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Stunning colour, a great find.

Karen, your happiness in living there shines through!

It really is Shirley. I’m so glad I chose this one. Space is so limited!

I agree with Lindak ... garden looks superb!

This Rose is so beautiful ...

Thanks Janey. We've just bought a few more small black stones to fill the gaps and it's worked well.

That is so unusual Julia!

Looking very smart and tidy Linda, ready for summer.

That's very helpful. Thank you.

This is just a small area. The main section is full of daylilies as it is mid-season when everything seems to be flowering.

Thanks so much Klahanie.

well they are not straggly so I wouldn't cut the flowers off. just keep dead heading to prolong flowers.

Thanks Owd...have just pulled it out!

Leycesteria is what it looked like to me too.

Our neighbour who is into bedding out like that never does. His look good straight from the start.

Balcony,

I’ve been growing papayas for 25 years. Home-grown papayas are literally a thousand percent better than the ones sold in the store. Most people I talk to hate papayas, it’s because they’ve never eaten a real ripe papaya. Papayas don’t build up their sugars until they turn yellow or orange.

Looks very nice in that lovely pot.

I think you are right Eileen..there was a mature one years ago not far from where this is growing.

It could be the Himalayan Honeysuckle [Leycesteria formosa] but I don't remember it having such toothed leaf margins.

:))

Thanks very much everyone , yes aphids and black fly ! my daughter has found several catterpillars on the branches too , no ladybirds yet , agree the best option is to leave it to nature and hope , if i recall , the same thing happened last year , otherwise all okay ecept from the lack of rain , and water suppy running out , fingers crossed everyone , thanks agin .

Good luck Julia :-)

Thank you Shirley.

Think I will Klahanie..just read how to do this so wish me luck!

I shall be thinking of you and wish you well with the surgery.

Shirley, I would donate some if people would be interested.
Not this year as I am going for a hip replacement surgery next week.

Can you take cuttings Julia?

Kenny I'm sure it is..I've checked it on Google and the leaves look very similar..
It can be invasive
so it will have to go.Many thanks.

I agree with Julia. I like them as well for many reasons.

Begonias have beautiful foliage and flowers as well. Looks like there are several of them in the pot, Are they cuttings Homebird ?.

Is it himalayan honeysuckle

I'll put up another photo of it!

Keep this in mind too..the more houses the more traffic...the more traffic the more road kills.

usually you just put a thank you statement in the reply box under your own question/blog.

leaves dont look right for honeysuckle.
are the large leaves part of the same plant?

Did you see what was her home and garden! Her influence was widespread in the 1800s.I was hoping to buy another Munstead wood.

There is a Honeysuckle very near,you may be right TH.

Could it be some kind of honeysuckle seeded by birds?

Thank you Sheila I do like this one :-)

Ah no I haven't watched it yet, I saw a bee go in the penstemon though yesterday 😀 and round the geums :-))

Klahanie, you could set up a little sales area!!!

Oh David, it's hard work being a gardener!

Julia, I have only seen one Ladybird this year, so disappointing not to see more of them.

Karen, my thoughts exactly.

Sheila, some of the snails here are so very small, hard to see them.

David, I leave the aphids for the Sparrows, Bluetits and other small birds!

I do like the Barbery shrubs even though they are quite spiney.The mottled colouring especially attractive.

Thanks Sbg I think it is hardy begonia grandis ‘Sapporo’. Label long since lost. I bought it from Henstead Exotic Garden in Suffolk in 2017. I also bought a banana which unfortunately didn’t survive. I will take a look at B Sutherlandii.

Thank you Janey.

I wish we would have some of yours "blackbirds" here Janey.

I did little bit of reading on Munstead wood rose,Munstead Wood n Surrey, a garden designer Gertrude Jekyll's home.

I like the blooms Shirley but the leaves are cruel. The flowers come in September when the rains start so they do not last very long and fall down to the ground.
Interesting thing is that local garden center wants $5 for each bulb. I have hundreds of them.