I got a job done, I'm never fond of doing each year.
Dead-headed our biggest rhodo. I find with jobs you don't like doing it's best to get them done early in the day, if you say to yourself, "I'll do it later," it doesn't get done.
There was still some blooms, but most had died off. I find it's better to lose these while you can still get at the heads before the new shoots get in the way.
With some rhodos, you need a pair of long nose secateurs, but with this it's easy to pinch them out with forefinger and thumb.
Job done.
We've had this rose for a couple of decades. That long ago, my wife decided she didn't like it. But I wasn't going to chuck it out, so I moved it down to near the bottom corner of the garden where it wasn't in view from the house. But it's always had other ideas, it only flowers above the height of the fence, so it's still in view from the French windows.
These are the two hydrangeas I bought with the twenty quid voucher from Sutton's Seeds, in compensation for the poor quality begonia plants I'd bought for them.
I first posted a photograph of them on 7th June.
They are doing very well and will have quite a few blooms on them.
Still haven't got round to repointing the patio.
Lots of berries on our Sorbus, at the bottom of the garden, these will go bright red in the autumn.
It's June 23rd. "The nights will be drawing in from now on."
