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They really are a beautiful sight. Really uplift the spirit..

Beautiful Julia!

Love the colour Balc..

Very pretty Linda, love the hyacinths too.

Lovely photo of you and your nieces Kate, be good to see you here, I've only been back here myself since yesterday..

How lovely to see the Peacock butterfly Meadowland. It was a warm day, wasn't it. Our hedgehog emerged last night and we've put a new house next to his one. We're hoping he will transfer into it as the old house is falling apart.

Hi Balcony, These have flowered for a long time and make such a colourful show at this time of the year. I sprinkled some cornflower seeds around the flowerbeds yesterday and also a few in the wilding bit of grass we have in the front garden. We put some red clover there and it did well last year.

I think its so sad but I am still here, trouble is I get annoyed when I try to reply and get "The Oops!!!!."message, its also annoying to write a blog, only to find my photo's won't go on.... I did try the sites recommended by Hywel, Balcony and Seaburn but I'm afraid I couldn't get them to work properly, made me feel like a right idiot, don't get me wrong that was my own opinion, nobody said I was or upset me in any way, I too found the print too small on Garden Friends....Still say GROWSONYOU is the best one and wish it could be sorted, as I've said in the past i would willingly pay a subscription if it meant keeping it.....
I know a lot of people don't like Facebook but honestly there are some really good gardening groups on there, will admit I find the smaller ones more to my liking, also the ones that are monitored by Admins that are attentive, there are actually quite a lot of Goy members in the same groups that I participate in, as many of you know I'm not one for going out and about, don't do coffee mornings and suchlike so without Goy I was lost, especially in the winter months, I don't feel like that now as I've made even more gardening friends.. Be Brave, give it a try, you might like it......xx
Forgot to say, I apologise to the members who have messaged me in recent months, I have seen both Shirley, Rose and even see Homebird is back, unfortunately I have not been able to reply, my answers just disappear into the unknown...x

I love your spring flowers Rose and especially the Euphorbias taken from above, I did wonder what they were!
As you can see the young man in the 3 shop managed to remove the huge adverts for me today and I'm able to log in again! 😄

Thank you Balc, I'm pleased to be able to log in again ..☺️

Beautiful Daffs, Lindak! :) Mine on the balcony are opening this week as well!

A lovely photo of the cherry tree starting to bloom! :)

Lovely to see you, too, Janey! :)

Thanks Julia, I was amazed when the young man in the phone shop did it. 😊 Thank goodness the year is moving into the light.
Yes, such a delight to see the Kojos, even if a tad late flowering. Spring has sprung.

I'll try Hywel.

I find it the same as GoY, maybe it can be adjusted. I'll find out for you. It's a nice site.

Actually I think I had to zoom in to 150% so that the picture filled the screen ... whereas with GoY I had to zoom in to 110%.
Do you know how to do that ?

Hywel, the print on GFriends is very small.That's what put me off before.

That sounds inviting Hywel..I will have a look.Quiet suits me!

I find the print size the same as GoY, and Garden Friends has the same size too.
The layouts of both are very different to GoY, and to each other, but with a bit of perseverance you'll get used to them, like I did, and like you probably had to with GoY when you joined it.
Seaburn and Balcony both belong to Garden Friends as well. It is a quiet site with only a few members, and I find it relaxing, ... AND IT WORKS :)

Hi Janey..
Good to see you here...the Kojos are lovely aren't they.First day of Spring!

Yes,you are right ,I joined many years ago.I remember the print size was smaller which I didn't like...Will have another look.

Thank you David!

Gardeners Corner (you are a member there too) and Garden Friends. I find them both much less stressful than using GoY ... because they work properly.

And I'm fed up with flagging unwanted pictures and blogs on GoY too, there are several recent inappropriate pictures but I'm so fed up that I've just left them.

the opium poppy is easy,
scatter where you want them to grow. they don't transplant well really so I dont start them off in pots..

what about fuchsia? there are some lovely hardy ones, though not evergreen. they flower for a long time too.
off the top of my head I cant think of any others that flower for a longer period of time. perhaps some perpetual roses?

Looking forward to your return, Kate! :)

Lovely to see so many spring flowers in your garden, Rose! :) The balcony is also looking wonderful as it's filling up with spring flowers! I'd do a blog but as you say GoY is once again having problems & everything you do take ages!

Looks very nice, Sheila! :)

Thanks for that, Shirley! Just a few days ago I put in a longer cane to guide the stem until it becomes wooden. Later, at the end of May probably, I will put it in a bigger & heavier pot but I won't let it flower this year, I want all its energy directed into growing. When the main stem is just over a metre (3ft) tall I shall take out the growing tip t encourage some branches to form which will then carry flowers next year. :)

Which Gardening forums are you a member of Hywel?

And 'aware' of it is all they are :(

Thanks Hywel at least we know they are aware of it.

Thanks Sheila. I hope it gets sorted soon as it has put me off doing more blogs because it took so long!

I'm not leaving Klahanie, it's just that the page won't open, and after trying several times I give up. It gets on my nerves and I've lost patience with it. I prefer using sites that work properly, but like I said in my previous comment I'll still be looking at GoY when the page decides to open.

Dave told me the 'techies' know about the problems with GoY, but can't say when they'll do something about it.

They are really lovely.

Thats brilliant, thank you so much SBG, first time to try and grow them.

Good to see you Kate. Nothing to worry about, quite a few of us have been taking it easy in the cold weather! But it will be good to get back into the swing of things again 🙂.

Well done for being patient Rose … good to see your lovely spring flowers.

Thanks both. Yes, it’s the first isn’t it Julia … still seems quite early to me. My other one is way behind!

the annual one is the opium poppy, Papaver somnifera.
the perennial one doesn't have such a pretty seed capsule but it is a decent size, Papaver orientalis.

Thanks Shirley for getting back to me.
I hope it does get sorted out this time! When it happened once before quite a long time ago, my son advised me to back them up. I do still have the back up box but can't find the connectors anywhere. I have looked all round the house so am going to take it into Currys to see if they can supply me with the right connector. x

Thank you for your nice comment Shirley.

So sorry to see you go Hywel . I really enjoyed your presence here. I will miss you :-( ......but I can understand.
Best of luck.

Yours has reminded me to look and see if ours has blossomed.Always an early one.

Lovely ... not long now for blossom time!

It is pretty and has such a cute name too!

These are very striking.

Welcome back Kate, lovely photo of you and your nieces.

There are some issues again with the site at the moment, here's hoping they are resolved soon.

Hello Rose, I was unable to log in at all yesterday but today I'm in, hooray!

It's disappointing that the site has problems yet again, early last December there were some which were eventually sorted so let's hope these will be too.

Your Spring flowers are a delight to see, beautiful sunny day here, albeit a bit chilly.

They certainly are Lindak...had to stop for awhile to admire them.

Well, if someone insists on looking a rubbish site that never works properly and is full of problems that's up to them, but I can assure you neither the site or it's creators value your input or your loyalty, otherwise they would get it working smoothly again.
I haven't got any more time to waste on it, although I'll probably still look in sometimes ... if the page decides to open for me :(