that used to begin flowering in our gardens in June now begin in April!!!

I love corydalis. :)

Lovely roses, Janey! :) It doesn't get any quicker does it? I don't post nearly as often as I used to owning to how slow it is! :( Just to post a comment, let alone add pictures to a blog, takes ages. On other forums you post a comment & you don't even have time to blink once - it's already posted - even from a mobile phone!