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Wow, what an amazing lot of beautiful blooms. I love
Rhododendron habitat & all the other plants like the Pieris etc that also thrive in it. Your garden is a joy. Ty for sharing it all with us. Brilliant photos too.

Missed this blog. It is a lovely place & your photos are great. I’m glad you have such a nice park to visit.

I looked at the picture Delonix and it is very "Mickey Mouse". Thanks.

I've got a couple of these self seeders, those pesky snails are annoying they've bitten off some of phlox growth already i didnt realise they went for phlox till last year :-(

Wow again Klahanie lovely :-))

Wow beautiful Klahanie :-))

Thank you Stripes...it was a very quick impression, the garden seems to take up much more time in Spring/ Summer.

Lovely and simple

I found one:

https://www.growsonyou.com/genus/slideshow/Ochna/208242

I have some posted on GoY. Unfortunately, I can’t find them.

Thank you Julia for liking it. XX

Very envious of that yellow Magnolia Klahanie. So pretty.

Lovely colour. My magnolia Susan just started to bloom why Stelatas are on the end of blooming stage, I also have a Magnolia 'Yellow butterflies" which is in a full bloom right now. All of them are deciduous magnolias.

Interesting and pretty blue and white colour.

Oh I’ve already seen several snails !

Like the obelisk..it sets it off

Julia, it's really dry in that spot but is thriving, with support from the obelisk!

Karen, both my children tell me that many of their colleagues are off work as poorly. :o((

Sheila, I hope you mean the flower and not the snail, haha!

Thank you FF!

Thank you so much for this information...when you know what you are dealing with ...the problem doesnt seem so bad.

Lovely to see these so early!

Thanks Janey :-)

Thanks both, yes so worth it for the scent it's lovely :-)

That sounds exciting Janey..which Palmatum is it?

It supposedly grows fast in the ground (in the tropics), but in San Diego’s dry subtropical climate it’s highly unlikely to reach more than 15 ft (4.6 m) tall. I’ve seen some on Youtube in San Diego gardens about this height and width. I was surprised how wide thry grew in San Diego, though.

Sorry to hear that Shirley. Scott has been unwell this week. It must be one I’ve already had.

We had quite a few this year...they grow quite deeply and are hard to dig out.I've used Roundup.

It is lords and ladies [one of several common names] It is an Arum, Arum maculatum. The flower is a pale green 'cowl' with a purple or pale green spathe in the centre. in the autumn the berries are bright red and held on the stem that once held the flower.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/weeds/lords-and-ladies

it will respond to any systemic weedkiller. digging out the tuber is also an option and remove the berries before they ripen and fall off.

see below in the first post you did.

welcome to GoY,
Just lift it and shake off any loose compost, re pot and water well. any root damage will be minimal and it will quickly grown new roots for easy water uptake.

welcome to GoY Abarrett. This is definitely an allium and identified as A triquetrum correctly. It is classed as a naturalised/British native. I also have it now in a wildlife area. Some alliums have nodding bells such as A moly [yellow flowers so its common name in the UK is Golden garlic], A paradoxum and Nectoscordum siculum [reclassed as A siculum] recently.

The English bluebell is indeed Hyacinthoides non scripta, though sadly many of our native ones are hybridising with the spanish bluebell, Hyacinthoides hispanic

Very pretty!

Looks very much like lords and ladies to me

Fabulous flower!

I can see why you like this Tulip ... it's beautiful.

We had planned to visit the Tulip Festival at Arundel but were so full of cough and cold that we've missed it now ... :o((

Well it's doing ok, it's leaves are all unfurled and I've decided to leave the longer branches this year. So far their leaves appear to be the same. We've had a very chilly east wind for a few weeks, but the acers have weathered it. I've treated myself to one of the purple acers too..:))

Please post a photo when that happens Delonix, I'd like to see that Mickey Mouse face. Thanks.

I appreciate your nice comments Janey and Karen. Thank you.

It takes a very long time for a magnolia stellata to get to that size! Wonderful!

Well, I was repeating it today, and I can see I will have to do it daily for now. If the roses were big or I had a big garden…no chance! Sadly we haven’t any ladybirds or bluetits atm. We had ladybirds earlier, but they have disappeared just when they are needed!

Have been wondering how your Jordan is Janey...mine is very slow.

Gorgeous tree and area to sit Klahanie..

It is a lovely one Julia. Mines still only small, but looking strong.

Those are not allium. They don't look anything like allium. Allium has puffy flowers in shades of blue, violet, and white, shaped like dandelion puffs.

Although I'm not 100% certain what yours are, in my region white bluebells are usually Hyacinthoides.

That's what Gerry used on the aphids but they multiplied so fast it was useless in the end.

Thanks Balcony.

Baby ducklings Balcony. There were seven of them altogether but had no parents with them.

What a pity. Thank you! X

Thanks Janey. X