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Looks awesome!

Welcome back.

They don’t grow here, either.

Wow! That’s really hot! I hate when it gets hot like that here, too. Stay cool 😎

Bushbernie,

It’s very easy to grow like most Clerodendrum.

I had one in a pot and I used to keep it small and only brought it indoors when it flowered.

It loves a tropical to subtropical climate. It’s a very drought tolerant plant, also. I see many here that don’t receive any water and they very well all year in the landscape.

They are tough. If they don’t like the weather conditions, they will go dormant until their conditions improve.

Thanks for sharing with us. Went there years ago, I might find the climb a bit taxing now. Glad you made it without mishap, well worth the effort, Lovely views.

A great collection. Look forward to seeing them in the future, some are bound to thrive!

Sorry to hear of Bella’s diagnosis. I hope she does put on weight & continues to thrive on her medication. Some cats are very difficult about taking medication but you seem to have cracked it. With dogs also you put the dose into the pouch at side of the mouth. Vets bills are notoriously expensive but we pay up to keep our pets well & with us as long as possible. I never took out insurance for Jessie. Last bill about £700, for teeth extractions. Good luck to you both.

Thank you Stripes x

That's pretty x

It's all looking good Karen x

Isn't it maddening when pets protest at trying to give them something to make them better! I'm glad you succeeded, Hywel, and were persistent.

Thank you Meadowland ... no I haven't got insurance but I save money on my own for Bella.

Lovely to see your doves Janey. We have a pair that have started to visit us. They are so cute together. I hope that all the birds have kept safe with the awful winds we've had.
It's the garden birdwatch this weekend, so we'll be looking out into the garden and marking down what we see. Hope you didn't have any damage during the storm. Gerry banged a stake into the ground as a support for part of our fence.....got to get 2 new fence posts....

Yep, it was a hot morning. We were there at around 10.00 am and it was 37 deg C. We didn't last long and took off for the cafe by 10.30 or so.

Thank you Sheila XX.

Lovely photos of some wonderful exotics Bernie. Thanks for sharing.

It looks very hot! :)

Aw, thank you so much Penny. What generous comments. X

Nice display of your plants.

Oh that's sad Hywel..beautiful Bella...you'll become a dab hand at administering the medicine Hywel. Let's hope she progresses well.Do you have pet insurance?

Oh,that's exciting...thank youx

What an amazing cockatiel Klahanie, to know words and be able to sing in tune! I’ve just followed your link, and as you say, very sad for you and Andy.

Yes Janey, it’s definitely the time of year for lists! 🙂

Any day now, Julia!

It's a nice one :-)

That's a very different layout from the norm! Really interesting and very attractive. I like the way the paths give you lots of small areas to plant up as mini themed gardens and you got some lovely combinations of colour and shape.Wish I had your imagination! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your new garden!

Great photos. I have never been there or even seen it from a distance. Looks quite a climb. Very impressed!

I'm pleased I placed it here just before going through the gate.A warm welcome!

Thank you Janey x

Maybe this is because I am on the east coast Karen.

We take a small bag of mixed bird food when we go to the river gardens and give the swans and geese some. They know us and waddle towards us to get a few grains before the seagulls swoop....Lovely to hear about your geese Janey. Were they the white ones? They certainly are great characters.

Thanks Janey.

Those are old ones, too. At the San Diego Zoo there’s some 100 year old ponytail palms that are huge with massive caudexes. I’ve posted them in the past.

Good luck 🍀😎

Having the pots at different levels makes the space far more interesting.

Wow! That's lovely.

I don't know much about fungi at all Janey, so I'm not sure what type it is. I always see a lot of different ones here when the rain arrives.

They are magnificent creatures Janey. You certainly know when they're around and they make a lot of noise.

Janey, that one is my favourite!

I've never tried growing this one as I've heard from other gardeners here that it doesn't like our monsoonal wet seasons much. They do thrive down south in the sub-tropical zone though.

Janey, they do love warm climates and full sun.

Thanks Meadowland and Janey. These are reliable annuals for me and I love that they self-seed when planted in the ground. This is the first year I've actually planted them in a garden bed and I'm eager to see how they go throughout the coming year.

Ir was a cockatiel with a white face .
Sorry, he was with us 27 years not 29. He would be 29 this year.
He was a whistler, he knew quite a few songs.His favourite song was "Jingle bells". People could not believe how perfect it sounded. He knew a several words too.
He was amazing little birdie.
People without pets underestimate the ability of these little creatures.
I did write about his death here on GOY:

https://www.growsonyou.com/klahanie_/blog/35515-our-sad-news

Thank you Karen and Shirley_tulip .
I cannot believe that I missed it flowering.

What sort of bird lives 29 years?

Welcome to GoY Flobye.

I wasn't able to separate mine . Not really sure what to suggest. A mate suggested trying to slide a section up/down as that worked on her style of bin. But it didn't for me.

Wow, that's a beauty BB, could be a type of bracket fungi? I have a tree stump in the garden and all round the base are orange coloured bracket fungi. But it is very cold, 2° and wet here...

Wow, fantastic! I remember seeing these in a park in Sydney when I visited my boy.