Giant Primula

Nice, mine are still in bud, in a cool, damp spot I presume?

In my 'bog' garden. Actually it is a small shady area at the side of the conservatory, with the down pipe from the roof feeding it when it rains. Last year it was eaten to the ground by Sawflies? Thought it was a goner.

Oh dear, glad it recovered, the sawfly usually stay on my solomans seal and gooseberries.

And my Willow Gentian, all at the same time, decimated!

Pretty.
Are sawfly lava grey coloured ? Think I had them on my new Solomon's seal this year never had them before, all the leaves are nibbled

Goodness Siris, grrr. Yep Kathy, light grey, darn things, they soon get to work and wreck the plant. I pick them off and squash them, gloves on of course.

Yes, grey like Dawn says, plant intact one day, the next, covered in the blighters and getting bigger as you watch them nibbling away .....off with their heads.

Yes, grey as Dawn says. Plant intact one day, the next nibbled and the blighters are getting bigger as you watch them chomping on your plants..... off with their heads.

They're horrible arent they Siris, and the speed of the damage is unbelievable.

Yes we gardeners are up against it all the time......pesky critters!!

Now, it's Gall Midge and Rats!

We have voles eating the strawberries.......

Just reminded me to put a reminder to remove my Gooseberry plant, hasn't fruited for several years, and it is even as I write, being reduced to a skeleton.

Wonder why gooseberries stop fruiting, even when pruned adequately? Well, if the sawfly have had their feed on the leaves, I agree time to chop.

Too shady a position I think, for the gooseberry.

Spooky Siris, its like you knew - you are right, they are in the shade, thank you.

I have 2 gooseberries on my plant, hardly a pie full.

Lol