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They are useful to plant with pansies.

Your Acers are beautiful, such lovely shades, & they have nice shapes too.

A lovely walk Hywel made special by seeing all those lovely wild flowers. And you got the sun!!

Great blog. I too love the sea but don’t get there very often, so it was lovely to share your walk.

They are gorgeous Kate!

Just needed to mention that Rachel got rid of the adverts when she was here at the weekend and the next day they were back again!!

That was a lovely walk Chris and you got the sun! Lovely flowers too.
Yes, I would have loved to have joined you at that table!

My heucheras are beginning to look much happier too, now winter is over. That is a lovely one..

I really like the colour of these wallflowers Linda..

I shall definitely be looking out for one Karen!

What a fabulous selection you have Kate! So very beautiful.

Looks a beautiful area where you live Hywel, and a beautiful day to enjoy it..

I agree with the plant id's Hywel, the previous one is pennywort Umbillicus rupestris so I wasn't sure if you meant that as blinking ads get in the way. I can't get a free ad blocker on this laptop grr.

lovely blog. I love to see the sea.

lovely info Wylie.
that 'gladdy' throat is so pretty.

If you've got a conservatory Kate, that's a useful place as there is a lot of light for the plants there. Our greenhouse isn't heated, so the tomatoes and courgettes are in our conservatory at the moment, but the ordinary bedding plants are in there to avoid them frosting up if we get any late frosts.

That was a lovely walk and lovely weather to go with it :)
I don't get ads, I have blocked them.

The flower you don't know is Sea Campion.
Like many plants it has changed its botanical name - it used to be called Silene maritima but now they call it Silene uniflora.

It belongs to the same family (Caryophyllaceae) as the Red Campion, Silene dioica, which you've also shown a photo of.
Pinks and Carnations, Sweet Williams and Gypsophylla also belong to the same family ...

Sorry about the botany lesson lol but it's the sort of thing I am so interested in :)

Thanks Karen...it's one to have 'care' .The leaves are a blue green colour hence the glauca.

Bless you Kate, you’re very kind 🙂.

Oh it sounds just pretty perfect over at yours, Sheila!!! I'm envious! But, I'll try to visualise, and live vicariously through you today...I can imagine you had one of those simply perfect days, relaxing and admiring all your hard work and lovely garden...🤗

Beautiful blue skies, gorgeous blue sea and lovely landscape, Chris!!! I'd love to have come along too!!! Thanks for sharing your breathtaking views.

Thank you so much, Sheila!!! I'm pleased you like them as much as we do! I love the lushness they give off! : -))

Thank you, Eileen, kind of you to say.
I'll bet those little sycamore seedlings are really lovely, but, I imagine you're keen to get them out. I did chuckle at your CBA condition today! :-) Some days we just like to mooch and potter in the sunshine...nowt wrong with that!

Thanks so much, Chris! I'm loving the greenery at the moment! All the shrubs are putting on such healthy new shoots.
One thing we manage to make work I. The front and back garden, acers!

Aw, that’s lovely … 🙂

Thank you Chris.

I would have loved to see you there too!

Thank you for sharing your walk Hywel. Lots of lovely Spring flowers about at the moment. Good photos you’ve taken of them too.

It is a lovely shade.

Very pretty rose.

Looking very pretty indeed.

What a lovely walk to go on Hywel and nice to be able to do it on a pleasant day! The lambs are getting quite big now - we didn’t see many tiny lambs in the fields this year because of the wet and cold weather.

Let’s hope for some more dry, warm days to look forward to.

I would love to have joined you, Chris, on that bench with a perfect view! Thank you for sharing such a delightful walk :)

Wow Kate, your Acers are amazing! Gorgeous photos too :)

Glad you had a lovely day out Hywel :)

they are very pretty Kate.
The only ones I have are sycamore seedlings and although the foliage is pretty at this time of year I do need to get them out. But I have a bad dose of CBA at present! :)

I have done some weeding today and potting on but that is about all.

Such amazing colours here Kate - so rich and striking. Acers are so beautiful. Green is a wonderful colour.

lovely blog and thanks for sharing. I too am going to look up the castle, looks medieval to me.

it probably is down to the wet weather. Have you had any early morning frosts? that could nip and brown some f the parts.

Kate, your imaginings about idling in a greenhouse are very close to the truth in this household. I have been sitting in my comfy granny chair in mine, enjoying the sun on my face! But I did prick out 30 Cosmos seedlings yesterday, so I admired them while I was there … 😃.

Very pretty it is too, Balc. Lovely how it softens the railings, and wraps round them.

Thank you, Karen, that's good to know. I now have to consider if I buy one, where on earth do I put it??? 🤔

Hi Julia. Coronilla Valentina subspecies glauca ‘Citrina’ is its Sunday name!

Rose, that’s a real shame…you could swap it for this one!

Kate, I can’t remember how I found it in the first place…probably on here! But this is my third one. They are a bit tricky because they need shelter and as I found to my cost, they do not take hard pruning, only a light haircut. You live and learn!

You were right to take this detour, Hywel! Those brilliant yellows are enough to make you smile. Lovely to see all the natural wild flowers - I'm not surprised you'll be heading back to capture the ones yet to bloom.
I do love the pics of the castle, not creepy at all! ☺️. I'm going to look it up now. Love a bit of history. Those last few pics are quite atmospheric. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you, Hywel. Good advice.

Oh, that does sound pretty, Jane. I'm looking forward to seeing it in full bloom!!! :-))

Thanks Linda! All planted out last week and hopefully will thrive.
I wish i had a greenhouse like many of you, but, I just couldn't sacrifice any of the garden. :-(

I'm not surprised, Karen, it's glorious! I don't really know a lot about this variety. Very eye-catching at the frontage!

Thank you, ladies! You're all very kind. I do seem to have a lot of bluish purplish mauve colours!
Rose, I bought the aquilegia in bloom a few days ago.

Thank you. Josee! Pleased you like the close ups! Hope you're enjoying the weekend sunshine in the garden!

Thanks so much, Callie! Hope you are keeping well :-)