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How lovely!

I heartily agree with that Karen ... garden's looking wonderful!

I do like the colour to this one. At the moment I have 'Big Bird' and 'Burning Daylight' in flower, both gifted by Simbad some years ago.

Jane, I had to Google why this is named and then read about the actor playing Count Dracula! Strange how some plants get their names!!

Btw, I leant to swim in that part of the English Channel as a young child. I wouldn't dream of swimming there now, far too much pollution!

Thank you for the replies.
I did wonder if it was because I had mentioned enviromesh.
When do the butterflies stop laying eggs? I think the plants will soon be too tall to stay under the mesh.

I suspect enviromesh is a named product and goes against BBC rules of advertising.

they will keep flying and laying eggs through out the summer, so you will have to leave it on to protect your crops.

Ah your welcome Karen, I was amazed at Nicks own garden too it's lovely, yes I have got alot better now liking colour I think I used to be too fussy then ended up not knowing what to plant and ended up putting nothing in as I couldn't decide 🙈 but hopefully much better now x

Thanks Klahanie :-)

Thank you Shirley.
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Daylily, the 'Canary Brilliants' is an exquisite cultivar.
Some peonies take a while to start to bloom but then bloom every year.

Thank you both.

I did notice your pretty picture of it Kate. Hope it will flourish for you.

Thank you Kate

At one point I was obsessed by peonies. I still like them but not buying any more.

Thank you for liking Kate.

I like this colour too Kate.

She sounds just perfect!

David, would you mind if I copy and paste your comment to Brian?
I think it may help him to get back on GoY.
He and I are messaging via our email addresses at the moment.

Together with Adblock Plus I've been using Ghostery for years as well as 2 others! (Ublock & 1 other). I have 4 installed in Firefox & never see an advert, ever!

Hope Brian can get something to block the ads that stop him from posting on GoY! I remember his posts from long ago! I'd love to see him posting again!

Lovely blog, Kate! :)

Yesterday our son took me to a GC for a coffee, not to buy plants! :( (As we are expecting to move sometime in the near future (?) I'm not buying any more plants, (though he did buy me a lovely red Begonia for Father's Day!), in fact I'm trying to give what I have away! While we had a look around I saw several Lupins in pots. In fact they looked very much like your beautiful Lupins! I had never considered growing them in pots on the balcony before. :(

It would be, yes! :( I'd need a much more powerful motive to go to a tropical or subtropical country than just to eat Papayas! :D :D :D

I'm glad it worked alright for you, Lincs, but it's soooo s-l-o-w!

Thanks for the mention Daylily! X I love Nick’s garden and his own one too. He is like us I think. He loves colour.

I hope this one will soon grow as big as the red one.

It’s sad Kate. I’m leaving them for now, but I think they will have to go sooner or later.

Thank you, it’s delicious.

I haven’t seen the Duchess. This is new to my current garden. I had it in my Carnoustie garden though. It’s a smasher. Pink with peach at the base of every petal giving it a lovely warmth.

Exactly Kate. One in sun, the other in shade.

Yeah..it’s so pretty. Me too.

Thank you both. Xx

Kate, it flowers for months! It’s a brilliant plant.

Is it a new one Arbuthnot? Or has it had scent in past years? I have heard of varieties that don’t have scent. I mean…what’s the point of that?! If it had scent in previous years it could be that your nose is deceiving you.

Thank you Meadowland for looking in, it's a good day out :-))

I was tempted to go this year DL...saw the coverage on GW programme and the show gardens were more appealing. Thank you for persevering with the blog.

Hi Kate, Thanks, the bees are working so hard now in all the flowers. I watered the garden yesterday as the ground was so dry. It looks like we'll be getting a week of hot weather and no rain for a while.

Lovely :-)

Ours has many tiny fruits forming ... I shall have to thin them out soon!

Beautiful :-)

Ah beautiful would love to get mine to flower, I have Canary Brilliants but only planted in the ground this year and think it needs more sun :-)

Absolutely gorgeous.

I love this one.

Saw this in Nick Bailey's garden at Gardeners World Live yesterday, I mentioned it in my blog that I saw your plant 😀 I didn't get a photo though

It is beautiful.

Lovely Kate, gardens are looking good now aren't they :-)

Ah lovely to get a flower though, my Itoh peony hasn't done anything in about 4 years but was in a pot and I've put in the ground this year, but think it needs more sun :-)

Kate, it flowers and flowers so I keep deadheading the spent blooms to encourage more ... :o)

:o))

Indeed it is Kate, but I'm cross to find holes in the Hostas that are in pots. The pots are on the patio, up against the house wall in the shade, yet the slimy critters still manage to get into the them ... grrr!

Kate, they took a while to germinate but definitely worth the wait. One bonus is the slugs and snails leave them alone, perhaps because the foliage is a bit 'hairy'!