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It is actually smaller than the yellow 'Big Bird' which is lovely right now!

FF, thank you! :) We saw a flat today in a large village close to Huntingdon. As it looks to be a very similar size to this one we've lived in for the past 24 years, although it needs some work & redecorating our housing association will take care of everything so we have said "yes" to the flat! We will be returning for a 2nd viewing in a few weeks time with our daughter & gdaughter.

Rose, there is no balcony even though it's a ground floor flat like we have here. There's no garden but there is a grassy bit outside, around the back of the flat, which the housing association manager says we can treat as if it were our garden.

The tubs were put in place about 3 years ago this July. The balcony was being judged by the Town Mayor who told me they were in collaboration with the police in protecting the cash machine from possible robbers who might come along & lift the whole thing & take it away on a lorry! He told me the planters would be planted up "in due course" (his words!). They weren't the first year nor the 2nd so I took matters into my own hands & put some plants I had on the balcony in the planters. I wrote a blog of my "adventures" a couple of years ago!

https://growsonyou.com/balcony/blog/36014-guerilla-gardening

Callie, I hope they are enjoying the flowers I put in! :) I'm watering them with 6x5lt bottles of water twice a week at present, at least as long as this heatwave lasts! Today, the last day of June, we have 31C here in Huntingdon! Tomorrow, the 1st day of July, it's expected to be very similar! On Tuesday we are told to expect a fall of up to 10C! I wanted to take a few photos to update this blog but due to the heat all the plants were wilting! Only the planter with Geraniums in it looked unfazed by the heat! :D)

Thanks, Lindak! :) I couldn't be sure as the pictures on GoY are very small & you can't make them any bigger like you can on other gardening forums. :(

OK thank you Shirley, my mom and dad love yellow too, looks a large flower too :-)

It's not one I would choose to be honest, think I saw one at the garden show similar, it looks like Frans Hal doesn't it.

Oh dear! They are a pain

Yes if it's something you really want I don't blame you, it looks great, I did move mine this year so hopefully will be better next year :-)

Lindak, OH saw a dark Butterfly flying around the Grapevine this afternoon. No idea of the variety though.

Julia, that's really good to know.

I was about to go outside but there are flying ants all around ... yuk!

Yes indeed!

Nice! I buy a lot on line because I usually know exactly what I want. I prefer to buy from the GC though …you see exactly what you’re getting.

Shirley, I have the same one ...cut off all the affected buds and it is now producing more flowerheads.

Thanks Lindak ...

:o)))

I rarely buy anything on-line but this was a newspaper or magazine offer that included Begonias and 3 Roses.

All of the plants look healthy ... :o)

Yes, Shirley, we've seen quite a few white butterflies this week too.. Also, a Hummingbird Hawkmoth and a comma butterfly, so they are beginning to get about. Not seen many Ladybirds though.

Lovely show of flowers there Shirley.

What a lovely thing to do, I bet a lot of people are enjoying seeing the pretty flowers.Good luck also from me with your move Balcony.

I am!

I bought these from Parker’s too Shirley. I use them for my bulbs too. And occasionally for plants.

Thank you x

Thank you Rose x

Rose, I totally understand that. This area has a pre-formed pond liner that was impossible to get out, so it was broken up at the base with a small sledgehammer for drainage and then filled with crock, top soil and compost. Seems to have worked out ok!

You have a lovely group of Day Lilies Thorneyside.

Thanks Karen ... I did put a soapy water spray on the foliage a couple of times.

You must be thrilled to have so much flora and fauna now ... :o)

Karen, mine are 6 tubers from a J.Parker's collection, a company I have not used before so I'm hoping they will be gorgeous!

In that case I shall send you some of it later in the Summer.

Thanks Jane ... it's loving the heat ... :o)

Excellent. I have seen a few white Butterflies these past few days, not a single dark one though.

Too jazzy for you? If so, I think it will have to be removed!

Jane, I saw a huge snail on a Kniphofia in the front garden ... it's playing with the cars on the road now!

Me too! The best of luck with your move Balcony.
Will you have your own garden when you move? It's great how you are planting up these bins and wonder why the council put them there if the were going to remain empty!

I love that geranium Karen! Your front garden looks lovely and I tend to overplant too.

With your weather Wylie, anything is possible. I was more than happy at three years and maybe the one in the pot was just trying to break free.

Love it Karen!

Not possible Shirley as my son lives in Leicester and my daughter, bless her wouldn't have a clue, plus she works 24/7 with her own accountancy business.
When eventually I do get it cleaned out, I am going to sell it. I need easier jobs now at my age.

I don't know Wylie, you're the expert. I keep trying to get a picture where the colour is right but can't. They say the camera never lies but it does. I've tried with my camera and the camera on my phone but the colour still isn't as you see it "live".

Yes Daylily, it came from my local Blue Diamond GC. Plants there are pricey but also very good, well-grown and healthy. It’s worth paying a bit more for this I think.

It will Shirley. Mine all had aphids too but they have grown and are now healthy looking. :)

My garden is absolutely buzzing right now. Olive is hoverfly central. Bees and wasps all over the bottlebrush too. And now the Buddleias are coming so we will have butterflies. Then the bigger sedums will be in flower. Happy days! I have greenfly, but there are so many ladybirds, so no need to worry.

Thanks both.

You must have later flowering varsity Shirley. The totally tangerine flowered first here end of May! The honka is only just starting now.

:)

Hi Josie, I am so happy with the geranium. I have three. One I just moved to the back garden as it was hidden under Agastache and Rose. But the other two…well. last year I thought I-had wasted my money. They hardly grew. Theygot very bad mildew and I was very disappointed. It must have been the weather because just look at them now! I am so happy to see them like this. I grew this plant in Scotland but it was never anything like this. This must be a geranium that loves warmth! Maybe they all do!

Ah thank you Shirley it's a lovely one :-)

Lovely :-)

Ive seen a few :-)

Lovely :-)

Gorgeous :-)