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Good luck with more blooms.

Good luck with whatever you choose to do!

It does take it out of me Shirley, but I need to keep trying so I can keep up with Niamh!

Oh crikey! I’ll keep an eye out for the aphids. They were dreadful here this spring but followed by Aton of ladybirds. Never seen the larvae before but we had loads!

Well done, not a hope of me walking that distance these days.

Julia, it was a very relaxing place to just sit and stare for a while!

Oh yes..much nicer!

Karen, I grew one at the back of the garden but removed it when it constantly had grey/green/black aphids covering it!
Such a shame as I try to have yellow around the garden for Michael, a colour he sees easily with his colour blindness.

Karen, I planted three of these by the pavers that cross the middle of a border. They are far more attractive than the black grass that was there before!

I remember hedging of this on The Algarve in Portugal.
It will have loved the heat of last week ... :o)

I know they decimate some of your plants but I love this photo!

Quite unusual colouring.

Lovely photo.

Lovely ... such beautiful birds.

Karen, I posted a blog (on page 4 of mine) on 1st May 2023 'A Dorset delight'. They really are worth a visit and have a choice of two routes. Sadly, we only managed the shorter one in the heat.

Julia, these are the gardens we found in 2023, by mistake, as the ones we had intended visiting were closed on our arrival!

Ok…between Wool and Wareham. I love it down there!

Now I AM envious that looks a perfect Lavender hedge.Mine has started to develop gaps.Replant next Spring. Gardens are beautiful Shirley.

Well! I shall have to look these gardens up Shirley! I’ve never heard of them. But they do look very like Hillier gardens.

Lovely Shirley.

Thymes are so pretty aren’t they. There’s just something so sweet about them in flower. :) And the aroma is the best of all the culinary herbs for me. Mind you, I also love the Oregano and the Mint. So summery!

Thanks K. It’s not a good photo of it. The common name is Umbrella Grass. It’s a bog plant really. Beautiful though.

Julia, I have found your PM. I do not go to that section very often. Thank you.

I only remember a bit of French (learned at school) a long time ago. We went to Paris for four days many years ago) and went to Sacre Coeur, Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower.

That's good Sheila. I take a few cuttings about now from the Lavenders. We've seen a lot of Ladybirds on the Cosmos this last week.

Interesting plant, Never heard of it before.

When we planted two lavenders close to our seating area, we had no idea that they’d be so popular with butterflies as well as bees. They’re so entertaining to watch - a treat 🙂

Fantastic. A kerbside strip like this was sown in my local area. It too looked beautiful but they do tend to look messy when they go to seed. It is nice though that our Council make the effort to help wild life.

That's good Balcony. Butterflies are not the easiest of insects to take photos of.

Wow! What a bargain. It used to be hard to get anything other than p. Caerulea or the white form. Now there are a few purple ones claiming hardiness. I used to have a collection of the smaller ones in my conservatory. I bought them online. But in the end they bled too much nectar all over the place. Very sticky! I love them though.

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Thanks Karen. I'm not sure if it's got a name but the label on the pot at the time said mixed passion flower. The other had a label Eynsford Gem. Reduced from £30 each to £5 each was just too good to resist

Thanks Rose!

It is beautiful! I had a wildflower garden when I lived in Willow Cottage and went on to a wild life site for seeds and with a little patience the following year was amazing.
I will try to find the photo Julia.

The desert southwest deserts are the hottest in the world. Death Valley, California still holds the record for the hottest official temp ever recorded on earth, 56.7°C (134 F) at Furnace Creek.

Thanks to all of you for your comments:) Whew! It has been so hot and humid these past couple of months at my location.There are definite climatic changes going on causes of which are known and unknown none of which should be blamed or politicized. Getting on in years is hard but there is still fun and satisfaction to be had doing the things that I had little time for or avoided because I had to do things and utilize precious time to fulfill the more practical and responsible aspects of my life. What I considered nonsense in my younger years is really what I should have been paying more attention to for as Cottagekaren related..." it feeds our souls".

Ty both, the pic has gone on at last. The Lilies have finished now & the Catmint has had the spent flowers trimmed off. It will flower again.

Balcony, you asked what this was. I didn’t know it had even gone on, as it wouldn’t for ages. I have just found it. It is made with 2 of those plastic things that are used to hold bags open. These are held in place with wire netting, now completely covered by Ivy. It is a neat place to throw all my compostable plant material, nothing goes in my council bin.

Sent you a PM!

Julia, I am happy to hear that Rich is feeling the improvement .

You are right Julia , thank you for your comment.

well I'd leave it as you may get some female flowers as it ages.

Me too Callie!xx

It is beautiful Meadowland. I would love that in my garden also, I can only dream xx

Just to let you know that the one with dead leaves has now been 'harvested' to reveal that the tubers must have died at some point. I got six small potatoes, lovely of course and which I can use in a potato salad. The other three are very green and will hopefully harvest as usual. I wonder why these things happen.

It's a shame they last such a short time in the heat. My rose, 'Golden Wedding' had produce 3 flowers in the same week, (this is it's first year), but in another week they had all gone! Waiting 9 months for a few flowers that were over in a week! I'm looking forward to seeing more after I cut the branches back a little.

You are very observant, FF! You are right on both counts! The rose does have brilliant green leaves & the flowers are very nice.

The tomato plant you saw is in a tub alongside the rose, it's not in the same tub as the rose. I had a few plants that nobody from our church wanted & as I hate to throw away perfectly good plants I ended planting them in a couple of tubs alongside the rose. I doubt I will get much fruit from them but a few tomatoes on each plant would be OK.

That's a tremendous amount of heat! I experienced temps of up to 40+C in Madrid when I worked there for a couple of years & then I was 50 years younger than I am now.

A day or two ago I was watering the pots in my son's garden while he is away & I saw a butterfly that reminded me of yours! In fact I saw a couple even before reaching his house though in his street. I took a photos but as it wouldn't stay still the photo came out bad & I deleted it. He has a Buddleia in his garden, (not in flower at the moment), & one stopped there which gave me the chance to get up close & take a decent photo.

That is lovely. I thought it was a watercolour painting!