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Yes David, they are a very good fruit for Diabetics and I also buy them regularly.
I just saw this plant in a garden centre and thought I would try growing my own!
I have been told to net the fruits before the birds eat them ... :o)

Really beautiful plants, Wylie! I love them all!

I have had 3 Amaryllis flowering on our living room table but 2 have now finished while the third is just starting to go over a little.

Beautiful flowers, Wildrose! :)

Are you going to try & grow some Blueberries, Shirley???

For a couple of months now I've been buying them in the supermarket every Saturday & eating them a couple of times a day!

Lovely tree fern, Andy, but not for me though,it would block all light to the balcony & besides there would be no room for anything else! How would I water it??? I'd have to push a hosepipe out through the living room windows to reach it! :D :D :D

These are lovely Pulsatilla vulgaris or Pasque flowers, Lindak! A fried came me some a few years ago but they only survived 1 year on the balcony! :(

There may be a few bulbs around the country but it wouldn't survive our winters being outside. There are few parts of the UK that are frost-free all year round so it would have to be grown in a greenhouse.

I did a search for this lily & it seems it is a big plant but nowhere did I find a mention of it growing up to 3m high!

I have enough difficulty in keeping my Amaryllis alive over winter let alone a "monster" like this! Though I would certainly like one - or more! :D

that is dedication in deed You got some lovely ones there.

lovely blog Karen. Who enjoyed the swings more??? haha
Went round that area a long time ago. BC [Before Children].

I can't grow anything that needs acidic soil/compost as our water here is very hard. It's not possible for me to collect rainwater either. The roof of the building is 7 floors above us & the downpipe is hidden behind a wooden panel on the balcony. We had lived here for years before I found out what was behind the panel! Then it was only because the housing association took away the asbestos that must have protected the rainwater downpipes that I discovered it! At least I think that's what the asbestos was for - what else could it have been used for afterall you wouldn't expect them to catch fire!!! :D :D :D

Thanks, FF, for letting me know &I'm sorry I can't help you more. :( I've never used iPods or any other Apple product! Except for a moment a couple of weeks ago, when my grandson was showing me something on his Apple phone, I haven't even touched an Apple product!!!

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Well done to him ... and you for helping him!

Karen, I always remember that Spritzhenry loved them in pots.

Thanks Hb.

Karen, I hope it doesn't grow too big!

It certainly is ... :o))

I think as it's not a bright red I can live with it!

Rose, they were the only flowers my Dad would grow on his allotment, even then he did so begrudgingly as Mum loved them so much. :o))

Beautiful tulips in a beautiful pot.

You've got some beauties there Wylie. Loving 'Tarantula' and aptly named too.

I've been able to see the page this morning, but I don't hold out much hope for it after all the recent problems, which at the rate things are going, will never be resolved.

Garden Friends has no problems Rose. If you encountered a blip recently (which incidentally no one else has mentioned) it was nothing like the problems GoY has got. GF is looked after properly so if there was something wrong it was put right immediately.

I have personally never come across any problems with Garden Friends or Gardeners Corner, or the art forum I belong to ... the problems are only with this site.

19 is an incredible age for a cat. Krull likes to spend the entire day outside and only comes in to eat or sleep at night.
I wanted the 2 unregistered ones because of their unusual genes, so it was worth it to get up early.

I love Wallflowers!

They are lovely at that age, aren't they Karen. I have two great grandchildren, one 18 months and the other 3 and a half and love them to bits.
Niamh is definitely enjoying herself.

Was there a special event going on with the railway?

My son & family were at Corfe Castle and said the railway seemed busier than usual

A lasting memory Shirley.

Oh Klahanie, I detest the slugs for the damage they do to our prized plants.

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Jonquil varieties?

They do !

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Thanks Ladies ... some years ago Mum and I bought a huge bag of mixed Narcissus to plant in our gardens and to edge the allotment boundary. I can only think think this has been laying dormant for a while!

I had two of the shrubs in large pots. I found that they had a large root system and began to fill the pots and displace the compost. If you believe that dryness has become a problem, perhaps lift the shrub and its root system and examin what's happening. You could trim the roots or plant out in the ground.

A beautiful double Shirley..how lovely.

I forget everything every year and so it’s always a spring full of lovely surprises!

The delicate multi headed forms are my favourites at the moment. They usually have lovely scent too.

That is special. I love the lemony yellow.

It will probably take off now Shirley. Mine in Scotland grew really fast in the ground.

Wow! You really showed some dedication getting up so early for the sale! Gorgeous plants. :)

There you go Homebird See….its never ideal is it? I think, in all honesty, this is what gardening is. A big load of problem solving. If it’s not the soil, it’s the pests and wildlife, then there’s the weather of course! Then there’s space, and the lack of it. And yet it brings us so much joy when we get those plant friends to grow and flower, and we manage to create something of a sanctuary for ourselves and the wildlife :)

Thank you!

Well, it’s a bit of a car park plant Shirley. But this one is lovely!

Oh, thank you so much Shirley. X

Yes, so many tree fern in Golden Gate Park.

I hadn’t been to SF Botanical Gardens in probably 17 years. I cannot believe the growth on some of the trees and plants. There’s several pretty large Howea fosteriana; belmoreana there.

Your garden is looking so good Karen. All your hard work is paying off. My garden is on limestone bed rock. Lucky if you can find 12 inch of soil in some areas.

I started to record GW and fast forward to what I think looks interesting. I don't really enjoy it anymore unless Adam Frost is presenting. I can’t say I am learning anything of interest anymore. Gone are the days when we listened for the introduction music and dashed in to watch. As for themes…mine just has the slope garden, flat lawn and top lawn just so everyone knows where the subject I am talking about can be seen. Jewel garden…grrrrr

They look so cheerful.

That looks so lovely.
Karen, You will have such fun with Niamh.

Great Shirley!

I do too!

I really like the colour.