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Well what an enjoyable blog...I could almost picture myself there with you.
The birds are a joy at the moment aren't they.
How lovely to have visiting Dunnocks.
Your grape vine looks very strong Shirley...is it productive?

welcome to GoY.
It looks like a Skimmia to me. They are usually easy shrubs. I'd give it a good feed and watering. They are usually unfussy plants. Is it close to a fence/wall etc?

Some of my best roses have come from supermarkets Shirley. That is a beautiful colour.

Cornus Alba Sibirica will deal with the poor quality soil and the wet conditions. Not much to look at during the summer but the red stems will stand out during the winter. After a few years, cut back hard to encourage the new stems to regain the colour.

Lovely rich colours, Thorneyside. Liking the warm hues.

That's a bit different, very striking!

Thank you, Thorneyside and Rose, appreciate your advice! I'll remove it tomorrow. ;-)

I think Meadowland has just posted a photo of this too! It looks to be a lovely Salvia.

I think this was mentioned on Gardener's World last night ... such a pretty flower.

Lovely red stems.

I do love a yellow Rose.

Thanks for the info.

Thanks Siris and Rose ... this was brought from a previous garden, in a pot, back in 2001 and was already about a year old. Talk about value for money eh?

Rose, I do have most of the local snails and slugs in my garden!

I have never seen a white one before. It's lovely!

I love this Karen, but have never heard of it before.
You do seem to get more unusual plants and wonder where you find them.

This looks a different colour to mine, but very pretty though.

I love Welsh poppies and don't mind where they spread Linda. But these look taller than the Welsh ones though.

That's strange Shirley, none have mine have ever been nibbled.

That's amazing Shirley!

I remember Alan Titchmarsh saying, a weed is just a plant in the wrong place!
But buttercups will take over though.

The leaves look like buttercup as well. If you leave it to take over you'll be hard pushed to get rid of it.

Thanks Gardenleave and Kate. I have to deadhead the poppies as they spread everywhere if I don't.

Hi Kate, yes, think it's a french lavender. I keep on deadheading the violas and they seem to get better and better.

My Anisdontea El Rayo lasts about 3 years, but I always start a replacement cutting each year.

Mine in the South is huge after 17+ years of growth, had to cut it back somewhat.

Such a useful plant.

Fingers crossed, I don't have any problem with slugs on my Hosta, but Lilybettle devastate Lilies, Fritillaria each year.

Gosh, that's early, but welcome.

Lovely

Kate,

Thanks! Yes, Epiphyllums have very interesting bright-colored flowers.

Shirley tulip,

It’s native to the tropics, but does very well in San Diego’s very mild subtropical climate.

Thanks Kate. It has a lot more buds. Two more just bloomed yesterday.

Kate,

It will have to recover from last December’s heatwave. It dried out too much during the heatwave. If it had been watered the leaves and small branches would have burned and died in that heatwave. 😞

I do have a Mauritius variety lychee that’s flowering right now. It looks like it may set some fruit. My longan, (which I love even more than lychee) which is closely related to lychee, has tons of flowers. It should produce a lot of fruit this year.

Cottagekaren,

It will produce fruit one day. It flowered and had little fruit last year, but we had the coolest spring in over 50 years in San Diego and throughout most of California. And all the fruit dropped.

Thanks Karen, about the long Root, Ive planted it in a deep pot, surrounded by 4 Parsnips.

I'm keeping everything crossed for you x

I zoomed in Shirley, the centre looks peachy pink. It's very pretty no matter the colouring :-))

Lucky you!

The colours are really fresh and bright. Thanks Kate. X

Thank you x

Thank you Kate. X

I’ e sprayed them with garlic today Kate. Will see how successful that turns out to be!

They are pretty tough aren’t they? I had one in Scotland and it grew well and flowered, even produced a load of tiny olives. But a very severe winter knocked it back so badly that it was no longer attractive.

Yes, the industrial estate where I've seen them grow is about 5 miles from this village, but they are really very common around here.

Kate, it is usually more of a peach colour, perhaps age has something to do with it!

Thanks Kate, even if the foliage has ben nibbled already!

Kate, I think I should cut them and put them in the house as the perfume is so strong. You will love yours ... :o)

Kate, I tried that after you wrote about the wire wool scrubby thingies! Clearly my slugs and snails are not fazed by it at all ... they have slithered over it, up the stems of the Sunflowers and I am now left with about three plants ...
:o(

Thanks Kate, they are, without doubt, the best two bunches of flowers I have ever bought!