Greenfingers' Outbox

How blessfull!

Why not tie a little piece of paper shaped into an envelope, with a pretty ribbon, to the butterfly with the seeds inside. Instructions to the receiver would be to plant the 'secret envelope' and see what happens! Voila!

Sedum. Though unfortunately I am not too keen on these, sorry.

Mine also looked like this last year. I put it down to the very wet weather and exposure to the wind. I have since relocated it - it's now in a pot just outside the conservatory door, sheltered from the wind and rain and it's picked up nicely. The leaves are a little bit smaller than last years I think, but I'm glad it's survived. Give yours some TLC and relocate it to a different spot in your garden, hope this reassures you..

This is awesome. I'd LOVE to have one of these in my garden.

Is there a fairy at the bottom of your garden peeping out from beneath the ferns? If not, one should move in straight away. Beautiful.

Fantastic photo. What a beautiful plant. The shape is lovely and the flowers and vey pretty.

Fantastic photo!

I love to see a drop f water on a rose, it looks like it's crying. What a lovely colour....bargain of the century, £1.50 well spent!

Brilliant, are they easy to keep?

What a lovely lawn. It's like a carpet. I can imagine a hammock under the tree (obviously you'd need 2).

I'll bet you were in Heaven when you started, nice to be able to do your own thing, and you've done really well. I'd love a greenhouse but I've got no room for one.

Looks like you've done sooooooo much work to your garden. The results are fab! Well done!

I have been absolutely plagued with the darn creatures this year. The geraniums have doe really well and no sign of any slug/snail damage on them. However, my Gladioli have been ravished and I've even caught them at it! I now go round the garden with a jug of salt and pluck them up with a pair of BBQ tongs! As I've said in the blog section, they fizz a bit to start with but once evenly coated in salt they soon give up. I go on garden patrol in the mornings before I leave for work, (it's become an obsession), and I can honestly say, I've never seen such monsters, they're huge! I'd say the biggest one was about 7" long! I've noticed a dramatic improvement in the condition of my garden since the garden patrol started. We all spend alot of time and money on our gardens and the few minutes it takes every morning on patrol is time well spent.

I think these are also called Naked Ladies! Lucky chap, eh?

Hi there! I'd suggest you hang onto them for now and pot them up early November. I read that recently in my gardening mag. Daffs can go in now but best to wait to plant tulips.

I think it's a plant from the sedum family. They are succulents - like cacti.

Vibrant colour! I'm going to try to grow some next year.

This pic could be a Christmas card! Very pretty.

Sure, it looks fine. Next year you shoul dhave some flowers - see my entry on your blog.

I've had one of these in a pot in my pond for about 3 years and this year I have never seen anything so big! It's had about 4 flowers all season but the foliage has been incredible. It dies down in the late autumn/early winter - I don't touch it - it stays in the pond and the next year it comes up bigger than before. Might have to repot it soon.

Welcome to GoY.
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You've got a lovely garden and you should be feeling very proud of it too.

Your garden is beautiful - just the way a garden should be - it is inviting with the steps leading to another level and another dimension. With the fairy lights on I should imagine you can also enjoy certain elements at night too. Well done.

Fab! I love your garden.

Yes, what a good idea Beverleypayne. =^..^=
Start with egg shells, then some cotton wool, a strip of sandpaper, some slug pellets, a trail of salt, a dribble of washing up liquid, a spraying of nematodes and a strip of copper - sounds like a Slug an Snail Olympics! They'd get nowhere near our precious plants. I've been plagued with the darn creatures this year, more than ever.

I'm off out to the shed to prepare!

I believe a curry plant also works!

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!

Ahhh, this photo is very very similar to one of mine - our littl'un is called Butch - check him out in my photo library....your puddy-tat is gorgeous!

I have an Acer - not sure what the name of it is though. It's about 2 years old, still quite small. The first year all the leaves fell off and all I was left with were bare stems. I kept it just outside the conservatory in a sheltered spot this year and it has done quite well. The stems have quite a few leaves on - they were very dark burgundy colour to start with, now they're starting to turn a greenish mottles with red, very nice combinaion of colours. I left it out over the winter. So I'd say, don't worry, keep it in a sheltered spot away from wind, as the leaves burn in the wind. I'm sure it will come back next year.

I think it's 'Bengal Tiger'.