Winter into Spring in the garden.

Hi Dorjac ..
wow.. you've been busy.
I like the crazy paving and the heucheras.
I've added your blog to GoYpedia. :o)

Your replacement 'circle' looks great, Dorjac, and so much easier to maintain. Glad your heucheras are all doing OK. I spotted the dreaded vine weevil in a couple of mine in spite of being treated a couple of times. I still have some of the stuff left so will give another dose asap. Your camellias are beautiful and I agree that they seem to have enjoyed all the rain. My white one was in blooms just after Christmas and is just about finished but the others are still to be enjoyed. I am busy removing all the lawn in my back garden, back breaking work but good to be out in the sunshine :)
Take care.

Thanks TT I feel thrilled to go on Goypedia. Yesterday I got a good comment from a high powered legal lady on another blog I use on a very tricky subject. Goy is total relaxation in comparison!

Gee I saw your blog on your new garden layout. I hope you wern't too watery during the monsoon we had this winter. I hope you can get it all fixed into position soon. Just a bit of grass for the torties. I don't want Mole to pay you a visit as he did under your path that time! Foxes are naughty in our garden. Digging plants up and bringing rubbish into the garden.

You have lovely camelias - they have been fantastic this year haven't they? Hope you find time to sit on your pretty new patio!

Lots of colour Dorjac and your camelias Wow!!!!

Thanks Sinbad and Steragram. The Camellias take a long time to get going. They are very rewarding.

I've spent most of today in the garden planting up the new beds. I will wait a while before I tackle the paths! The front garden is still too spongy to do anything but tiptoe across to cut down the dogwoods. Trying to get that done before the garden refuse is collected on Tuesday.

I do like the work you've had done on the patio, aren't the older tradesmen just great. Nothing is ever too much bother.
You've a lovely selection of Camellias there.

Thanks Scottish, I really dreamed of a posh circle all laid out with patterned stones. The brickie said it would be difficult to acheive without charging a lot more. He said he really liked doing crazy paving. Not so fashionable now, and it would be a lot cheaper.It is recycling too.

your circle looks a lot better now, Dorjac. if the Heucheras were potted with the soil from the circle, is there any danger of the pest being taken along as well?

Thanks for the warning pics! I'll have to double-check my bulbs, but I'm so ignorant of real plants ... at least you've given me a name I can check up on, thanks for that xx

lovely pictures I tried growing heuchura in my garden without success, do they grow better in pots then? I just bought 2 small ones 50p each in the B&Q sale (purple palace ) will try potting them up and see how they get on. will keep you up dated on there progress.

Nice to get bargain plants like Heucheras Anci. In pots in compost they are very subject to vine weevil which eat the tap roots. So I decided to use the soil out of the circle to pot them up. It has been discussed on GOY about they may be better in soil. I know what you mean Fran but if one of these pesky alliums comes up in a pot it is easily ejected into the green wheelie. The plant can be lifted out and searched for weevils at the same time. Worth a try. I pull them out by the bulb from below!

that's good to know - they're really and truly gone, at last!!