Bright Colours On A Grey Day !

Beautiful, Louise, I love that pale pink dahlia especially.

You certainly have some lovely colour, really like the dahlias,I am so far behind you here in SW Scotland.

Even on a dull day, your garden looks beautiful Louise1, so much going on in there, and Millie is lovely sitting there like that.... :)))

garden looks lovely louise and so much pretty colour, do you leave dahlias in or take them out for winter, iv got some for the first time and not sure what to do,
millie is beautifull to ;o))

Thanks girls :-)
San, this is the first time i've planted tubers and last year was the first time i'd bought pot grown dahlias from a garden centre.
I left the pot grown ones in the ground over winter and they came through just fine so i'm going to do the same with the tubers too ..... it's an experiment really, what with being new to them all !
I think you'd have to cover them with a thick mulch, what with you being further north, or they might not come through :-/

Pretty set of photos Louise.
Millie looks very pretty too :o)

Lovely photos of your garden.

thanx louise i will leave them in to then ;o)

Thanks girls :-))
Tt, Millie's so special, she wasn't expected to live very long what with her being a very sickly little rescue cat 7 years ago ..... but, she's as healthy as she'll ever be and a happy little soul :-))

It's all looking lovely - shame Millie runs away when I come to see you! This is the nearest I get to her. lol.

millie may sence henry on you barbara lol

She runs as soon as 'anyone' comes, Sandra! She's very timid.

aww bless, they never change once like that do they, must have been badly treated before louise got her, poor thing

Lovely pics, as always Louise......Love the pics of Millie....she is soooo sweet....I have Renoir this year!!!!...didn't know you had it.......Mine are no where near flowering yet.......

I like the Renoir too..very pretty.Lovely garden,and lots of colour,,and Millie is adorable...

Hello Miss Mill, your mummy has some lovely plants ! :o))

Great blog Louise, and your photos certainly brightend up my overcast day here!
Really lovely to see......... :~))

lovely plants,love those dahlias ...Millie is beautiful too

Hi Louise,
lots of colour, I hope the rain tonight wont affect the borders too much. The gardens certainly need it.

I love the dahlias - mine didnt come at all this year even though I planted them in pots in the greenhouse. I think they must have been too damp.

As for Millie well she could be Phoebe's sister! Sorry she is so timid

Your garden looks lovely...me think everyone is waiting for rain

Beautiful Millie and beautiful plants :o)

I love the dahlia Pablo! Great pix! Give Millie a pat from me, what a sweet cat :o)

Thanks everyone, it's another grey morning, (we've had a lot of lovely rain overnight too) so thank goodness for colour in the garden :-)))
If Millie wasn't so timid she'd say miaow and hello to you all - so i'll do it for her ;-)))

=^..^= miaow !

it's all looking lovely :))) I really like Pablo and Millie is so sweet.
We had torrential rain from about 5 last night, everything looks very sorry for itself this morning :(((((((

Yes, i'm going to go and shake some of the taller things now so they don't break :-/

it reached you eventually then :-( I know we needed it, but did it all have to come at once LOL

lovely pics... : O ))

Some lovely colours louise, I think I might have pablo, I bought a plant a couple of weeks ago from Home Bargains (cheap shop) it's got loads of flowers on and only £2.99, so couldn't leave it in the shop. I've got quite a few dahlias this year thanks to GOY, only bothered with the Bishop of Llandaff before 'cos you can leave him in the ground. He vanished after about 3 years:-( Never seem the little monarda before, always something new on your pics:-)

Beautiful pics and planting Louise and Millie seems to be taking it all in and enjoying the warm weather, and ready for a little shut eye by the look of the last picture.:o)

Lovely pictures Louise, I loeve that Achillea Rose Madder, you have some beautiful plants in flower, and little Lillie looks so sweet!

Lovely blog & some really lovely flowers!

lovely photos of a lovely garden,and beautiful cat.That mixed border is what I am aiming for.I live in hope
sheila

Thanks for the kind comments everyone :-)

Just as I expected Louise, it's lovel!