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I now have Fern envy as cannot grow them here. This is so attractive.

Ooh, Alan Bates as Gabriel Oak in Far from the madding crowd. I loved that film!

Sorry Karen, I digress, this Rose is lovely.

Such a stunning Rose!

I had to Google this shrub recently as a neighbour has one. It is stunning, as is yours!

Rose, I second that!

I love these flowers but am forever reminded of my first garden. I didn't know a lot about plants then, cut some for the house, then found the table crawling with ants from them! No wonder I have never planted a Peony!

Looking good, I have Foxglove envy, those are gorgeous.

I also wonder if it has a lovely scent?

Thank you! Baby Blue is now planted in the border. The wind was battering it in its pot.

Good job!

Thanks Sheila x

Check under the leaves, this year is very bad for aphids, they are everywhere, and I think that's what you have

Spray with something, but depends on bush size.
Plus, you have to be aware that whatever you use, including soft soap mix and suchlike, will linger & could affect the butterflies etc that will come for the flowers.

Personally, just leave them and hope ladybirds, blue tits etc do their job

That is what I'm doing.

Is it still mint? Does it taste & smell of mint?

Could be the thing eventually starved and what you see is minty minus soil nutrients

Some options,
Do as Jimmy suggests
Remove from pot & start over in fresh soil
Give it a darn good liquid feed of any general use fertiliser

Lovely Hb I have said the same about the weigela have noticed over the last few years how gorgeous it is 😍 I love it too

That would take many days Shirley! Haha!
I am just waiting for a less windy day to spray them and so far there is too much wind.
On my to do list!

I shall put it on here Sheila but it's not quite finished yet, have to get a couple of Japenese statues, when I can afford it!

Thank you Sheila :-))

Lovely Acer too, Daylily 🙂.

Lovely, Could it be a deutzia?

Love mine, have given it a good prune this year, which I don't think I've done for years, it was fairly leggy

Looks lovely :-)

I bought one similar from Morries:-)

Lovely Kate, no roses open here yet, couple of buds though :-))

If my memory serves me well, didn't you say that you grew onion sets in containers. Herein is the problem. Onions are deep feeders and I would say that best grown in the ground rather than in containers where the compost can either be too dry or too wet. If the sets are too dry then they will try to reproduce, hence running to seed. Best grown direct in the ground; and tight spacing so as to thin out using the thinnings early and allowing the remaining onions to grow bigger without competition.

Lovely, I can almost smell it!

Thanks Callie, yes we were lucky.

Thanks Josee. Yes, I LOVED the Chelsea garden which quite rightly won Best in Show!

Thank you very much Kate for your lovely comment, and for summing up the Japanese aesthetic so eloquently 🙂.

Thank you Rose, it would be lovely to see your “tiny replica” on here. We have a corner with Acers, bamboo and some bonsai … just a little bit Japanese!

It is a waste.

I moved it today and it actually does have a lovely scent.

Thank you so much Kate,Callie and FF...we do appreciate the lake and the variety of wild life.

Thank you Klahanie..I bought a few plants for the gravel garden today..there were a few empty spaces.Will let you know how this one works out.

I love them but have a difficulty growing them. Maybe because they are high altitude plants and we live by the ocean ? and on top of that our property is shady. Although, I do have one plant - not in the best shape. Good luck with it Julia.

I am growing a clematis in a half barrel to cover a down pipe and water butt.

Thankyou Klahanie, Rose and Callie. I wasn’t expecting much from the garden this year because I have had to neglect it quite a lot. I am just mowing the lawns and pulling the weeds out as I see them raise their heads in the borders. I’ve not bought any flower seed or annual plants this year but the borders seem full enough for now.

They look great, I am envious.

David, the rose 'Masquerade' looks lovely, with all the colour changes.

Karen, I have added another photo for you!

Thanks Sheila, we have just had a few days away, and I am amazed at how the Roses have opened up in that short time, lovely to see them.

Rose, I think we had a 'chat' about spraying Roses last year as it's something I never did in the past. I took your advice, sprayed them with Roseclear and they are all looking so healthy, at the moment at least!

Perhaps you could spray a couple each day for a week ?

Oh, that's a shame.

Rose, I was very surprised to read why Allium bulbs may have vanished from a pot!

Google it to see what I mean ... :o)

Thanks Karen ... just receives a trim annually.

I can understand that. My daughter loves this too!

Perfect!

Good plan.

I suspect that the mint has become potbound so pot full of roots and no compost to hold nutrients and moisturel. You could lift the mint from the pot and teese out a few roots and repot them. Better still might be best to buy some potted mint from the supermarket of garden centre and start afresh.

Lovely place to have locally. Ty for sharing your morning walk.

I second that. Hope you’ve had a have a good move & take all your fav plants.

I love Japanese gardens too. Thanks for sharing your visit with us. I’ve never heard of Cottered either, so now I’m going to look it up too. You were lucky to get to visit this garden. Did you like the Jap garden at the Chelsea Show, on T V?

Lovely to see the poppies.

I don't know if it's true or not but in times past, people used it to flavour food.

What lovely photos, the lake looked so peaceful, i just loved it xx