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Very unusual and pretty.

Haha! Cool, wicked, bangin' as my son just said lol!

What is the base of the seat Sandra? Looks really unusual.

Beautiful!

Gorgeous. I love trailing rosemary. Strange more people don't grow it.

What have you got as a hog house Jacque? I have a pot on its side but my hedgy is under my laurel in a pile of leaves about three foot away from it!...Just no accounting for taste.
Amy lol! If you find out what a lot of hedgehogs are called let me know!

I love the leaves of Verbascum more than the flowers. So soft and silky looking and so large! Trouble is here the caterpillars destroy them.
I have never used them medicinally. What do you use them for most?

Gosh! Already?! So sorry for your poor Viburnum Lori. We are lucky to get any snow and if we do it doesn't last. Like Hywel (Blodyn) I can remember lots of snow as a kid but not anymore. My kids are lucky to find enough for a snowball fight.

Is it Abutilon pictum ‘Thompsonii’ ?
http://images.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&q=abutilon+thompsonii
or Abutilon 'Souvenir de Bonn'?
http://images.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&q=Abutilon+%27Souvenir+de+Bonn%27&btnG=Search+Images
We used to sell these at the nursery.
If keeping it in a pot you will need to prune it quite hard in the spring to keep it compact. They have a habit of dropping older leaves and can end up looking quite straggly.

How do cats always manage to look sooo comfy :)

So cool! Wish we had them here.

It isn't an evergreen. Somebody has given you the wrong information...Sorry :(

HAHAHA!!!! That just killed me Skippy. The cat is innocent...of what exactly I don't know...Jacque I forgot to mention the warthog was an insomniac LOL!
So Tony which is it or do you want any more guesses?...No wait...I see a...

Catfinch your picture is breathtaking and your words are beautiful :)

I see where it gets its name from and ouch! Poor you. As if there are not enough dangers in the garden already lol! I too am inclined to use extreme prejudice in the case of pain!

Wonderful shot. Are there many of them in the wild near you?

LOL! Gillian :)
Great shot Flcrazy.

That is amazing! I knew they got big but not THAT big!

Beautiful. I didn't know there was a white form. Wish I could grow it.

That is too funny!
I see a warthog on the left and a scaredy cat on the right.

Wow! Is that the dinner plate Protea? I so want one!!!!!

Spritz I checked the label before I added it but it wouldn't be the first time I have had a wrong label on a plant.

Thanks :)
I have to say the colour on it is not quite right. The second picture I took is nearer.

Seeing as it is the rose and the fuchsia but not the hebe I would guess leaf cutters. These are bees and cut very neat semi-circles along the length of the edge of the leaf.
Check this site for information...
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0700/leafcutters.asp

I agree with Nosey potter. Chances are the sycamore is still living and fighting back.

It may just be the weather this year Pansy.
A few in the gardens I worked in this year did not flower or flowered poorly. They do like sun and warmth neither of which have been in abundance this year!

It sounds like they were both somewhere warmer than you have them now.
The one that dropped its leaves went into shock and is now recovering, the other may have been a little hardier but is suffering now or is also suffering from something else.
First thing I would do is to knock it out of its pot and check the roots. Vine weevil love bay and chances are there is no poison in the soil to kill them because it is an edible plant. If that is not the problem then it may be that there is too much compost or it is too wet. Check the roots and see how much of a root ball there actually is. Bay hate being wet and most that you puchase are planted in multi purpose (soggy) rather than John Innes which is soil based and drains freely.
Hope that helps.

Thanks Jacque :)

Welcome :) Every garden is a work in progress just how far you have got that is the difference lol!
Amazing what you have done considering. I have a friend with Meniers. Not easy to live with (the condition, not my friend lol!)

I keep trying to open the door! They are just irresistible aren't they?