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Good morning to all: It's a bit cold but bright this morning.
 
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Morning everyone, good to have you back @tbendl, your pics are always so calming:)

Love your garden @Greenhorn ,your Sunflower is amazing, my first lot died as I forgot to water them so my second attempt is very small..not even knee high yet......is there a competition for the smallest one at all, might be in with a chance then;).

Good to see you too , @Jan , looking forward to seeing your garden(y)

Your garden is beautiful @Logan , can't wait to see your roses, which reminds me that we must go to Mottisfont this week to see their walled rose garden:)(y)

@alp did I read that you are off on holiday soon , how lovely ! Where are you going.....the rest will do you a world of good. Have you got someone coming round to do your watering?

Have a Tremendous Tuesday everyone! :)
 

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Good morning, @Upsy Daisy ! This greeting with @ reminds me of the Handmaid's tale's greeting. Still weird, but needs must be..

What a scorcher! Instead of yesterday's morning cool, the sun is already blaring down.

An hour of watering and another butt gone.

@Larisa Thanks to your tip, I have never eaten so many bananas.. Two today - no wonder I am sooooo faaaat!

My ex will be here @Upsy Daisy and he will look after the plants and house sit. Could still be a tad earlier, but if Mottisfont is near you, why not? Have a picnic. As far as I can remember, they do have a lot of mulberry trees?? Yummy.. I could just stand there and chomp away, like a caterpillar!
 
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I've looked back at last year's photos and they were all out at this time ......it's only a 10 minute drive away so we have nothing to lose, especially with membership(y)
 

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I've looked back at last year's photos and they were all out at this time ......it's only a 10 minute drive away so we have nothing to lose, especially with membership(y)

Lucky you! We had to drive more than an hour to go there and the roses were all gone.. But did see some lovely trailing plants falling all the way to the ground from wall mounted concrete pots ..
 
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Meanwhile, I'm off to bed.. Lovely to have you back, @tbendl !;)
It's good to be back @alp thanks so much.
Morning everyone, good to have you back @tbendl, your pics are always so calming:)
That made me laugh, because my life is anything but! LOL Thank you Upsy!
So I got some pictures, not the best but here they are... I got some air plants from a friend, I'm going to mount some driftwood on the wall and put them there.
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@tbendl Lovely pics. I love the variegated leaves with the mmmmum(can't never recall the name, but it mm ... mum! :D

You're so arty - those airplants on driftwood would be quite a feature in your house. Would love to have a look at them, just to see how you're getting on. I always wanted to do something with them, but ended up killing them. They are really an interesting group of plants.

Yellow cannas! I have always seen red and orange. Yellow is lovely. I have a tiny one growing in a one pot and the slugs are always lurking around it. For some reason, it's just no growing. I raised it from seed. Shame I didn't look after the other one. It died as soon as I planted it out. That's my lot - 2 seedlings from 2 packets of seeds. :cry:

You have a lot of roses. No wonder @Upsy Daisy has gone to see roses in Mottisfont. This is the right time.
 

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Just a few photos after finishing the raised bed and planting some irises in it.

These trollius are from Panasonic
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The flowers are proper orange.

Next from Samsung
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Wish you were here. The orange was just gorgeous!

Beautiful and perfect lily

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some lovely jasmine

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Very yellow trollius but more details.
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Prince George

And my Jackmanii on bamboo



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The purslane and polka dot plant?
I will be sure to post a picture of the airplant and driftwood, we have a local guy who sells driftwood so I think it would look lovely in my living room.
I am in love with the cannas too, they have a few other colors that I want but need to clear some of the ginger and flag out first.
Thank you so much alp, I've done so much this spring it's time to take a break and relax for a few I think. I am looking forward to next year when I am hoping for a wall of roses. :)
 

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