Shades of Pink

We had a little today, but not enough to water anything. But scott says we will get some tonight. :) I've been watering all day long again. The Sedums are perfectly happy though aren't they. Its the roses and the clematis that really need it here.

Those flowers all look happy though. They are beautiful. I've noticed that pinks seem even to be enjoying the weather. I'm trying to keep watering t a minimum - only had the hose out once but using the can on essentials. My poor begonia semps have hardly grown at all this summer.

You like pink don't you!

Karen, we went for a country drive earlier today and were saddened to see leaves falling from trees, brown grass verges everywhere and one village had taken down the hanging baskets ... :o(

Stera, there is no sign of any rain falling in our area for the forthcoming weeks or two!

Pb, and blue, yellow, white, mauve, all shades of green, most colours bar orange.

Beautiful photos, we have rain here today, not sure it will be enough but any of it is welcome, it is not too heavy and there's no wind..........another couple of words I don't get to say very often!

A girl after my own heart- everything is pretty in pink! As the only women in my household I celebrate anything pink in the garden as I can’t get away with it in the house! Lol

I like pink also though the Spring colours in our garden are more virulent.

We have a lace cap Hydrangea. Aren't they pretty?

Sunnydais, when we ever do have some rainfall I shall put out every bucket and trug I own to catch it!

That's so funny Amsterdam! :o))

Eirlys, I much prefer them to the 'mophead' varieties now and took a cutting from this one a few years ago. Pleased to say it is now about 3ft high and thriving in the sunny front garden.

Pink perfection Shirley......we were promised rain here on Friday 4 hours.......but it has now been cancelled!! and nothing at all in the foreseeable future!! so fed up with the watering.......

I know just how you feel Dotty ... I shall have monkey arms soon from carrying cans!

That sounds very sad. I’m happy to say all is well in sunny Scotland. When Rachel gets in to her new house in Shaftesbury in August there will be nothing there. Its been empty all summer so everything will be dead. I’d better warn her!

Karen, I'm sure the grass, if there is any, will regrow but even some of the really established evergreens here look as though they're struggling.

Yesterday we took a countryside drive up to Midhurst, where Polo is played at Cowdray Park, and I was so sad to see leaves falling from some trees ... :o(

Well, I thought it was dry here, but nothing like as bad as that, and thanks be, we had some rain yesterday. You can almost see the plants saying thankyou - but there's no more forecast. Be careful with your water carrying everyone.

Cooler day here Stera ... still no rain though.

I warned my daughter what to expect when they get their keys in Shaftesbury. She would have been clearing a lot of their garden anyway, so she won’t be too upset.

That's a good thing! I found a pot of Lemon Thyme today, well it looked more like a burned one and has totally died, despite being watered most days. Tipped out the pot and found dry roots full of ants ... :o(

Shirley just discovered a couple of pots of thyme that I have been watering, almost dead! unable to plant anything because it won't take!

It's beyond a joke now Dotty ... just got back from Arundel where somebody described the grass verges as the colour of shortbread!

I'm late catching up Shirley so I hope you've had some rain by now. We had a light shower but it wasn't enough to wet the ground.

Your plants are doing surprisingly well so far :)

Still no rain here Hywel ... now I see that Holly leaves are turning brown and dropping off ... :o(

Sad to know that. It's the same here, the trees are dropping their leaves like autumn :(

Hywel, I really hope things get better soon.

Me too.