I really shouldn't have done it...

You've got lots to do, but all those plants will look great :o) Good luck !
I hope your neighbour listens when you make the complaint.
And I hope you get some nicer weather soon ....

Hi Karen...
I hope you get the neighbour problems sorted.
Great variety of plants there ... lots of rain here too ..
Have fun with the planting ! :o)

Certainly plenty to be getting on with then. Great selection of plants, especially the fruit bushes. Hope you will soon be able to get it done, can't wait to see what it looks like.

Thanks Hywel...neighbours - who'd have 'em, eh? Did you ever get yours sorted out, Terra?

Might be able to get out there for bit today - at least the rain makes the digging easier :)

Thanks, Cinders - I'm now looking at the frost damage as a 'happy accident' !

I think I like the new plan better than the old one :)

Do you also buy plants from supermarkets as an act of charity? For the plants, not the supermarket..... Me too. Good luck with the reorganisation!

Thanks, Penny....I think we all do that, don't we - the poor things deserve a chance :)

Shh! Don't tell N, J...blew the budget!!! :)))))

Your a great writer lol.
As for the garden next door issue I have to say
Ide be tempted to cover the dividing fence with a climber.

Hi Karen, I love that line about being literally more buoyant! :))) made me lol. Great projects to keep you busy and out of trouble there. I just love tibouchina. I used to grow one in the conservatory, but nothing lasts long in there....one holiday and it's all dead from over-heating! I might get another one some day. When I saw you had bought a 'few' plants I wondered if you'd managed to get them all in the car....looks like you almost did! :))

I've got lovely neighbours Karen. There's only one person in this road I'm not too keen on. All the others are quite nice. I'm very lucky :o)
(But there's one house for sale. I hope someone nice buys it, or they won't fit in around here.)

Hi Karen ... not really ... I'm thinking of moving into Hywel's road.. Lol. ;o)

You're very lucky, Hywel. I used to have lovely neighbours in the last house - it makes a huge difference.

Race you to that house in Hywel's road, TT! lol! ;)

Thank you Ddp...it's being with my friends here that keeps me sane (yes, I know, that's questionable! lol!)

I'm useless with indoor plants, Karen...although, if the tibouchina is successful, I'll try to turn over a new leaf lol! And I did try to get them all into the car - if it had not been raining so hard the willow would have been sticking out of the passenger window!!

I got a funny look from the neighbour's son-in-law, when I was out, J...I think they might all have read my letter...

I love the fruit garden idea Karen...Keep an eye on the Goji though it too can be a bit rampant...plant it as near to the neighbour as you can ;))

Lol. Pim ;o)

It would be lovely to have you as a neighbour TT :o))

looking great there Karen loads of lovely plants to keep you busy too, although i'm not a ivy lover they do a good coverage job... great job.

LOL, Pim :D

Thanks SL - I'm not at all sure why I took the ivy...it's not even a very nice one...and I've got no idea where to put it!

It could probably give the dreaded JKW a run for its money though...along with the gojis! ;)

What a really nice selection. Love the look of that last little sedum and of course Paeonies my favs!!!! The floating plant for your pond has a nice texture to the leaves. Is that Lysimachia the trailing 'creeping jenny' one. I have tried to find that here but after visiting 6 GCs I've given up!! I've got two crappy looking ivys but they are for pots and they do a job!!!
Looking forward to seeing all your hard work :)

Started today, Scottish, and now feel about 103 years old - don't know if I'll be able to move tomorrow!!

Everything which starts with 'fallopia' has had the chop and is no longer welcome in this garden! Start as you mean to go on, I say.

That is 'creeping jenny', Scottish...maybe someone who has it could send you some. I will - but we'll have to wait until it has crept a bit!

OMG! Youw erent kidding when you said youw ere ona shopping spree! lol
Great plants! what a work! good on ya..up the Socts!

I know where I want to start, Pixi...there's just all this 'tidying up' to do first! And that's not just in the garden! lol!

Sorry about the "creeping jenny" Scottish, I finally got rid of it a few months back. I am sure someone will have a bit for you. If not look in pre made hanging baskets at the supermarkets, it is forever turning up in them.

Monsieur B being quite sober made me smile, that and the buoyant quip! Budget well spent this month ;O))

Lol! Overspent is closer to the mark, Annie...and he had the pleasure of my company again this morning!!! :)))

Good shopping trip Karen, hope the weather settles so you can get planting...

like the middle of summer here today...

Have done more since then, Lincs (shock, horror) ;)))

Beautiful days yesterday and today, Pim...but, I'm not tempting fate by saying a word.............!

...I think that it would be the same here, HB...couldn't do without my wee yellow peril...!
...but...in my defence...I did have a lot of holes to fill... ;)

(btw - have just bought a load of seeds in an effort to stop the haemorrage of money to Monsieur B's nursery! lol!)

Hmm, yes...just need the green house now...! :)

I've got just under a month to keep spending, HB... ;))))

:)