A Sunny September Morning

Beautiful, Louise. Your rose is gorgeous .. didn't mind seeing it a couple of times! Loved the sedum and your Princess Zavina too. Enjoyed your blog.

Thank you Bernie :))

Lovely pics, Louise :o)

Gorgeous Louise,I like your rose as well.
Just one question. How do you pronounce Sedum, is it Sea-dum or Se-dum?

Lovely plants Louise,makes you feel good to see those first thing on a September morn :~))))

Gret pics Louise! I love the alstroemeria!
Another one for the wish list!

Thank you all :)
I love colour :))))
Love warm sunny days too :))))))))

Ian, i've always pronounced it Sea-dum, as in Sea-side !

Lovely pics Louise, there's still plenty of colour in your front garden

Thanks Lily :)
I try and squeeze summer flowers out for as long as possible !!!

And why not? Lovely photos - I'm glad to see that the birds have kept away from those orange pansies!

That Alstoemeria looks great with the Phormium - perfect! Your rose is beautiful - I love my new ones, too - it's very tempting to go and take yet another photo!!! LOL.

The Pansies don't attract the birds Spritz, never had that problem.
I remember you saying something about it before though :(

LOL, there's something about the sun shining that makes you want to take pictures, isn't there ? ! :)))

What lovely pictures Louise1, but do you realise how lucky you are. Here in this part of Norfolk, we haven't seen the sun for a week and it is quite chilly With the crazy hot weather earlier almost everything in the garden has just about gone over. Oh well, there's always Spring.

Oh Mad, it looks quite dull out there when the flowers all go over, doesn't it ?

Sorry that your garden and weather aren't as you'd like it to be, as i mentioned, i'm squeezing every last drop of colour out of mine because it looks so sad out there after the late colour's gone :(

Lovely blog Louise, I still haven't done one, one day when I'm not tearing here there and every were. Blog I mean.

Thanks Stripes, slow down !!!

Gorgeous colours
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Thanks Louise, that was what I call them but our freind (who is also a gardener) says Se-dum not Sea (side) dum

Well, tell him/her that he/she is wrong, then, Ian!

Oh I do like to be beside the sedum....;0)

Lovely pics Louise...love the Little Dancers.

The dear little birdies have pecked my beautiful red pansies in my wall trough! Grrrrrrrrr.........

Oh Spritz how frustrating...I can hear your teeth grinding from here!! Are they saveable?

Lovely pics, as always Louise....I have that "sea-dum"....lol....it is a lovely one.:))

Beautiful Louise :o)
There are still lots of flowers about.

Lovely photo`s Louise,especially like your rose......

Garden's looking lovely Louise!

Lovely pictures Louise, I love your rose too :))
The weather is pretty special at the moment, we've waited a long time for it, hope it hold for next weekend :)

Thanks everyone :)

It's not just me being biased then, about my rose ;)

I looked at the same one in a garden centre last weekend when i met up with GOY member Bjs and his wife Pauline.
That same rose looked quite a sorry specimen, mine looks ten times better so i'd say they prefer to be in the ground rather than a garden centre pot !!!

Louise lovely photos!!

Lovely pictures Louise, that rose is amazing, can see why you like it so much.

Thanks Clarice, thanks Simbad :)

The Bronze Baby phormium adds a nice oomph to the pinks and apricots. Also loved the combination of Sedum ‘Rose Carpet’ and Dianthus ‘Neon Star’. Have added both to my notebook to try next year. Thanks for the inspiration.

Gorgeous photos Louise. YOu have some beautiful flowers. I love your Port Sunlight. I pronouce it Sea - dum too.....even in Canada!!
Roses do prefer to be in the ground....it's hard to keep them looking good at the garden centre. I've been pampering the ones at work and they still look sorry for themselves.

Thanks Gilli :)

Yes, i was really surprised at how sorry they (Port Sunlights) looked there !
I even commented on it to BJ.

It's funny, you don't realise how well your plants 'are' until you see the same one suffering elsewhere !

I have to say though, that this plant seems very very happy in its new home :)))))))

That's true Louise.....I think roses especially, like to stretch their roots out so pots are very restrictive. They are also heavy feeders and quickly use up whatever nutrients are in the potting soil.

An old gardener told me to put iron shavings from a lathe in the ground or pot with roses, as it rusts slowly to feed the roots. Tried bone meal once, and my dogs dug up every rose in a frenzy!

LOL.....Orgratis, bone meal is no good if you have dogs that dig!!
Iron is good if you have soil that is on the alkaline side. I've heard of putting nails in with a rhubarb plant but not a rose.

Put a banana peel in the hole when you plant roses. The potassium is really good for them.

Beautiful pics...we also pronounce it Sea dum in NZ