OH my - when will I ever get a red one?!!!

Lol..unbelieveable. It looks red here though..is it orange?

yes very very orange, Paul keeps laughing at me! he is so unkind. lol. he says they see me coming lol. it does look reddish on this photo, will console myself there are more to flower up the garden, you never know one might be the ONE!

Is it the one I ordered for you?

No they are no where to be seen, think the wet got them, although there is one up near where they were planted out it might just be one of them, time will tell. The mole was rather active up there and he could have shuffled it across - I live in hopes. I am still waiting to see what the plants I grew from seed come out like, they were supposedly red ones and a peachy/pink coloured one. I had a close look at them today there are flower heads appearing so maybe one of them will produce a red flower. I did see a beautiful display of a pink one, think it would be Victoria Louise, in someone's garden, it was huge. I have lost my Pink one to the wet. It was up in the old plum tree border and it has not appeared this year. ah well just another of the gardening woes.
Did you see the winner of best in show at Chelsea? not liking that at all, what do these judges see in some of the gardens, suppose each to their own.

I dislike that garden. Can you imagine trying to walk through all those hard blocks of stone. The best thing about it is the pool of clear water. I wouldn't mind a dip in that! Chris Beardshaw has my vote....as ever. Love his gardens. the concept was very difficult, and not sure that it worked that brilliantly. But the garden itself....just lovely. And as usual, the Japanese 'Moss Man' has done a stunning garden...a real oasis of peace and perfection. Wish they would get back to gardens and away from 'conceptual garden art'.

I like Chris Beardshaw's garden too, hate all the hard landscaping they do in these arty gardens. Paul hated the winner as much as I did, we just do not understand, even after listening to their explanations, just does not make sense to us. lol. Not really seen many yet, will have to catch up on the i.player.