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Rose, I deadhead them by picking stems for my vase! Then late summer I deadhead the whole lot once they are fading.

Thank you Linda and Sheila for your comments.

Thanks Shirley. It’s cute!

Rose, I will when it gets a bit better. Yes Shirley, loads of mixes. I have been buying some and also mixing my own!

It is Shirley. I got it from Tesco and I’m pretty sure it is ‘June’ my favourite Hosta.

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Ooh yes slate backdrop would be excellent!

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It is a very attractive Hosta though ... :o)

Karen, have you seen the incredible amount of wild flower seed mixes now available? I was looking at them recently, packets of seeds, balls of seeds, all different mixes.

Today we were waiting at traffic lights, the grass verges have been left to grow and there were lovely tall plants with blue flowers, no idea what they were though.

I prefer this to the red ...

The Bees will thank you for planting those Lavenders!

Definitely!

Julia, it has spread to a really good size now.
With hindsight it would look better against dark slate or stones rather than the light stones it currently is planted by!

Thanks Rose, I bought this in memory of my dear Mum who would have loved it too.

As the saying goes......consideration is the key to fruitful conversation.......which I find that this site gives me the time to do that...more so recently::)

I love all the mix of colours!

It's lovely Shirley. I love the colour!

I am exactly the same Karen, but I like all the way my plants just mingle together. No room for weeds!
I love the colour of this one.

Wow, this is early. Mine have yet to flower!

I have this Astrantia Karen , but never know when they need deadheading as they always seem to be in flower.

They are lovely Karen, but as you say, too big for your garden.
Maybe you should take a photo of the wildflower area.

It was wonderful Julia thanks. Will send you a p.m.

I’m grateful for the way they pop up, giving us a nice splash of colour 🙂.

Lovely Dianthus...not really a fan of them but this is especially attractive.

I think,although it says its hardy,I will mulch it well this winter.

I have a local helping out. I used to do all the work, but I finally had to admit that age was catching up with me. My house is actually very small and with the front yard, less than 50 sq meters.

The only Ladybird I have seen this year was climbing up the rotary line pole! I did manage to move the bug to a nearby plant but it flew off ... :o((

Me too ...

That's really different to any Clematis I have seen before ... lovely!

I agree with Janey ... it looks stunning.

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What I really need is a lot of seed to scatter in the wildflower area in front of my house, across the road. They would be fantastic in there!

I have seen a really good number of ladybirds and larva today. All good.

Thank you Josie, I’m glad you enjoyed the blog!

Jimson weed. Datura stramonium

Hi Rose,how was your holiday?
This rose is the cleanest one growing here.

I love the vivid colour of this one Julia.

I love yellow roses and this is a beauty!

Hi Balcony I've just completed another booklet to give out for the children in our community. I've called it FAB Wildlife. FAB....Fish Animals Birds. It's short verses about different creatures in the world and I've drawn lots of pictures for the children to colour in. It's going to take a while to print and put the little booklets together but we'll get there.......

Thank you Klahanie...they are a bright cheerful, red colour.

It's a very big garden for one person to look after, Wylie or do you have help? I like how the garden is divided up into "rooms", a very effective way of being able to have more than one garden! :)

Yes, I've seen your blog this evening. You have an immense garden!

It's just as bad, if not worse today! :(

A very good piece of poetry, Lindak! :)

I see that as being rather difficult! :D :D :D