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Thanks David. Yes, could be, plus all that warm Spring rain?

It's certainly an unusual plant, Wylie! I like the flowers. too! Do they remain open for long? Does it flower over a long period of time?

Very nice, Day lilies, Wylie! The Gladiolus carneus is a beautiful flower!

Thanks Kate. Yes, I think they were 7 for £10 so quite a bargain too 🙂.

Lovely little tree, Sheila! Perhaps it due to the - nearly - frost free winter?

A great combination, Andy! Hope they do well for you. All three are houseplants here in the UK!

It's a lovey Clematis, Shirley!

Glad you both like it! 👍 Up until this year this was always the first rose to flower as it usually flowers in April, but not this year! Before the first flowers opened I'd already seen a climber across the road from us with an open flower or two! Would you believe it - in the first week of April!!! A week later I saw another yellow climber in a different place that had lots of flowers open!!!

To think as a teenager at home my greatest ambition was to get a rose to flower in the first week of JUNE! I always wanted to get a flower open before the RHS Chelsea Show came to an end but now you'd need to put the plants in a fridge & turn the temp way down to STOP them from flowering in May, let alone April!!! 🤣

Kate, I planted this back in 2011 ... it blooms regularly each year.

Thanks, Janey & Wildrose! 👍

I looked up 'Banksia rose' Janey & it would be difficult to find any two yellow roses so different!

According to the RHS webpage it has double flowers on thornless stems - well mine has single flowers, (that look a bit like fried or poached eggs), & it has millions of tiny, very sharp thorns!!!

Thanks a lot, Kate! 👍 I believe you identified it for me a couple of years ago but as I didn't write it down I forgot it's name! If I remember rightly you pointed me to an article in GW at the time.

Thanks Kate, yes I did get lucky … exactly what I wanted 🙂.

we had a typical April day of sun and showers but by heck it was chilly.

These are really lovely, Shirley!!!! I'm loving it's name too! Very apt.

Really pretty. Sheila! From your other pic, you've an abundance of these lovely coloured Calibrachoa.

Oh, they look so pretty, Sheila! In fact, it's a really lovely mix you have there. I'm not surprised you're pleased! :-)

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I think I must have done the dance whilst sleeping...today we have sun!!....and it continues tomorrow.

The blue is really much more vivid than it looks in the photo - very pleased with them though!

You're welcome Meadowland.

this type of ad is added as a blog so we can flag them and then they get removed. We can go for weeks without them.

The ads that are popping up inside blogs and questions are a different issue. If I could sort an ad-blocker out that would solve the problem.

I wouldn't even bother flagging these stand alone adverts anymore. Every blog, question, and comment becomes a carrier infected by numerous adverts who's defense is that in order to get rid of them one has to flag or eradicate the whole blog of the GOY member or anything else that these adverts are embedded in. It is happening everywhere and they are going so far as to making you unable to read the whole item unless you click to see the whole advert. If it comes to this kind of manipulation........????

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Very nice photos Kate , your acers are lovely.

Give it a go Rose, trial and error for keeping the critters off the plants we love!

Oh Chris, aren't they just a pain to start devouring yours already ... :o(

Kate, such a shame your Hostas were nibbled to pieces. I keep a couple of those wire scrubby things (technical term!) in the greenhouse for washing out the bird baths so I shall give it a go if any Hosta leaves start looking holey.
You have to wonder how folk find these things work ... :o))

Thanks Kate and Chris ... they certainly cheer folk up when they see them!

Thanks Chris, I am very pleased with it.

Kate, I think the plants must have been put out the night before we shopped as they looked so healthy. We have shopped there this morning and trays and trays of bedding are either dead or dying ... such a waste.

I think they should have one day a week of having the plants for sale, as I feel sure customers would flock in for their plants.

They all look so healthy Shirley and must get some coffee grounds to see if it will work on my lupins.

Thanks for that Kate. I have had mine years and originates from Willow Cottage!

Those gates are splendid every time! It is my cousin’s birthday today too!!! The people who decorate the gates are so dedicated to it.

The snails and slugs have managed to find most of ours already I’m afraid so it’s another typical year at our house!!

Well spotted Shirley, it is a lovely one.

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Since this is the first time it has flowered, I am hoping little plants will form so it can "walk". It is supposed to be able to take a lot of shade, so I will be trying it in a couple of shady spots, maybe even my woods. I have a hybrid one that will be opening soon.

Hywel,

It looks awesome! Beautiful flowers!

The kitchen is probably very good for humidity. Good luck!

I’ve seen P. gloriosum with leaves to more than 2 ft (61 cm) long. I’m hoping it doesn’t outgrow this area too quickly! I once had a Philodendron ‘Green Congo’ which grew from a very small plant into a gigantic monster within one year. My P. ‘Congo Rojo’ pretty much did the same thing.

That sounds like a brilliant idea, Kate, from your patient. You've got to love them a lot to make the effort, though!!

Thank you. I've moved it into the kitchen to try and provide more moisture. I also mist it regularly. Good luck with yours, Delonix.

Thank you both...The birds,especially pigeons love to use it as a landing place consequently unstabling it!

Thanks Lindak for that tip..

Thanks Both...My Hedgehogs seem to keep a lot away and also I've heard coffee grounds are good. We get some leftover grounds from a local cafe to put down near the hostas.

Thanks Kate.

That is unusual Wylie...Will make a note of it.Thank you for showing it.I've read it is called Walking Iris...does it spread?

A really easy one to grow HB....approx height 4 ft.

Ooh! I would love this one.

Gorgeous colours.

Wow! That Nandina is on fire….