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Josie, we have Sparrows enjoying the green aphids, shame they don't like the Blackfly I have just spotted on a newish Echinops!

Oh Karen, I know we are supposed to love all critters, but there's a limit to my patience with them now.

Julia, one is better than none, which is exactly what I have seen here. I know they can be bought on-line, but who's to say they would stay in your garden?!

That’s Oxalis triangularis :)

One ladybird this morning!

I agree, having seen your photo of them!

Did you se the Bees article on Gardeners World, broadcast last Friday, where a wildlife cameraman filmed the Bees in his garden?
I thought it was the best part of that episode!

Julia, I think they are a lovely show of white Nigella. Thanks for the photo too!

Ah yes Shirley I've seen them on the geranium magnificum, salvias, aruncus, think they liked the choisya flowers and weigela too but not watched so closely yet, not sure about the penstemon :-))

Agree with Klahanie … you have worked hard Karen.

Very pretty Jane 🙂

possibly mice/voles or rabbits.
any picture of the cut stems.

Thank you! I am amazed too!

Had another look, and yes! There IS aphid damage on my buddleias. Almost all of them! Darn.

Yes Shirley...but looking at them now the overall whiteness is quite pretty.

Thank you Julia.

Amazing how fast you have filled your garden Karen. Looks wonderful.

:o)

Thanks Karen ... :o)

Julia, I moved it yesterday to the front of a border as it was overshadowed by other plants. Seems happy enough, albeit a shortie!

Josie, now you have said that, I shall try to remember to save some seed, if only to see what colour comes up next time!

Oh no, such a shame for you.

Julia, I guess you were hoping for a mix of blues and whites!

I sat for half an hour just watching where the Bees were going, their favourites here were a white Hebe, Geum 'Totally Tangerine', yellow Welsh Poppies and a Geranium Magnificum.

:o))

Lovely garden rose. Ty for showing us all your plants. I hope you have a lovely holiday in Italy.

My Buddleia is devastated by aphids this year, has never happened before. I will tell the RHS. However a family of blue tits have been making use of them which is something. I didn’t check to see if the aphids were different. Will go & see now.

Lovely, and they do so love the sun.

Mine are all white, like your Nigella!

Beautiful. Pity they are biennial. When you save their seed, they don’t come up true to original colour. Still you get to enjoy them for one year.

It was just entry to the Chilli Festival, so we didn’t see any gardens.☹️

Thank you both for your lovely comments. I rescued a bee this morning from the path. I let them crawl on my hand and put them on the flowers.

Ideal in every respect Klahanie.

Well captured Lindak.

I used a free packet of them and they all turned out white!

Lovely one Shirley they provide such impact in a garden.

Ah good the leaves are similar to philadelphus aren't they but flowers are growing different so that's why I thought that, never had one myself, I was looking at my Gilenia the other day but the name just wouldn't come to me lol 😀 Ah that's a shame GOY is very good for keeping a record :-)

Thanks Karen, Hb and Sheila it also has a white crab spider living on it 😀 was shining out from the colour yesterday :-)

Thanks Hb seemed to have slightly longer leaves when i bought last year and meant to have some variegation (see previous photo last August), looking forward to it getting bigger :-))

Ah thanks Karen, Kate, Sheila and Hb it does look a decent one doesnt it.
Hb I went not particularly looking for plants but my aunty asked me to look for some bedding plants and they had quite a few so ended up buying from there, good prices, the stores differ though don't they, you can drop lucky sometimes.

Thanks Hb it's a good doer and the bees seem to like it too, it looks a little sad when the flowers go over but can trim those back. I also have the taller Horatio another that's done well and looks lovely in full flower it's just starting to open up now :-)

Ah lovely Shirley hope it does well for you, I'm thinking about pollinators too :-))

Gorgeous colour Karen.

That is very lovely! I daren’t grow them now with Niamh around, but this is gorgeous!

Ha ha! :)

Ah…thank you!

Looks like they found a shelter there.

Yes, I have Dahl8as in pots, and I swore I wouldn’t grow any more Dahlias!

Lovely photo Lindak ... this puts my efforts this morning to shame!

Thank you Shirley x
Karen, 7.30 am and just getting ready to leave for Italy.
I will email you when I get home on the 7th. x

Thank you Klahanie...with these strong daily winds we are having it is a way of saving them getting destroyed.

That was a good buy Shirley.

:-) I was watering around and forgot to roll the house back before taking picture Karen. Our summers are very dry so we have many houses around. But....you gave me an idea.

In Canada, Zebra finches are popular as pets (in cages) but not in wildlife.