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I was thinking of you yesterday Katie as we were on a bike run and ended up at tile garden centre at Barton. A great run and a good lunch.
didn't look at the plants as there was no way to get them home :(

What are the flowers called? I can't recognize them. :(

Normally, yes, Andy! :( It's often depends on the individual bulbs; one bulb may flower twice in year but most only once. :(

I don't really know what makes the difference but as I've had up to more than a 100 pots of bulbs it's never bothered me. It might possibly be down to growing them in relatively small pots. My bulbs are normally grown in 6" pots as I don't have room for bigger pots. I've, more or less, stopped growing on the offsets the bulbs produce each year; to avoid recreating the enormous number of plants I now throw away the offsets. :(

Thanks David ... I shall message Brian tomorrow.

Rocket salad all round then? ... :o)

Shirley thank you so much. Nick’s plant is exactly the same as this one.
Problem solved! xx

No, please do, Shirley! I'd love it if he could post on here again! :)

Chris, I'm sorry to read that you're not feeling 100%, wishing you a quick recovery to enjoy the weather.

Your new greenhouse looks wonderful, with John next to it too! I do like the square of unmown lawn.

Enjoy your book. Btw, I'm still using the bookmark you sent me ... :o))

Chris, I think this is Eruca versicaria (Rocket) grown for the edible peppery leaves.

Karen, I have just tried to delete a plant from 'My Garden' page and got the 'OOps! We couldn't find this page for you'
message which is a great shame as there are a fair few plants no longer in my garden on that list.

Also, I have tried to change my Avatar photo and got 'User details were successfully updated' but they have not been, it's all so annoying.

I shall message Dave soon ... fingers crossed something may improve.

Get well soon Chris. It’s too hot to work so you’re better off in that lovely chair enjoying your book and garden. Keep well hydrated. Xx

Thanks Shirley. I put it on the questions as I thought most of us would see it there. I just get an ‘oops…’ message when I try to open my messages. It’s been like that for months now.

Extremely pretty garden Chris...your white rose especially. Wondering if you have the same bug as me? Ridiculous head cold in SUMMER,I ask you!!! Feel wacked out...hope you improve soon.x

Karen, I doubt you meant to put this as a question, but I'm afraid that GoY seems all over the place right now!

Fewer people seem to be active on the site, no doubt because it is taking so very long to add photos, write a blog or even view them.

I wonder if we should all contact Dave (Shedman) to comment on the workings of the site as I for one would really miss it, should it cease to be.

Sending you a PM now (13.06 Thursday) simply to see if it reaches you!

Check the back of the leaves for aphides. They are really bad this year and dong a lot of damage to a lot of trees.
Other tree problem this year is scab, fungal disease which is worse in years with intermittent rainfall. Not a lot you can do about that.

Shame GOY is not as discriminating on allowed posts, the amount of spam getting in, including the escort lady link disguised as question above this

Sheila, that's the same for mine! Janey gifted me a cutting which thrived for a year, then chose to give up ... :o((

So pretty, with a gorgeous scent too?

I saw the GW programme featuring this event and would love to have been there. It always seems a 'friendly' show, not as huge as Chelsea or Hampton Court Palace.
Sorry I can't I.D. the plant for you.

:o))

Of course, no probs :-)

Jane, I have made a note to divide them up when they've finished flowering. Not for a while, obviously!

It certainly is, all funded by donations from the public too!

Janey, I was so pleased yesterday afternoon to find the site running well. Sadly, this morning it is so slow I shall walk away and return later ... :o((

Thanks Shirley we've just let them grow between the veg.

It's the first one we've seen near here.

Many thanks for all the help.
I went back to Gardener's world and changed the word “enviromesh” to netting. The question has again been disallowed. It beats me……

They certainly do Karen!

Beautiful!

That is a beauty Karen, very similar to one I've posted a photo of, but yours is larger with reversed petals..

Thanks Kate and Shirley the roses are especially lovely this year.

I'll check Karen's and have a look Sheila, thanks for that. I've not been able to access the site again and hence just this one photo..x

Good to leave the netting over your brassicas to keep the wood pigeons at bay.

Ah yes please Shirley, I will sort it with you thank you very kind, can maybe do a swap with something :-)

Wow it certainly is :-))

That's a good idea for any age to walk or ride over the peppbles, Shirley. Looks very smart.

That’s an amazing red color!

It only blooms once a years there?
Amaryllis can bloom twice a year here.

There’s always a million reasons to go on a tropical vacation, eating all the wonderful tropical fruit is just a bonus. 😎

Fingers crossed for yours Karen 🤞 … mine didn’t survive!

In the Autumn, or late Summer, I shall need to divide the clumps of those up. Would you be interested in them at all?

Gorgeous rose Janey … lovely to have scent too 🙂. Looks a bit like Karen’s Princess Alexandra of Kent? x

Thank you Shirley

:o)

Yes lol I had found out the same :-))

Bad news on egg laying

"Cabbage White Butterflies will lay eggs either twice or three times a year if the weather is favourable, with the last egg-laying of the year being in late August to September. "

More at

https://www.twowests.co.uk/blogs/two-wests-blogs/cabbage-white-butterflies-everything-you-need-to-know

Thanks Shirley, I will have a look at those, I like the colour too just a shame it's never flowered well although it looks like it is, it has been a funny one, most of the flowers are usually distorted, although seems to be doing a bit better at the moment

Wonderful to see where you grow all of your fascinating plants. Thanks so much for the photos.

Thank you Shirley :-)

They're lovely.

So cute!

I can see why you're enjoying the progress ... all looks grand!