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Very nice photos Kate , your acers are lovely.

Give it a go Rose, trial and error for keeping the critters off the plants we love!

Oh Chris, aren't they just a pain to start devouring yours already ... :o(

Kate, such a shame your Hostas were nibbled to pieces. I keep a couple of those wire scrubby things (technical term!) in the greenhouse for washing out the bird baths so I shall give it a go if any Hosta leaves start looking holey.
You have to wonder how folk find these things work ... :o))

Thanks Kate and Chris ... they certainly cheer folk up when they see them!

Thanks Chris, I am very pleased with it.

Kate, I think the plants must have been put out the night before we shopped as they looked so healthy. We have shopped there this morning and trays and trays of bedding are either dead or dying ... such a waste.

I think they should have one day a week of having the plants for sale, as I feel sure customers would flock in for their plants.

They all look so healthy Shirley and must get some coffee grounds to see if it will work on my lupins.

Thanks for that Kate. I have had mine years and originates from Willow Cottage!

Those gates are splendid every time! It is my cousin’s birthday today too!!! The people who decorate the gates are so dedicated to it.

The snails and slugs have managed to find most of ours already I’m afraid so it’s another typical year at our house!!

Well spotted Shirley, it is a lovely one.

Since this is the first time it has flowered, I am hoping little plants will form so it can "walk". It is supposed to be able to take a lot of shade, so I will be trying it in a couple of shady spots, maybe even my woods. I have a hybrid one that will be opening soon.

Hywel,

It looks awesome! Beautiful flowers!

The kitchen is probably very good for humidity. Good luck!

I’ve seen P. gloriosum with leaves to more than 2 ft (61 cm) long. I’m hoping it doesn’t outgrow this area too quickly! I once had a Philodendron ‘Green Congo’ which grew from a very small plant into a gigantic monster within one year. My P. ‘Congo Rojo’ pretty much did the same thing.

That sounds like a brilliant idea, Kate, from your patient. You've got to love them a lot to make the effort, though!!

Thank you. I've moved it into the kitchen to try and provide more moisture. I also mist it regularly. Good luck with yours, Delonix.

Thank you both...The birds,especially pigeons love to use it as a landing place consequently unstabling it!

Thanks Lindak for that tip..

Thanks Both...My Hedgehogs seem to keep a lot away and also I've heard coffee grounds are good. We get some leftover grounds from a local cafe to put down near the hostas.

Thanks Kate.

That is unusual Wylie...Will make a note of it.Thank you for showing it.I've read it is called Walking Iris...does it spread?

A really easy one to grow HB....approx height 4 ft.

Ooh! I would love this one.

Gorgeous colours.

Wow! That Nandina is on fire….

It grows pretty slowly outside. I’ve posted pretty big specimens at the San Diego Botanical Gardens and at the San Diego Zoo. They need a protected area outside away from the direct sun. It’ll fry in the very hot sun here.

Indoors, it needs lots of light and humidity. Outdoors it’ll grow pretty large. I have a feeling by December it may take over this area.

Agree with the others, very attractive colours, Linda.

Ange, same nibbling here...they seem to like my pansies.Each year I vow I wont buy them.

That's a beauty!! Love the bicolouing, very attractive. Good buy from the supermarket, Shirley.

Looking pretty lush there, Shirley! OH dug our 3 up and disposed of them last year. They were nibbled to pieces. The leaves were all torn and ragged looking, sadly.
One of my patients mentioned last week, he uses those stainless steel wire ball scrubbing ball sponge things!!!! Sorry for the mouthful!
He unravels them and opens them up to form a circle around a plant. The slugs and snails won't cross this. He's given me some, which I'll try. He uses them on his veg patches too.

Pretty potted plants, Linda. Yep, another drizzly day here too. Weekend was quite nice thankfully.

Nice to see those decorated gates again!!! Such great innovation.

I don't unfortunately, Linda, I've an extension at the back, with a large window. May be worth trying this, although, Eve my cat would properly push them out of her way! : -)

Sheila, it took me about 10 secs to realise what Eileen meant. Bless, she still got plenty of work done in the garden all the same!
Looking to seeing your Calibrachoa when posted, it's sounds pretty special.

Ange, I think CBA is fitting for many of us at at times!!!! Especially when we've had such rubbishy weather.. leading to a dose of CBA
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Thank you for your kind comments regarding the Acers.

Thank you, Rose :-))

Aw thank you, Janey! I'm pleased you like them. I just wish I'd kept the labels all those years ago!

has it been exposed to drying winds or that rare thing sunshine?
I'd leave it alone, they are pretty hardy things.

Thanks to all of you for such lovely comments and special thanks to Hywel for telling me the name of the flower that I didn’t know. I shall remember it from now on.

Thanks Sheila ... I hope it doesn't start shivering in this chilly weather!

Thanks both ... somebody is hoping to create a Facebook page for the gates!

Linda, he's quite a size isn't he?!!

Julia, I may need to get some coffee grounds next time we're out for a coffee as they definitely kept the slugs and snails away last year.

Ange, I bought a 4 pack of Fuchsia and a 6 pack of Nemesia in one of the German supermarkets for a fraction of the price a garden centre or nursery would charge.

The Clematis was from a British supermarket and must have just been put on display as it was looking so healthy!

Me too Ange, I was worried that it was something serious … I was wrong! Not adding my name though, I’m loving all the colour of annuals in the greenhouse, an unbelievable blue of Calibrachoa from a GC the other day. Must take a photo.

You might also try www.junker.co.uk
E-mail them as not everything is on their website

The stork looks great with the acers.

Lovely selection there. I expect Brian's size keeps the other snails away....