A sunny afternoon with friends

Lovely blog, and a lovely day was had by all. Nice to meet Tet and Val, but don't know which was which ?
Great photos Brian and Jamie in on the act too.

Glad you had a nice day and it's always to meet people you normally just correspond with isn't it ?

Your garden must be an absolute picture judging from all the lovely photos you've posted - I am so envious.

Tetrarch has the pink top.

wot a lovely afternoon ........... with gardening frends too . lovely pics , i like white flowers , they seem to light up the garden ;0))

What a beautiful array of colour and variety you have Brian, love that shot of Jamie love that white lady its gorgeous, your peony is way forward than mine my red ones are just budding but my white one like your yellow one is only just comming up. Whats that snail up to on that Trillium. What is that yellow flower in the first photo is it Aquilegia. So pleased you had a lovely day a nice bit of company for you and Jamie.

Sixpence
The yellow flowers are Erythroniums (dog tooth violets)
Snails love Trillium's I missed that one I should employ you to go on snail watch for me.lol

Bjs, your garden is spectacular, I love that Camellia, I have that one but it is only small and I wont see the flowers for years.! I love the new specie of 'flowers' among the rhodi!! Lol. and I love that paeonie!

Ok when do I start lol thank you Brian for the reply to the dog tooth violets.

Lucky Val and Tet to have spent time looking round your garden there is obviously a lot to see, and its not taken you long to put the wooden ladders to good use they make a great arch.
I bought my first Rhododendron last week its yakushimanum group `Dreamland`hope I get some good flowers on it.

Stroller. good choice a fantastic pink

Could you tell me the name of that gorgeous Magnolia, i love the colour!!! gorgeous pictures by the way.

Sewingkilla
The name is Magnolia 'Susan'. It is very readily available not to fast growing and easily pruned.I have bought young plants in the autumn in Wilkinson's for £2 each grown them on for two years and given them away as presents, they flower when quite young,I have another one growing in the garden 6 years old ex Wilkinson's in bud i will post a pic.

You have so many lovely flowers Brian, I specially like the Primula at the end. Those look like two very rare specimens popping their heads through your Rhododendron! It's great to meet up with other GOY members, I wish there were more living near me. :o)

what beautiful plants and how colourful, thank you for putting your lovely photos on here
and how amazing to be able to grow GoY members!! are they still growing in your garden? do you have to feed and water them much??

on another note ~ what conditions does that magnolia susan like? i have one but its only just surviving.

Hi bjs, wow what alovely blog and the colour well, its just gorgeaus

very impressive trilliums - well, it was all impressive, but I really love trilliums. What species are they?

Sticki
Yes GOY members did require feeding and watering to stop them flagging.M&S fertilizer seemed to work quite well.lol
Not sure that would work on your Susan though all my soil is neutral regards lime and heavy clay to which i add peat and bone meal when planting, they don't appear to mind sun or shade with me,They are even alright in containers for four or five years provided they are fed and dont dry out.

Lauram
Pleased you like them, the Trillium was bought as Grandiflorum,i think it is right.

i like the sound of that M&S fertilizer Bjs ~ think i shall get some too!!!!
i shall move my magnolia susan cos it may be having to struggle against a hedge and a very large camellia then i will feed it too
i love trilliums ~ there were lots in the edinburgh botanical gardens ~ i thought i would get some ~ will they be ok in slightly acidic soil?

Oh yes Brian that M&S fertilizer works amazingly well especially with female plant varieties, I should watch out for that one on the right though, it's not as well behaved as it seems! LOL

the one on the right in which picture lily?

That's me Sticky, that Lily is jealous 'cos she didn't get any M&S fertilizer ! lol.

We had a wonderful time at Brian's garden and felt quite privileged to see it in all its glory.
Thank you Brian and Pauline.

oh dear! poor lily and poor all of us ~ no fertilizer and just lovely photos to look at!

Lily
Know what you mean,nod nod wink wink,!I have come to the same conclusion

'fraid so Sticki, but what lovely photo's! :0))

they certainly are valadel.

Don't give her too much of that liquid tonic stuff Brian or she'll be sky high before you know it!
Me jealous Val? you know I never touch the stuff :o)

Whooo, who's got a long nose ? ;0))

Good set of pics :o)

How lovely! Thank you for sharing your visitation and for taking the lovely photos. I'm sure I would love your garden just as much as they clearly did!