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I second that.

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Thanks David ... shall have a look soon.

Josie, a frozen shoulder sounds quite painful so I hope it gets better for you sooner rather than later.

I agree about the Salvia, it may have to go later.

Thanks Jane ... btw did you see that 'jazzy' Daylily I found growing at the back of my garden? No idea where it came from!

Rose, could you maybe enlist the help of family to help with that task? Bribe them with food!!

Thank you Meadowland and Owdboggy. Will cut down in Feb. and plant another one to leave. Sounds like a good idea!
What rose are you growing ML? I'm very disappointed in mine.

I agree, it looks very pretty Shirley. I am in two minds whether to empty and clean out ( horrible job) my viewing pond.
While away my two fish have disappeared and it is so full of algae all round the sides.
It is a full days job.
I am like Feverfew, finding it so frustrating to do blogs now.

A trick Christopher Lloyd used was to plant 2 of the same Clematis together. One he cut down in February and the other he left. That way he got flowers both low down and higher up. Never tried it myself though.

Looks lovely :-)

Good gosh what a glorious display!

So sorry to hear that FF...I think we all feel frustrated with the non workings of GoY.

PM received & replied to, Shirley! :)

I remember you redoing this area & deciding what to do with it. It’s looking very pretty. I think the Salvia will eventually fill up all the space. I have been trying to put on a few photos but with no luck, have tried twice. Just thought I’d say, in case anyone thinks I’m not bothering to do anything, though with my garden as dry as dust, I feel like giving up, ( plus I have a frozen shoulder)☹️

Thank you, Sheila! It's not "work" if you enjoy what you are doing, is it?

Pretty soon there won't be any members left to post blogs & make comments as lots of us are migrating to other gardening forums where we don't have the troubles that we have on GoY!

I'd love to make up & post blogs like I used to (I must have done 100s in all the years I've been on GoY). But when you have dozens of themes to talk about & your photos upload in a few seconds, (you can post as many as you like & there is no size limit as well as multiple photos all at the same time!), you are bound to want the same for GoY but won't get it. I wish we could do that on here. This is a prehistoric site now compared to others that are more modern!

There are GoY members on other sites as well though we don't tend to mention GoY very often.

Then you are much better than me! :D

LOL! Shirley! D) D) D)

Thank you! Yes, it’s lovely to see it flower after 4 years of good growing.

Yes, totally different climate here. Loving it!

It gets tiny blue flowers every few days.

Patience is a virtue and looks like your patience paid off Karen.

Worth waiting for!

Lovely blue sky too!

It is one of my favourites too Karen.

I have the same arch here with a rose and clematis growing...cutting down in February is the trick.

Yes, me too! :)

Thank you Owdboggy. I will heed your advice about the clematis.

Josie, I find it surprising how these flowers cope with the salty air from the sea.

The ground here is now cracking in places, so dry.

No idea about the Rose, I hate them so don't grow them. The Clematis Prince Charles should be cut down to about 18 inches tall in February. It flowers on new growth which is possibly why the flowers are all at the top. If the other Clematis is also flowering now on the top growth then it too needs cutting back in February.

Ah no, that's a shame they dont seem to have touched these at the moment anyway, it's annoying

Feverfew thank you for your good wishes, having only felt like eating baked potatoes for a few days I now feel a lot better!!! I think the rose is Rambling Rector - it does take a lot of taming as it tends to go quite mad!

Nice photos. Pity about your troubles buying on line. I hope your little plants survive & give you a late show. Everything is struggling in this drought.

Glad to hear you are feeling better. Your garden is looking quite lush, you must have been watering regularly! Is the white rose Rambling Rector? The astilbes are lovely too as well as your hanging basket.

Wow, what a mass of flowers. My garden is like a dust bowl. The rain always misses us in the Surrey area, none for weeks.

Yes indeed, I have had to support it this year as it has put on a lot of growth!

I doubt it ... it's a tad too gaudy for my taste!

This usually happens in June and is known as June drop. The tree has 'hormones' that sort out how many fruit it can carry. Too many developing fruit and as Owd says lack of water/food etc.

other than the rampant Orange King and Indian Summer I have no luck at all, even ones in pots. So I have given up trying to grow them.

True Feverfew, the flowers aka moon flowers or devils trumpets are attractive and do have a pleasant aroma. The remainder of the plant is foul smelling and unattractive with highly toxic alkaloids which necessitates very careful handling.

I think it’s a James Grieve. It used to have a Cox nearby but that wasn’t happy either. I wonder if it’s the stony ground as the houses here were built on a brickworks. It doesn’t look very happy these days, that’s for sure. We usually treat the soil in the springtime but neither of us has had good health so it didn’t get done until a month or so ago when we employed a gardener.
Thank you

Wow! Imagine finding this growing in your woods! It’s so exotic!

It looks great compared to mine! The slugs have really gone at it this year. I will probably take it out. I hate looking at destroyed plants.

Strange! Will you keep it Shirley?

Nice soft colours Shirley.

I am no expert, but my experience is the same as yours with the dwarf ones. But two tall ones that grew really well for me were Indian Summer and Yellow Friendship.

Origanum rotundifolium ‘Amethyst Falls’

Thanks. We were looking for info on the taller ones like A. Tessa, A.Sirius and others of that sort of height.

That's a good idea as somebody is bound to know.

It's one for the favourites list :-)

I find the Summer paradise heat varieties good growers...they are tall with vibrant colours and hardy...I do mulch in the late autumn. They are planted in an exposed bed .