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Me too!

I have to agree with Klahanie.

they are lovely and clearly in the iris family.

wonder if they are hardy here mmmmmmh
need to do a bit of researching .

the suckers will send the weedkiller to the main roots so yes will damage the 'parent' tree.
our lilac is suffering as he who will not be named sprayed lilac suckers last year. grrrr

Thanks Josee.

We had some black skinned Avocados in the fruit bowl. They were pretty good. Later she told me that she picked those from our tree-ha. I had cut the leader because i wanted more compact tree and thank goodness after 5 or maybe 7 years it's rooted now to the point it looks healthy. Not a bit starved for everything since it was hard to hand water that hot spot.

Stan,

Chrysalidocarpus baronii, onilahensis and lafazamanga are much better suited for growing up in the SF Bay Area. Chrysalidocarpus lutescens look horrible, and usually will die in winter. I know there’s more species that grow up there, also.

Of course, Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) decipiens grow very well there, being the hardiest species.

Thank you Julia. I am not sure if it would survive our wet winter. I keep mine in the pots in the greenhouse over winter. I am quite amazed by yours.

Klahanie it's about 8 years old.The one Salvia which does well here.

Like all your roses Shirley. Glad that all are doing well for you.

Interesting flowers.

Nice & bright.

Fantastic tour, Ty, Shirley. The gardens must be enormous, no wonder you needed a sit down. I was taken to the chilli festival once( I would rather it had been the tomato one), anyway I went but didn’t see any of the lovely gardens, what a pity. Maybe one day I will. Thanks again for your blog.

Thank you Daylily

Gorgeous. I wish we would have so large and beautiful Hotlips. Our hummingbirds love this plant but I have only small ones in the pots. How old is this one Julia?

A great collection of roses. I love yellow ones but all are nice. We had a short shower today, but nowhere near enough. I need to see my water butt filled up. Maybe a bit more this week end?

lol! Airpots;)

Yes, it’s a real asset, especially in the winter time.

Thank you Kate. We had rain! Thank goodness!

Beautiful classic old rose scent..very sweet.

Hi Arbuthnot, we have a very big and old viburnum out front as part of our L shaped hedge.
We have suckers, I tend to pull them out or chop right down. I think there's a chance you could kill it if you used weedkiller.
The suckers are very frustrating, but I keep on top of them.
Someone else may have a different experience.

Thank you Sheila and Kate.

Lovely Julia.

Thank you both for your lovely comments. The gaps are gradually filling up!

Hooray! :o)

Airports??? :o))

Sounds pretty perfect.. I do love seeing the blackbirds in the garden. Think we have a pair looking to nest in the big laurel.

Sounds lovely! I do like the scent from eucalyptus. This one you have is such an attractive colour.

Shirley, you’ve a beautiful collection of roses!!!
I’m envious! (My few roses that I have are almost opening up now)
I can almost smell the gorgeous fragrance of your roses from here..
I’m finding it difficult to chose a favourite. The orange ones are so eye catching! But they are all really lovely.
I’ve aphids on my roses, I bought a natural, organic spray, but it doesn’t seem to be effective 🙁
We haven’t had rain yet.. Saturday or possibly Sunday. OH has been out watering.

It’s been good to watch, when I can catch it!
All the female presenters are wearing colourful dresses to match the colourful show!!!
Not so keen on Monty’s doggy garden.. sorry if anyone is a fan!
Love dogs, but not the garden.

Brilliant Brian, very happy to see you here again! Everyone else will be pleased too!
No probs, Sheila 🤗

Attractive too, Julia. Love the shades of greens and golds.

I’m liking this trio too, very complimentary colours, Sheila.

Gorgeous colours, Karen. Lovely softness to this one.

It is Chris..thanks. We do have some lovely spots don’t we! Xx

Thanis Callie, it really does give you a boost, a breather between visits.. xx

Eileen, I knew you’d know both, such a lovely area! OH and I must take a trip over on the bike one day.

Thanks kindly, Karen, I stopped again yesterday at this spot, to catch up with emails and texts…the perfect place to set up a ten minute office ☺️

Thanks Sheila, it’s a nice spot.. pleased you’ve like xx

Apologies for my late reply everyone! Work stuff and puncture yesterday coming across the Humber Bridge 😵‍💫
Shirley, so pleased you’ve had a PM from Brian, that’s lovely - good to catch up! Xx

Brilliant info Grandad! That’s great 👍

Klahanie, I do hope we get to see his lovely garden on here again 🤞

That is gorgeous. I guess it has a very nice scent too.

Such beautiful roses grow in your garden and their colours all blend so well together. We didn’t get as much rain as we were expecting last night which was a pity. All the shades of your yellow roses are really lovely.

So dainty and so pretty with lovely colours.

Like you I didn’t think we had any this year and then all of a sudden it appeared all over the place!

He was so thrilled wasn’t he Sheila?! His garden was gorgeous in every way.

Thanks Chris x

Lol! No chance Shirley. I really hope this will be our last move.

I will try Adblock plus. Thanks HB :)

Thanks! I did see that plant last year in October and it’s lovely.

I’m hoping so Shirley, but keeping eucalyptus alive in pots is a challenge. You’re supposed to use airports.