sunny afternoon

All looking very good San, like the clematis with all the buds, and the little cream saxifrage is lovely. Heucheras are looking good too.

Sandra your garden's gorgeous !!! What is the plant 3rd pic down ? love that very much

thanx cinders the clem is alpina cyanea and its got so many buds and huge this year, heachera collection doing well ;o))
glad you like the clematis paul, its so quick growing and on a shady wall which i wanted to cover, my neighbours extention ;o(, normally flowers twice a year but at its best this year with lots of buds :o)

lovely Sandra - what type Clematis > sorry to be so bossy lol

thats ok paul, just watch your step lol
its alpina cyanea, it has bell shaped heads which hang down, not big flowers like most clems, but i love it ;o)

Thanks Sandra - think that's all the questions now :D

haahaha your welcome paul :o)

:):)

It really is looking a treat with quite a good amount of colour going on. As for that clematis its definitely a beauty.

Really good blog Sanbaz, I enjoyed reading it! Thanks for sharing your day!

looking gud sandra ................... i have that clem , not as many buds on mine yet ...............

thanx stroller getting a bit more colour now, glad you like the clem ;o))
thanx helen glad you enjoyed it ;o))
cheers cristina i wish i could take a pic further back and you could see how big it is this year and all the buds, but when i do that you cant see them lol but this gives you an idea as its like this all over and spreads about 4ft wide and 6ft high ;o))

you have some lovely plants in your very busy garden, i love that little fairy in one of the beds
what is that lovely climbing leaf with the blue/purple buds on it ~ i really liked it.

thankyou sticki i have a couple of fairies, love them, the climber is a clem, alpina cyanea you can google and see it at its best, so easy to grow to , in shade almost all day ;o)

yes they are tiny ............ but it is an alpine . got mine going up a tree , new last aurtum ............. so am pleased wth the groth , they are pretty !!!

you will see a big difference next year cristina, bet it looks good growing up the tree to :o)

oh great ~ would suit my garden then, i have the perfect spot for it ~ thank you for that.

im not really a pretty type fairy person but i liked that one ~ its the childish imagination ive got i think!!

lol sticki,, and hope you get the clem ;o)

i hope so too!

All looking very healthy,colourful and flourishing, I love that clematis too, mine are all putting a spurt on now and the Red Dragon you sent me is throwing up new shoots and leaves. Love this time of year so many promises, but like all gardeners impatient and can't wait for the next stage;0)

hope so sandra .......... it at the top of trunk now , think i put a pic on , have to look lol

Lovely photos. Your 'chubby fish' are probably pregnant females - keep a look-out for small fry!

I heard that you'd had an earthquake... we had one a few years ago its a very strange sensation isn't it-- I was sitting in the conservatory and it felt as if my chair had been thumped in the back.....
your garden is lovely-- I've a fairy at the bottom of my garden too-- I don't like coloured ones but have a few items dotted around some quite old--its like old friends when the peep out of the undergrowth ( the tortoise is always getting lost-- havn't seen him for ages :0)))

just spotted the comment about the fish--I saw some tiny ones in our pond-- probably last years-- they are very small and a brownish colour changing to black as they grow then slowly go gold-- must be a camoflage mechinism i think...isn't nature wonderful...

has your tortoise hibernated pam?

probably Sticki but being made of stone its hard to tell.....

Lovely photos San, I enjoyed reading your blog :))

thankyou carole glad your red dragon has come through, mine hasnt lol but luckerly i planted another cutting in a different possition and thats showing phew! ;o))
thanx Nariz, wouldnt that be lovely to have babies, will keep my eyes open for tidlers ;o))
pam i didnt feel the earth move so to speak lol
glad you got baby fish and like most animals etc they change colour dont they, but harder to spot in the water when young so your probably right.
glad you like the fairy to :o))i have stone tortoise to pam
thanx karen glad you enjoyed the read :o))

all looking very nic ein your garden sandra...

thankyou holly, just need the grass to dry out so i can cut it, well so baz can cut it lol

lol sandra.... waiting for ours to dry out to.... : O )

:o((

well we were dry until this afternoon.... but we needed some I think--- hope you dry out soon

the rain was so heavy here pam this morning and even though we have had sun later its going to take a few days to dry out now, shopping with my sister tomoz anyway so couldnt do garden anyway :o)

Hi Sandra - your garden is looking lovely as usual and I'm pleased to see that you have found a nice place to put the piece of wood that you bought at the Plant Finders Fair. Your clematis picture has a huge number of flower heads - what sort is it ? It will be a fantastic show when they are all out.

Happy Gardening.

did anyone get the hail stone were they were ................. we got them same time as sun was out .................

I'm glad you had a nice day Sandra. I think Baz would get on with my neighbour he has 4 cars and a big van lol Don't ask me their makes I haven't got a clue. 2 are big and 2 are small that's all i can tell you (as if you'd be interested lol)

All looking very pretty, that clematis is going to be a picture, we have not had any rain yet and the water butt is on empty again.....

Your garden is flourishing wonderfully and love that little log so pretty and unusal.

marie its alpina cyanea,i also have alpina constance to which has so many buds ready to open this year,iv placed the wood near the rockery/gravel area for now as i may have a circle gravel area in the lawn soon, keep changing my mind lol :o))
no hail here cristina.
lol hywel so funny, i know the makes of cars as my dad was fanatical about them so i grew up with that, but to me as long as it has 4 wheels and an engine im happy :o))
thanx dotty i shall send you some rain, been raining best part of the day here again :o(
thanx sixpence, so glad you like the log and im glad i got it, as you say its something different :o))

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Fantastic pictures of your garden & plants!

thankyou Balcony, its nice to see a bit of sun and be able to get in the garden again :o)

I've been working in shirt sleeves down on the allotment.

its been beautifull today, so hot, like summer, hope its not all to soon though ;o(

Working in shirt sleeves again today & got sunburnt! LOL!

I was telling my wife that the last time (or perhaps the 1st!) I got sunburned in April was when I was somewhere between about 17 & 20! (Anybody know when Easter fell in that period of time (1967-70)?) That was a lot more severe than a mere reddening of my face, arms & neck from these 2 or 3 days of exposure this week. At that time when mum called me in for dinner she asked me why my face was so red? When I went to put my shirt on my back stung terribly! A few days later my skin began to peel off. It is something that has always stayed in my mind since then & I have never been badly sunburnt since.

Though that brings to mind when I burnt the backs of my legs during my first year in Spain! I'd been swimming & laid down to dry off & warm up. Remembering the experience of a few years earlier I covered my back with a towel but I forgot my legs! I got badly burned & the pain was unbearable for days. Wearing trousers was a nightmare, as was going to bed! I never got sunburnt again in all the 20 odd years I lived in Spain! But I did on the allotment last year! I'll have to put suncream on next week! LOL!

lol balcony sorry shouldnt laugh, i know to well that experience, its agony to say the least,
my poor brother has the worst kind of skin cancer for the last 5 years, 3 ops later and will continue till he dies, either the cancer will travel or will live a normal life span, i hate seeing him stress himself out every time it comes back, all through exposure to the sun when a boy, they didnt protect us then, we went in the garden naked as children to play, but it takes 30 plus years to come out as it has with my brother, he is a red head so you can imagine how fragile his skin is, so take care of yourself while in the sun balcony, im very careful especially when sunbathing or hols now,
anyway on a lighter note hope the allotment is growing well :o))

I do take care not to get sunburnt, I mostly stay out of the sun but when working on the allotment you get hot & sticky & so you take off your jumper & as you're busy & moving around a lot you don't feel your skin getting hot. It's not until the evening or the next day you realise. I still have a tube of cream in the shed from last year. I must remember to put some on before leaving the shed. But then we are forecast cooler weather next week & perhaps a shower or two from Wednesday so maybe not so much of a problem as I won't be wanting to take my jumper off!

There's not a great deal to see at present other than lots of long mounds of soil where I've planted lots of potatoes! Nevertheless I will be making up a new blog shortly on the allotment.

I have another blog, on London Gardens, in draft form so perhaps today or tomorrow I'll finish it & publish it.

will look out for your blog balcony and the update on your allotment, didnt think the sun would last but maybe best as its a bit early and the plants need rain for a good start ;o))