Heron standing by pond!

Love it Dd....your OH must be so pleased!

Whoo! Your garden looks exceptionally neat Dotty :-)
Your alpine trough is so cute, your pond planting perfect and a walk up your path is very appealing.

Yes, your garden looks good & the crane looks quite real, despite the fact that he might glow in the dark.

Janey it was a lovely surprise, it came by post, in this enormous parcel, we wondered what on earth it was!!
Thank you Feverfew the garden is very small but quite structural, there are some parts that are less formal though!
Dawn thank you for your kind comments, we try to keep on top of it, nothing can get too large, so it's a case of constant pruning and dividing, the only way we can cram so many plants in!...

That is such a pretty view and I really love the new addition. He is splendid!

It works well Dotty and pruning is an art in itself, you should do a blog!

Thanks Wildrose,he is quite splendid, almost realistic lol!!
Dawn it's mostly hit and miss, certainly no expert, jut try to prune at the right time!

A lovely Birthday gift for your OH,Angela..and the Heron looks right at home there too..he looks as though he means business :o) x

Yes and remembering the right time.
Have you ever trimmed Acer palmatum?
My Aunt has a beauty in her front garden, it’s perfect but really out growing it’s space and we’ve kind of been roped in to do it lol.

We prune our Acer's November to January when dormant...

Sandra my OH was well chuffed! a good job we don't have any fish in the pond lol!!

It's a bit chilly outside to go out to see heron glowing, I take it he's not Solar powered!