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Your Olive will grow amazingly fast. Nice pot!

It looks really lovely Sheila. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks David - we’re learning something every day!

Beautiful pictures, Sheila! :) Thanks for showing us around!

I didn't know "Cottered" was a village! :D :D :D I thought it was a word I didn't know so looked it up & discovered it's the name of a village!

I may have to do the same later this year as we are moving house & with a garden I won't need all the pots I now have!

Wonderful to see so many Lilies, Shirley! :)

Lovely Calibrachoas, Sheila! :)

I wanted to get some for the balcony again this year but as we expect to move to another house I'm not buying any new plants :( I already have more than I know what to do with!

Hope you enjoy them! :)

I've told my son that I would like to go there again but it will have to wait until the August Bank Holiday. We expect to move house this year sometime & we'll be very busy with setting up the new place.

Yes, thanks Julia. It’s interesting that Japanese gardens look lovely with hardly any colour!

i find using sets is better than sowing seed. The sets are treated to help prevent flowering.

keep the onions evenly watered as if they get too dry they can can bolt ie flower.

What a magical place Sheila...how lucky you are to be living near it.

Will let you know!

Mine has been in the ground for 8 years and seems very happy.Pruningwise,they say if a bird can easily fly through the Olive tree branches there is no need to prune or trim in the Spring.

Picture? If possible.
Eucomis comes to mind, but the only tall one is E.pole-evansii.

They are aren’t they 🤗
Thanks Julia, fingers crossed. We have one planted in the back and it seems fine - although it’s in the ground 🤞

Yes Rose, I shall move this to a shadier spot. Thank you.

Ours does a lot of plants, but quite often they are mostly dead!

Yes, it has good scent.

Thanks Katex

They are good quality. Hope your Olive grows well.

Thank you, Julia, yes it’s a Heritage one like you say. I’ve a few in the back, cream and sage. This is the first grey one.

Definitely Allium ish.

Love the pot with the Olive tree...is the pot a Heritage one? Looks like it...I bought a much smaller one from the same range.

Thanks Rose, the garlic wasn’t too overpowering either!

Thanks Julia, I keep finding lots of peaceful and quite stops to have a break when I’m at work 🤗

I enjoyed the tour round your garden and like Klahanie said, it looks like a summer garden.

Hi Chris, I must admit that I haven't been watching it.
Other years it has not appealed to me with all the way out styles and not so much about real gardens.
I will check it out on IPlayer.

I have just found this Shirley as it did not come up on my page.
The roses are beautiful and flowering so early. I did a first spraying when the leaves just opened and now due another, but have so many roses now that it's a chore.
Last year I didn't keep the spraying regime up and they all had blackspot, so must make myself get out there and do them again.

Beautiful!

Missed that piece of advice, thanks for the update, Julia.

I agree, very pretty, love the mix of blooms.

I have two of these now and both doing well.

Another pretty pink.

Beautiful!

Such a lovely picture, Julia. Very restful.

Petals look like silk from here, another gorgeous variety.

I have Azaleas and Rhodys and keep them away from the east and in the shade.

Pretty colouring, I imagine it has a lovely fragrance?

Lovely Mediterranean-esque area Julia.

Wow, they are lovely! My Tescos here doesn't have anything as good as this!

Besitiful! I bought this last year Julia, when it was in bloom.
I’m just waiting on buds opening… 🤞

I do like its brightness and form, Julia, lovely to see it flowering abundantly. We had one several years ago and had to sadly remove it as it became quite big in our tiny garden. I do like them though, always covered in blooms.

They are aren’t they, Julia. Very architectural.
Think 2 of ours were oddly nibbled so no flowers there.

That's odd Rose, not even by following the link?

Perhaps your version is incompatible?

Thank you Klahanie..I think it's thoroughly enjoying the position...it has even outgrown the support!

I think you may be right Klahanie..as you can see there are Alliums in flower next to them.They were never purposely planted...perhaps I should leave them to see how they develop.

That's really lovely that you have a hedgehog visiting your garden Kate. I put out water and food for our hogs, and they love it.
We've got another bird table now as the other one was going rotten on the feet, so we used the main pole as a feeder for the birds and have placed a few hooks on it to hang feeders on.
The covered top we've placed on the floor for putting the hogs food in, as it doesn't get wet then....that is when we DO get some rain. Only had a couple of showers so far.

Thank you, Homebird. These ferns are self-seeded outside of the flowerbed, but I let them grow and put the boulders there. This Heuchera does well every year and the bees love the very tiny flowers on it.

I am not sure Julia but it almost looks like my " garlic scape" ?

Your garden looks wonderful Homebird. Almost like in middle of summer. Love your Poppies with the Verbascum.