summer..

Lovely photo's, and plants of course! The bees certainly do love the Echinops. I have a huge plant of that and it is covered with bees. With that and the lavenders, the Hollyhocks and some insipid Monarda, they are going frantic, but lovely to see them all.
Love the cheap plants too! Just bought two pink Wisteria, two purple passion flowers and a clematis from QD (cheap shop) for £1.99p each. I know they take longer and you have to buy them quick before the staff kill them off with over-watering - or none! These were saturated, so probably by next week the roots would have rotted.

Hi Warwick .. Super pics :o)))

Beautiful photos! Some of my bargain buys from Poundland, QD (before it closed here) and Asda have proven very hardy and given me lots of bang for my buck.

Lovely...love that echinops!

Some nice plants you've got there. I like that last grass. It's pretty :o)
I'm pleased to see some bees in your garden. We've had lots of bumbles here.

Great pics SL - that's a beautiful white lily, it looks massive!

some lovely photos there Slad , I spend far to long Bee watching on my Echinops they do love it don't they ? I love the foliage and silly name of the Silybum mine have seeded and are popping up all over the place ....

Lovely plants Warwick, love the colour of the gladioli and the lily is beautiful. Loads of bees on my Echinops too.

The white lily is amazing.

Everyrhing is looking at it's best just now,S.lad..nice time of year..My Echinops are better than ever this year too..I love the seed head of the Silybum..lovely photo's :o)

Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments :-)

Honeysuckle, hope your plants grow well for you, I quite like to buy the cheap shop plants but its a pick carefully here.

Scottish the white lily is not very tall only about two and a half foot tall but the blooms are huge :-)

Your right Amy the bees they do really love the echinops, the Silybum. Always makes my two girls smile when I talk about it, glass yours are doing well.

Bloomer now I think about it my echinops are better this year, must be the right weather for them..

Jan, seeds were posted tonight so with any luck you should get them Sat / Mon..

Right, that's me, I've had my inspirational fix for today.
Thanks Surrey! ;-)

Thank you Warwick, I'm looking forward to receiving them.

Cheers Mouldy :-))

Your welcome Jan.

those photos are amazing :) they show each plant to its full beauty... shows you know your plants designs real well.. that in its self is a art... plus knowledge of the plants what a happy mined you must have..

lovely blog indeedy i enjoyed very much..

pleased i came for a look..

from jane...

Thanks Jane, very nice of you to say :-)

Lovely blog, S'lad --- the pic of the Silybum seed makes me think of a fibre optic light! Hmm ... just me then!

Lol thanks Shirley,

You're my Guru, Surrey!
Didn't you notice?'
Every blog of your''s, since I 1st registerered with Goy, has gone straight to my faves, pal.
An endless source of info...plant, conditions, care, etc and a generousity of nature. What's not to like & admire? Lol.
Sorry, pal, you're my hero.
How's it feel? Difficult, innit? ;-)
Live with it...it's you being you.
My wee eat mum used to say- if you don't know about a subject, keep your your mouth closed & your ears open!
Me, being what I am, had a thousand million questions.
You've never shown the slightest impatience & have always been willing to share your vast knowledge of plants to the benefit of the seekers of knowledge of 'gardener lore'.
Goy is lucky to have you as a member, pal, that's the truth of theter mat

Thanks Mouldy, your too kind mate, and I appreciate it a lot.

You're very welcome, Surrey.
Just reporting the facts, sir.