My front garden this week ...

beautifull Terra, so colourfull ;o))

Thats great. Lovely picture

great mix there TT

Thanks ladies :o)

Looking lovely TT .....

Lovely splash of colour to welcome you in TT :o)

A blooming lovely garden :o) lovely mix of colour there your ballerina is great beautiful rose.

WOW...Beautiful front garden terratoonie!

What an entrance! Lots of lovely colours and shapes, TT, brilliant.

Thank you Janette, Neellan, Sixpence, Michaella and Gee. :o)

Absolutely stunning. What a spectacle of colour, and all that lavender. The perfume must be heavenly..... :o)

Really pretty Tt..........lovely Lavender, aren't they doing well this year....:o)

What a picture

beautiful...

I bet you get a lot of people stop and stare at that beautiful sight TT :-)

Thanks Linda, Janey, Grandmage, Elsiemay and Grindle....
Lavenders like this area which gets sunshine just about all day.

I lost both mine, I think I pruned too hard. They went too woody. I've been told now, I shouldn't prune them. Now I know what I've been doing wrong. :o(

Lavenders should be pruned (after flowering) to keep them neat and tidy - i don't think they tolerate their older wood being touched though so maybe that was all the problem was, Linda.
I prune mine hard immediately after flowering and that keeps them a nice size aswell as shape.

Yes, many lavenders are very sensitive to having their old wood pruned ...

... I do the same as Louise, and cut to shape immediately after flowering.. If you don't prune them, they often get top heavy, with lots of dry-looking branches at the base..

all looking lovely TT....

Thankssssss Holly and Sky :o)

What a colourful garden you have Terra -it always looks a picture ;-)

Thanks Richard...
This sloping area faces West which makes it easy to plant... despite the dry, sunny conditions ... :o)

They seem to be striving there Terra ;-)

Thanx Louise and TT. Thats what mine went like.... too top heavy with really dry and what looked like scruffy branches 1/2 way up the plants. They were only shooting new growth at the very tips, so I just gave up on them. :o)

This looks lovely TT. You have a real eye for colour in your garden.
My favourite lavender was looking straggly and woody last year, so I decided it really had to go. With nothing to lose, I took several cuttings and to my surprise they all rooted. My family and friends now all have lavender plants!

Hi Pasuki... Thank you ...
I hope the budgies are well :o)
Glad to know the cuttings from your favourite lavender grew so strongly ...
However much we trim lavenders, usually, they do eventually outgrow their space and benefit from being started again from cuttings.... Your family and friends are the lucky ones !

georgeous,

Thanks Yorkshire :o)

looks lovely TT..

Thank you Deida :o)

Beautiful TT so glad to see a pic of the rose `ballerina` it looks as if it`s small and lax enough to grow and drape over a 14" high wall, which is what I would want it for. Cheers.

Hi Stroller... Ballerina is a lovely rose... grows well...
Would drape nicely over the wall.... :o)))

Sooooo very pretty TT!!!!!
Love your verse too :)

Thanks Tommy ...
The roses and lavenders do well in my front garden :o)

Your lavenders have lovely colour!
Very nice garden. Love it :))

Lovely combination. Isn't the lavender supposed to keep the greenfly away?

Looks lovely ....

Thanks Tommy, Linda and Clarice :o)

:o))

Everything looks so healthy and lush Tt...Gorgeous....:>)

So very attractive TT....

looking beautiful!

Thank you Motinot, Dotty and Arlene :o)

Your garden is so colourful & beautiful. I will be studying your photos carefully, in order to see how you have put certain colours together & how you have balanced it all out. Can I ask you which lavender this is?

Hello Dwyllis ..
Thanks. Sorry I don't have the name of the lavender.

It has been a challenge for me to have the flower beds with colour all year, and not only in springtime ! Lol.

That looks amazing. Wish my front garden would look like that.