You are browsing our members' comments

:o)

I took a photo earlier today but I haven't downloaded it to the computer. When I do I'll upload it to my photos page.

Yes Shirley. I know I will have to clean it regularly. Thank you. X

This one is Obsession.

Lovely comment Feverfew. Thank you. I have had a few things knocked back by the cold. Luckily the courtyard is quite sheltered and I’m hoping most will recover.

Absolutely lovely. You seem to have been very clever with your colour combinations. I like the border with the purple Salvias, the bed with the bird bath & the Euphorbias & the yellow Cosmos together. Look forward to any future photos. I hope everything survives the winter frosts for you. I’ve had a few nice Euphorbias in the past & they just succumbed to cold weather, so I’m stuck with E characias,
Good job I like it!

Yes, Thank You. It looks a fabulous place. Nice to see the sun & flowers etc. & to remember that summer will come here too, one day! A cheering blog for us here in UK.

I have Nandina 'Fire Power' which is looking very colourful right now.

Lovely together. Karen, be aware that some birds drop bread or other food in flight ... I'm forever cleaning my dish out ... messy birds1

I would describe it as simply beautiful, well done!

Klahanie, I would be thrilled to find these. Well done!

Janey, I couldn't possibly say on here! :o))

Sheila, I do think Rachel, along with the fabulous illustrations by her daughter, has written a lovely book.

They aren’t a.l Rose. I had some before that were green all year. I liked them, but Nandinas don’t do well in Eastern Scotland.

Thank you both! I can’t wait to see it this summer either!

Beautiful colours Karen! My Nandina doesn't look quite so colourful and not sure why.

Pteris is not fully hardy. It’s struggling in this cold winter. I might remove it and replace it soon. No point in making plants suffer.

Fantastic work so far. I can't wait to see how it keeps on developing and changing.

It does sound like such a special experience hearing them chatting away to each other.

Beautiful.

You have a Flickr account? What's the link?

Fortunately, I have the perfect weather for germinating these types of seeds. I sow them, and then put the flats outside. About a month later, they start coming up. This year I did a couple of different types of Babiana and Sparaxis.

There are quite a number of these Canada Geese on the river at the moment Bushbernie. It's special to hear them talking to each other as they fly around in a large circle, and then glide down and land on the river.

That's good to hear Balcony. I hope they keep going for a while.

Lovely isn't it Karen.

Look forward to that Sheila.

Hi Meadowland and Karen, thanks for your lovely comments. I enjoy taking photos when I'm out and about. The river is one of my favourite places, as I see Cormorants, Mallards, Moorhens and different types of geese, also seen Kingfishers.

Looks very similar to a Salvia .Very pretty.

Thank you so much BB and Klahanie.

I purchased mine from Logee’s Greenhouses in Connecticut. I’m not sure if they have the certification to ship internationally.

Thanks Klahanie. I love visiting and then sharing our public garden spaces.

What a lovely place to go for stroll; so much variety of different vegetation and interesting features.
Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures BushBernie.

Thanks CottageKaren, Seaburngirl, Rose and Hywel.

CottageKaren, I googled 'Cobra Chickens' and I can see why they were given that name. Videos showed how aggressive they can be. I guess any animal can be aggressive though when they feel threatened.

Our 'Bin Chickens' never get aggressive, but they are incredibly annoying and messy when they're rifling through garbage!

Seaburngirl, those lizards are very comfortable in the parklands and don't really get concerned when the humans walk by! They are used to us.

Rose, loads of sunshine here at the moment and it's fierce!

Always glad to highlight wonderful green spaces Hywel.

You are doing an excellent job Karen. It looks lovely.

An interesting blog, thanks for sharing your visit to the park.

How lovely!

Yes!I noticed how green they were at Stourhead too. Signs of Spring! The birds are singing very loud here as well, after a few silent months. It’s thrilling to hear them.

The colours are beautiful. It’s far lovelier than the showy ones.

It's a lovely colour & shape, Wylie, & if it stands up to the winds, well what could be better?

I did the same a couple of times & got one flower I liked a great deal. It was a cherry red with white stripes!

I saw you have uploaded some pictures to Flickr today! They are magnificent flowers! :)

Thanks, BB! :)

I have some Cyclamen flowering on the balcony now.

I’ve got Rachel de Thame’s book on my Kindle and have been making lists. I was given Anne Treneman’s Hortocurious, interesting, but it’s not sending me to the garden centre!

Seems like you were successful. It is very pretty colour too.

That is incredible sunrise scene.

Thanks! I have seed pods developing, so in a few years some new combinations.

Thanks SBG. I will! It’s a tricky garden to photograph because of all the hard landscaping, but I’ll get better with time!

Isn’t it amazing Rose? Here in the South you plant stuff and it’s growing the same day! In Scotland you plant stuff and wait to see if it will recover from the shock! lol!

Thanks Rose…it was.

Well worth the hike! Beautiful views.

There were tons of other people SBG. I said to Scott..it must be super busy in the summer!

Absolutely gorgeous!