Our gardening diaries - from latest toys, flowers to wildlife .. Please upload pics

[Logan]

Morning all. Have a good day.

 

[alp]

I am down to my final butt. It will be used within 3 days. I'm having headache looking at my plants. The bamboos are so thirsty and hydrangeas need a bit of water. Feel like tossing them out of pot into the ground, but I have no room. Such trauma not having enough water. Even Kent has a bit of rain. @Upsy Daisy I feel your pain.

 

[alp]

What a perfect day for mowing the lawn - no dew, and not too hot. It's going to be a scorcher today and I need to water, water and water. The lounge is boiling already. Crazy English weather.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

?????????? Scorcher alp................have you flown off somewhere without telling us.........send us all a postcard please.

It's grey down south

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Sorry Logan that was rude of me , promise you that I wasn't ignoring you ........just in shock from alps 'scorcher' post.

How are you doing?

 

[Verdun]

Hey! Someone has pinched the sun . We were promised sun EVERY day !
Bit breezy too
Good morning everyone....or afternoon, or evening wherever you may be

 

[alp]

@Upsy Daisy Well, it is a scorcher in my lean to and that where I have FLOWN to! Alas, not much fun! Hot and stuffy. But it is sunny here in Essex. I have got some photos to prove

My geums - Mrs Bradshaw and a yellow ones, all bought reduced are very happy in the desert drought in Essex

See how happy my cistus is! All smothered with buds. If there were heat and rain, they would all be in bloom!

This is my Vivienne Pennell - doesn't look much but it has a double and single flowers in one plant. Sorry for the dirty fingers, not so nice as those of @johnny canoe 's!

The front patch where it is constantly baked by exhaust from vehicles

This is a beautiful flower called Gillian Blades with serated petals. Looks like Miss Bateman but has more interesting features. But they are susceptible to bugs.

Let's see if Verdun is saying hello! Hello, @Verdun any way - must be lovely AND WARM in your way!

 

[alp]

Hey! Someone has pinched the sun . We were promised sun EVERY day !
Bit breezy too
Good morning everyone....or afternoon, or evening wherever you may be

Why, have you been boozing! You normally said good morning an hour ago! .. men and booze .. We've got the sun whilst the weather man promised you SUN and us CLOUDS...

Oh, no, the sun has gone shy ... Said it too soon.

 

[Verdun]

Ha ha, yes .....hello alp, upsy, logan and everyone else

 

[alp]

That's why my ex wants to live near @Daren - where there are about 8 or 9 pubs around .. I hate that sea wall, not even a beach .. Men and booze! Even my son talks about Swallowtail!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Ah OK...got it now alp,
Maybe I'll have a scorcher in my greenhouse too

Beautiful pics!

Morning Verdun, sorry would share with you if I had any to share!

 

[alp]

Ah, thank you, @Upsy Daisy Been a very busy day. 10.30 weeded the front (one drive way) until 1.30pm Had a guilty pleasure moment watching True crime and dozed off . 3pm more sieving at the back garden until 5.30pm.

More photos

Yellow geum

Red geum

Wonder if this is wild garlic flowers

Indian Chief iris

A lovely small gigantea -not enough water!

Another garlic flower???

2 red peonies

Miss Bateman tells me that she is very happy in my garden

This is a new iris I bought from Kelway last year. Very excited. First flower just like first born

Lovely new flower, not a blemish!

Happy snapping!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

WOW!!!

 

[alp]

How's your day, @Upsy Daisy ?

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Good thanks.
Did the last couple of borders with help from hubs, staked some tall plants, sowed some more Sunflowers ,weeded both patios and gave them a good sweep, did a general removal of tatty looking leaves, tidied up the roses and will spray them tomorrow . Hubs trimmed one of our central small hedges ( after making sure that there weren't and nesting birds in it) and finally, deadheaded the pansies in the big containers....all in all an enjoyable day in the garden

Sounds like you've had a good day too

Oh yes and found 2 nests , one with eggs in and one with a Thrush sitting on eggs( well we take that there were eggs ) , just looked up the eggs found in the first nest and we think that they could be Thrushes too, but not certain