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Thank you Eileen..I normally grow the big,blouse ones,so this will be a difference.

They look so natural Klahanie.

Very pretty camellia.

pleased all is going well for you Kate. looking forward to more tales of your travels.

I gave up on GW years ago. Monty just irritated the life out of me and I dont know why really. But themes, well its your garden and if the theme is 'what I like to grow' who is to argue.
Parts of my garden have names so hubby and girls know what I am talking about. Not really a theme like Monty suggests just hot border, shady side border etc and of course atrocity corner where God knows what is really growing there. This week's effort suggests ivy, holly and brambles, though I refound a coral pink paeony in amongst an unpruned dog wood.

what a lovely dahlia I hope they give you lots of flowers. I hope the ones I was given grow well for me.

yet when I did my blog a few days ago it went through as fast as they used too.
I dont understand it either Hywel.

possible dryness, plants use a lot of water when making scents. the dry spring could be the cause. My skimmia are not as fragrant this year either.

thanks for the lovely comments. we have moments of wishing we weren't understanding parents but hey ho I guess that's what we signed up for when we had them. Glad I have never kept a tally of what we have spent :D

I fully understand you, Hywel! I'm not doing anything more with the blogs, as you say it's s-o-o-o s-l-o-w zzzz

To upload yesterday 4 photos took forever!

I have seen photos of displays like that on Flickr but I could never replicate anything like it!

I spotted a new scape on my 2nd Orchid a day or two ago but it will be several months before it flowers. I don’t mind I'm just happy to keep them alive & hope they will flower again - year after year! :)

Glad to see you back Kate. Looking forward to see your lovely photos ( and stories) again.

Been so long since I've been there.Without a doubt it has more of a tropical look these days.
That might be Cyathea brownii. The trunk's thickness and dark color could be it. Not sure since all tree ferns thrive in S.F.

The other Acers are very much behind this one.

You are great parents SBG. You did an excellent job. The yard looks private and peaceful. Seems like beside the hard work you also spend a nice time with the young ones..
I found your story interesting and "warm".

Hywel, I find this site slow as well ....especially my pages. Other people pages do not take so long to flip by.My take minute or two to get to.
Sorry about your deeper problem. I agree that it can be really frustrating.
Hope that your garden is waking up nicely.

Thank you Shirley.

Shirley, I like most of the old fashion stuff. :-)

Thank you Shirley. Hopefully one day it will look like yours.

The last time we visited Exeter there was a large British Home Stores ... so that was a few years ago!
Lovely photos in your blog.

Well done on the ad. removal, Janey. Now that Spring is here we shall all be posting photos and blogs of what we have in flower ... at last!

Rose, neither have I !! It's very pretty.

Lovely close-up.

Very colourful.

It all looks lovely and natural ...

Love these Spring flowers.

It looks very healthy.

Love this close up photo.

I love Forsythia, despite a 'tree man' who used to prune the Bay tree next door, telling me it was 'old-fashioned'!

It's a good job we don't all share that view ... :o)

Karen, I have two Acers in pots, both bought some years ago from a supermarket. As you say, bargain prices!

Skimmia is a plant I have never grown, not sure why really!

I agree ... :o)

Karen, you have certainly planted this up well, it looks so good.

That is way ahead of mine!

Karen, I remember your soil conditions all too well!

I bought a small Blueberry shrub this morning, it shall be planted in ericaceous compost in a large pot as I know it would die in our Sussex clay.

It's good to see you back on GoY ... :o))

And this blog took AGES to publish, it just wouldn't work :(

Josie, this was a spur of the moment purchase a few years ago. So pleased with it.

Chris, I was wondering last year if it would ever grow so I'm very happy to see it thriving.

I've just had five days in hospital, cardiac problems again, I hope you're keeping well ... :o) x

Like Driad, I was watching the Indian lady, started in London area I think, then moved North and was finding a big difference in growing conditions

Had tomato envy just watching her

It's lovely Julia, but never heard of it before.

Thanks Julia but I keep them well watered as they are in big pots. In the beginning I did get flowers but were sometimes distorted.

Hi Wildrose and Balcony, Robins are very bold at this time of the year. It's amazing how a friendship develops when there's food to be had. I love their birdsong.

That’s my exact problem with orchids, I overwater them. I worked with a lady who had a big lath-structure and had hundreds of different orchids, she said she would water them once every three weeks, never fertilized them and they grew and bloomed like crazy for decades. I saw pics of all the different varieties of Cattleyas flowering. Such luck!

Thank you Kate and Chris...it does seem to be growing into an attractive shape.

It's such a long time since I last watched GW that I wasn't sure if it was still running! I haven't watched anything since the Chelsea show in May!

I nearly bumped into one Saturday! I didn't see it until I was practically on top of it!

FF, we remove the plants from the table when we want to use it! Anyway the Amaryllis flowers only last about 2 weeks! When they finish flowering I take them to the 2nd bedroom where they spend the next 12 months on the windowsill!

Thanks,Andy! :)

We all kill one type of plant - or at least we can never get them to grow! I'm particularly bad at growing Lavenders - I've been given several & they always die on me! I think I overwater them!

What sort of computer/laptop are you using,FF? If it's a Windows the adblocker ought to work. If it's an Apple then I can't help as I've never used one.