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Very pretty!

Spring must be here Chris! Nice to see you back on here.
Will be in touch soon. xx

Thanks Kate.

They certainly have Chris coupled with the Magnolias.That's a very sweet one.

Our own little robins are very special to us and I love to see and hear them! Ours loves us to be out there with a fork or spade!

That is very pretty and has a lovely shape.

I too love this time of year especially when the sun is shining down too!

Perfect shape and it will look stunning for you.

This has reminded me that my recorder didn't record last week due to a "clash" so I have to watch it on i player. I agree with the above comments as I too can't stand the concrete and metal concoctions that pass for a garden these days and the veg seed comment made me smile too. When it's recorded I skip over these parts but have found more and more skipping taking place. I was a great fan of Geoff Hamilton, even went to his Barnsdale garden a lot of years ago now and learned a lot from his time on GW.

It looks as if you have been missing too Kate so welcome back from one absentee to another. Lovely to see your beautiful pictures.

Wonderful to read your comments and realise I am not alone with my thoughts!!
They made me smile and I agree with everything that was written so thank you all so much for endorsing what I was thinking.
I am off out into the garden soon which has no named areas just flowers and shrubs and trees and a few messy bits too!

I think Monty & co are too close to Garden Designers and not gardeners, you only have to see recent RHS Chelsea shows to see how “on trend” every one has become, more stone & concrete, stainless Artwork etc than plants

I've always found GW a bit unrealistic, describing gardens of just half an acre as small for instance

Easy to have pots & pots of tulips if the BBC Licence payer is paying for them, not so easy when competing with the gas & electric bills.

Hi Chris
I've often thought of you and missed your input on GoY...so good to see you...
Most gardens are a mixture of planting areas ...do you remember the central island rose beds?...Now roses are planted amongst herbaceous plants and look so much more natural.
I'm sure you wouldn't be described as a grumpy old woman...
As regards pots of tulips...this is the last time I'm doing it...There was more lasting colour here with Pansies and Violas.
Hope all is well with you both.x

Balcony,

They look awesome!

That’s great! Orchids typically bloom heaviest here in late winter through spring and then many bloom late summer and winter, depending on orchid species and varieties.

My purple Dendrobium kingianum is in full bloom right now. I’ve had it for probably 15 years. My Epidendrum hybrids typically flower all year, but have no flowers on them now.

Overall, I’m really bad at growing orchids. I’ve killed so many in the past!😔. My favorites were the chocolate orchid and cattleyas purple and pure yellow.

We are little behind you Karen, but plants are finally starting to wake up here too. I tried to plant over the years for early spring so hopefully we will see more colours soon.

Ho ha hum! I seem to backchat at Monty Don every Friday. I don’t know why I still watch. Well, I do actually. I watch because sometimes Adam Frost is on! And I love seeing the garden visits. But if I have to watch Monty sowing another row of ******** veg seeds I think I’m going to lose the will….And yep..that ‘Jewel Garden’ and the blinking ‘Paradise Garden’ too….(rolls eyes). Recently cancelled my GW subscription and my RHS one too. I think it’s time for a new presenter and garden on Fridays.

Ah! You answered my question. So l9vely to have you back Kate. Xx

It’s just great to have some colour again!

Love having you back Kate. How are things at work now? Any less pressure?

I’m going to try Buddleia weyeriana Sungold instead of the Roses on the other side of the wall. They can grow in walls!

Kate,

They become very large trees.

I just noticed the Australia tree ferns which is blocking the closer fishtail palms.

Looking lovely, thanks for keeping us up to date as it progresses.

Great photos as always. Nice to have you back, you lead a busy life!

Hey, do you have space to eat off your table?

Thank you Kate.

Lovely blog Kate, glad you are doing ok, weather is reported to be glorious this week, so finger crossed. xx

Welcome back Kate...good to hear the stress has lessened for you.This 'mini summer' has come at just the right time!

An interesting blog. Ty for sharing with us. It appears that it was very overgrown, so lots of hard work for you all. We look forward to see more as it progresses. Kind of those neighbours to let you use their bins.

Mine just beginning to bloom. Yours is a nice big shrub Shirley. Mine is in a very big pot.

Janey, I have ads all over my screen, between the comments & down the side as well. I have an ad blocker on which has made no difference. It is so annoying. I don’t know what to do if an ad blocker doesn’t do its job.

Gorgeous Spring blooms, Rose!! You’ve a lovely array of colour too.

Lovely sight of Spring, Janey. Pleased your issues are now resolved on here with the ads.
Hope you are keeping well x

It’s quite an attractive form, love the largeness too.

Loving the vivid colour!

Keeping my fingers crossed for you, Klahanie.

Such an attractive one too, Julia. Lovely shape, lovely pink.

Loved hearing their story, Eileen, what a great help you’ve been. I’m sure they both appreciate it so much too.
It’s an adventure for them both, you included!

I’m in a relatively new build, well it was when we moved in, Karen. It’s been 25 yrs now. We’re still finding bits of rubble…plastic..bolts and hinges etc..I understand how you and Eileen feel!
It’s all looking good, you’ve made such a lot of progress in such a short time too. I may have to consider your dwarf varieties for here.

It’s late but thanks so much to all of you for your most kind messages, you’re a lovely bunch of people xx

Thank you everyone, good to be back and catching up with all you lovely people x

Thank you Owdboggy , they are Millennium and flower about August so I will feed them , thank you for your help.

The big bulb alliums are winter growers, so feeding or repotting really should be done in late autumn.
If yours still have decent leaves or are not the big bulb types then yes feed them now.
Try with a feed which is taken in through the leaves if you have it.
You could scrape off the top of the compost down to the bulb level and top up with fresh compost.

Thank you both...no worries Klahanie.

Rose,I wish you could see it...it is a mixture of moss and other green things!!
Thank you Klahanie..I love this time of year with the emerging shoots.

Sorry for my question on previous picture.

Nice all over Julia....is your magnolia blooming?
You are so far ahead compared to us. My daffs are just starting to bloom.

We can only do our best Shirley. Remember my last garden? We discovered that 2 feet down we had pure golden sand and beach pebbles. Trees would grow so big and then just stop or die. I mean, who has perfect loam? We just do what we can with what we have.

Thank you both. When it comes down to it we mostly have to work with what we have don’t we. Builders are charlatans and there’s no way we can afford to have it all removed. Plants are very forgiving though, and most will survive.

I am quite envious really of its relative small size. Especially as we spend a lot of time either with the girls or having mini breaks or out on the motor bikes. I seem to have less time at home despite being retired.

Steve is planning a bike ride over for a night next month. It will be a lot quicker than in the car.