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Looking really good.

I agree! :)))

Lots of lovely colour to enjoy and I am sure that sunny days will soon come to our gardens!

Hardly any viburnum flowers. Me too and i discovered the reason thanks to GOY. Sparrows like to eat the young buds. That's why I had so many sparrows in that bush !!

Wow those Dephiniums and Poppies are gorgeous Linda, and I love all the mature shrubs and Trees around the back of the borders they look golden in the evening sunlight;0)

Just what it needed...I would have done it a bit later on, but it will recover and your greenhouse will reap the benefit for now. :)

I hope Gattina sees this as I told her to chop hers right back last week.

It will soon recover,Sue..and with renewed energy,I'm sure..the rest of your garden looks lovely..MyDelphiniums are white..when they decide to flower..I do like them,but was hoping for blue,like yours..just the luck of the draw,from a mixed packet :o)

I heard thate William and Kate are coming too,?

Hope this grey drizzle lifts

Looking wonderful! I didnt realise how big evening primsoe grew! I have some I grew from seeds..will make a nice display..if we get any sun!

William and Kate will be with her in Nottingham apparently but are not coming to us, which is a shame, just hoping I get a glimpse of her..

Aw your garden looks really mystical lincs, love it! i bought a plant when my 1st little monkey was born-but it didnt do very well im afraid, forunately im a lot better as a mum than a gardener lol :o)

I hope the sun shone again for you Sue. Your garden is looking good. It does things good to have a good haircut every so often
(I only know the word 'good' lol)
I love those Delphiniums. I never get much success with them. And I've never seen such poppies as those double ones. They're fantastic ...
I hope the summer returns soon. It felt like the end of Sep last night.
Can I see someone's tail in the 2nd pic ?

You`ll get better at it Leigh, when the children are small they need your attention more than the plants which is only right, even finding the time to keep a garden tidy can be difficult, mine took years to get like this.
Hywel, I probably wouldn`t have noticed how many good`s there were if you hadn`t said that, lol.
When I originally bought the Delphiniums, I had two shades of blue and one a white, I now have a lot and have given plants away over the years but they are all the same shade of blue as you can see, I`d love the white again and yes Harry was in the garden with me.
We have now had two good days in a row (shh) the forecast predicts a terrible weekend though..

Hywel I forgot to say, the poppies started out as doubles approx 4yrs ago, then they went to singles but still gorgeous and now as you can see they have reverted back to the lovely doubles, I just let them selfseed, so will be interesting if I do get some singles further down the garden..

maybe after the haircut it will flower next time for you sue, Delphiniums look great, mine have all been eaten this year so not a flower to be had :o((

That is what I call drastic pruning, very brave, wish I had the guts to go that far.....your Delphiniums are a picture and your poppies,

Thanks San, I put some slug pellets around the stone wall as soon as the leaves poked through in the springtime..
Dotty it was a case of having to do it as it was nearly as round as it was tall, this is the second time I`ve done it in its 15yrs in the ground...

You probably will get some single ones Sue. I should think it a genetic thing ... sometimes a characeristic skips a few ganerations.

I had to go back to look at the tail hywel lol well spotted-if it is lol. I know sue im not worrying much about the back as kids (and daddy) are just guna turn it into a footy pitch anyway, so the front-and where people see-will be my pride and joy :o)

Very good thinking Leigh, best place for the chidren is safely in their own garden...

and no foxgloves on the back...'cause they poisonous :)