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Thanks Shirley. I love watching them work.

Thanks Balcony.
Where would we be
without the bees
to visit the trees
the flowers on peas,
they make the flowers seeds,
thank goodness for bees.

Balcony,

Papaya fruit are very sweet and tasty, but you must go to a tropical or subtropical climate to taste a good one.

Thank you 😊.

My large tree just finished blooming and has new flower buds again. My big tree is almost always in bloom.

I’m not sure how old this dragon tree is, probably over 30 years, though.

I know it’s an easy plantbto start from cuttings. Here in San Diego you can stick them in the ground.

It does seem that some days the site works better than others. Sorry you’ve had such a frustrating time David.

The RHS are saying it is a real problem already this year.

I like the spires of flowers, not too keen on the huge leaves on this one though. On the plus side, the slugs ignore them.

David, just the same here, both yesterday and again this morning. It was like watching paint dry, taking so long for each photo to show up. It is now 8pm and the site seems quicker so I hope it stays that way!

That's a different Dahlia to what we are accustomed to seeing! It's nice even so! :)

That's a different Dahlia to what we are accustomed to seeing! It's nice even so! :)

Makes our 20 year old tree look positively tiny! I had never seen a picture of a Dragon Tree this old & big! I've cut down our tree several times over the years & have given away some of the little trees I've grown from the cutting from the branches I removed.

A lovely bee picture, Lindak! :)

It would be good if you could post a photo of the area! :)

I've never had Papayas. :( I've had a few Mangos but I don't know if they are similar.

"The rose 'Masquerade' is the plant that most attracts aphids now so I watch it much closer than before & have already "nipped' a couple in the bud so to say! "

I was watering on the balcony this afternoon & looked at the buds on this rose - they were thick with aphids - again!!! This must be at least the third time I've had to clean off aphids from this rose!!! The other rose hasn't had more than a few aphids that were cleaned off in a moment. I haven't seen any ant activity around this rose like I saw on the Pansies on top of the balcony railings.

All so strange, what with the weather never giving us two days the same! The lawn was mown today as heavy rain due tomorrow ...:o(

Hb, I must try and have a go at cuttings of this

Thanks Shirley, hope they continue to do well :-))

Thanks Shirley, they really are :-))

Ah really, most things are ahead this year in our garden are other things in yours:-)

Reading up..this plant flowers in summer rather than Spring, so there is still time!

Love verbascums. All kinds.

Very showy

Sheila, these came from seeds gathered by my daughter-in-laws Mum many years ago.

I find the Welsh Poppies are vigorous self-seeders and am forever pulling up small ones.

Thanks Sheila, it slowly fades to a lovely pale pink.

:o)))

Oh no, lucky no damage was done as t's pretty fierce today.
Tomorrow is our village festival, lots of outdoor activities which are now hurriedly being moved to the village hall where possible. Bloomin' UK weather!

:o((

Lovely. Our blues self-seed madly, but they are pretty!

Gorgeous colours Shirley 🙂.

That’s good Shirley, as I do love living here. X

Yes, me too…regular chore.

My parasol just took a journey across the garden. It’s a miracle that there’s no damage. Wind came out of nowhere and I was in the shower!

Yes, it took about 10mins to load this morning!

Karen, it has taken me ages to view all the photos today as the site is so very slow!

I got there eventually ... :o)

Great photo.

Looks so exotic!

Lovely.

Lovely name for this plant!

It really does look so well established already.

Yours is way ahead of mine!

How sweet those flowers are.

I love these flowers and am very happy that they divide up so well.

Today I have found a clump of blue ones ... across the path from these.

That's a fine specimen.

Very healthy looking Olive tree ... today is so windy and the sea is pretty rough!

Karen, your specimen has grown much better than mine, planted a few years ago! I find I have to root around at the base to remove any dead brown leaves.

Karen, I haven't commented until today as the site has been so slow! The white Hebes I have are always covered in Bees, great plant for them.

Stunning colour, a great find.