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Oh no! That’s so sad.

My Geums are not flowering yet! That's a lovely one.

I second that ... :o)

I love them, yet have never been able to keep them growing in my garden.

Now that looks like Mission Blvd. 😂

Beautiful blossom. I told you that the wild birds would be in your garden eventually! :o))

Karen, this is a lovely Geum. I have been stuck indoors for three days, cough and cold to blame for that. Today is grey and drizzly but I hope to walk around the garden this afternoon, just to see what may be flowering now.

Mine have flown the nest now Karen and missed seeing the babies fledge. I love to see all the birds but I used to get about 20 sparrows and now there is only one. Don't know why!

Very nice. Is this on Mission Blvd in Hayward?

I see the east bay hills to the right.

I planted a Rosemary hedge around the rose garden Karen, but never get to see the flowers as it has to be kept short.

It will keep you busy watering all those pots Karen.

Does it stay green all summer Julia? It's lovely.

Me too Shirley..might look into that.

This year does seem to be a good one for blossom, and with the weather it seems to have arrived at the same time this year & not in dribs & drabs.

I join you in admiring cherry blossom and wishing, one day, to eat some cherries

David, that's good to read! It is looking beautiful today as the blossom is now out.

Thanks Chris, blossom all around here now as many streets are lined with Cherry trees, a wonderful sight.

Chris, in 2023 I bought a copy of GW magazine, mainly for an article by Nick Bailey on propagation. No such article was in the mag., so I emailed GW and they sent me a Year Planner 2024 by way of compensation!

Message them, you may find they post you the card.

Julia, I did like the columnar one that Rachel seemed keen on!

Sheila, I don't have the photo showing up now! This site is driving me mad at times ... :o(

There was some rain overnight down here, hope you had some too.

Ff, thank you. Rain has been forecast here but none so far. It’s just very overcast this morning. I want what everyone wants….sunny days and rain overnight. The Pieris is the best it’s ever been. I am really pleased with it.

Sue, I am so sorry I didn’t know you have been suffering with pain and stiffness. I hope you will be in a lot less pain as we move into warmer weather. It’s been a miserable cold, wet grey winter.
I almost gave up on the site for a longtime while the adverts and slow loading problems I was having drove me to despair. I only popped in occasionally for a quick look in. I missed the old company, fun and the pleasure of seeing everyone’s lovely gardens. Then I came across comments about the Adblock and decided to try it. Brilliant….no more inundated with adds and uploading photos and making comments is back as it used to be.
I am going to try and catch up with everyone’s photos and blogs. I have been absent for so long I have missed so much.

Rose, the Aubrieta (Aubretia) are really quite old. A small clump was gifted to me by a neighbour about 40 years ago. It has gradually covered the retaining wall on the back garden. I transplanted some into the top of the retaining wall on the front garden and it’s taken well and is beginning to clothe that too. It’s a nice splash of colour at this time of year.

Thank you Janey, out of the wind it’s been lovely and warm but today it’s very overcast and back to cold. Rain has been forecast but none so far. I am hoping we aren’t plunged back into the miserable cold sunless days we had here. Sunny days and rain through the night would be perfect.

It has a part sun, part shade location, and I cut it back to half its height in the late autumn.

It's a forsythia bush that has huge flowers on it this year.

Yes Karen, the ground is very dry, and I've been watering the pots and I gave all the flowerbeds a good soaking a few days ago.

Thanks Janey, it was the classic doughnut shape, I have a hackoneckloa I want to move too, nothing growing in it though thankfully :-)

It was done last year Karen after the old greeting was removed. It had a fountain that kids always poured detergent into it. Kids.

I keep dahlias tubers from year to year Janey. I used to label them every autumn but do not do that any more so it will be a surprise as they start to bloom. :-)Looking forward to it.

Thank you Klahanie.

Thank you both, the sun really has brought the tulips out. Yes it does cheer us up Rose..😄

Looking very smart Karen!

Looks like you've done a really good job Jane. I have a similar problem with violets growing through my hakenachloa fountain grass. I will try to do the same as you..:)

So do I Rose, such a lovely plant!

It does cheer us up, doesn't it Janey! Love both the colours together.

I love Dorinicum Janey but wish it could flower all summer!

I grow them, but I can't grow forget me knots. Which is what makes it a challenge.

Snowdrops I know prefer being planted when green & in leaf, maybe bluebells are the same?

The one that is fully out has been open for about 3 weeks now.

Very lovely and cheerful Janey.

One of my favourite plants Julia. I hope they will do great for you.

Chris,you may have missed my PM a week ago.

It’s the colour isn’t it…the brighter the better after such a long, dreary winter.

A lovely welcome.

Thank you both. It is a lovely place to be. Bit chilly and wet today, but we need some rain. We’ve hardly had a drop since the start of March.

What a pretty sight!

I do love phlox especially their soft scent.

Thank you all for such interesting and varied comments. I did chuckle about the hurdles at the start of the programme!!!

I am having a battle with the Gardener's World magazine because I did not receive my ‘2 for 1 gardens card!’ There is always something!

Beautiful flowers, Sheila! I saw a Crab Apple tree blooming today as well only I was too far away to be able to photograph it! As I've seen it for the last 20+ years I knew what tree it was!

It is bright, very pretty!

Nice looking flowers, Wylie! Do the flowers last long, do you know?

Hasn't it grown well Sheila, so pretty..