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Thanks for your comments Kate, Josee and David 🙂. If it’s sunny tomorrow I’ll try for a close-up of the pretty flowers!

Thanks for looking in Brian … long time no see.

That's rather late, the end of April or beginning of May would be a better time so as to give it as much time as possible to make new growth for next year's flowers I would have thought.

It's a lovely orange, Lindak! Is it a bulb? I don't recognise it.

Not hot enough for them??? :D :D :D

It's a beautiful tree & there is one that's opening its flowers at the end of our road. I went down & took a couple of pictures yesterday.I have to go down on purpose if I want to see it as it's in the opposite direction to that which I usually go.

That is a very lovely park Julia, nicely kept. I am not surprised that you want to come back. I like your pictures of it.

I wish you good luck with it and maybe one day you will be able to taste it.

Same to you and your family Karen.

That looks nice. I have couple of them as indoor plant and never saw them blooming.

Ah, you’ll be ever so busy too! It doesn’t seem to change does it! Just getting busier and more challenging!
Had some gardening therapy today! Always good 😊 x

Aw thanks, Julia, that’s lovely to say! I’m sorry it doesn’t grow well in your garden, I like the pulsatillas, this colour in particular. However, you’ve a vast collection of blooms that I covet for my garden ☺️xx

Thanks Rose, it’s doing well for once! Hope you are keeping well and having a nice Easter weekend xx

Happy Easter, Karen 🐣
Hope you’ve all enjoyed the day 🤗

Mine wasn't too bad probably as it was mostly around the edge but some are much harder to get out arent they, hubby helps me thankfully, a daylily we split was quite tough :-)

Yes thanks Kate hope you are too, I work for NHS admin, always very busy so can imagine how busy you are, lovely to get in the garden 😊 x

A lovely tree.

All the shrubs seem have flowered very prolifically this year. The Forsythia was a riot, also Rosemary and Pieris also. Now Lilac is starting to bloom everywhere & it looks it might do also. Lovely time of year!

That would be the flower I would chose for Easter..sadly they don't like our garden.

Lovely pic, Karen. Looks a pretty variety too. Hope you have a good crop this year.

Pretty gorgeous this one. I love Rosemary and Lavender. I’ve a few Rosemary in bloom on the bund, they seem to do well there.

There was Kate. They do very well at school holidays.

:)

Thanks Shirley. I have never seen as many flowers on Rosemary. I kept them pretty dry all
winter and that seems to have worked.

Thank you Shirley. Happy Easter x

Hi Kate you've hit the nail on the head..Adam was so good last week..I felt I learnt so much.

Good plan!

Happy Easter Kate. Love the Pasque flowers!

Thanks Shirley but don't expect it to be this year. I may decide to move it into a pot.

Thanks Shirley and Grandad gardener. As my raised beds are in a part of the garden where birds don't go Grandad G, I think I will have to use nematodes.

Ditto for vine weevil grubs. If it's a large area, you may find nematodes an expensive option.

Can you try to encourage birds & beetles to get them?

Thanks kindly, Sue, hope you are keeping well?
We’re getting there at work, still lots of things to catch up on, assessments and new patients..not enough hours in the day.
We think we’ll be back to our norm by end of June 🙏
Hope your Easter weekend is nice with your family, you’ve had a difficult time in the past year or more xx

Thank you, Jane. Busy times!! Hope you’re doing ok 😊x

Gorgeous pic!!! I can only imagine the fragrance and the bees buzzing! Idyllic.

A wow from me too! I’ve a few here but they are very slow to spread.
This one looks gorgeous!

Shirley, I’ve been thinking of you this past fortnight after our PM.
(Work’s been chaotically busy, apologies.)
I hope you’ve been feeling a little better, it must’ve been frightening for you and all the family. Hoping you’ve had your checkups the other day and all is ok and the meds are helping?
I’m happy you felt looked after and supported by the NHS, sometimes it’s not always a positive experience.
Your Spring garden is looking lovely, your Photinia is looking great, all that lovely lush colour. Your acers are attractive, especially the one with the peachy new colour. I’ll enjoy your hostas again this year, ours are gone now, after struggling for years. That hellebore is so pretty, love the colour and shape. All in all, your garden is springing into life! Lots of pretty blooms and healthy new greenery.
Have a lovely Easter! Take care and get plenty of rest. Michael is a star! x

I shall cut it back at the end of may/June time.

Looks a lovely day out, Karen. Pleased you managed to take some pretty pics. Good to hear they had plenty of activities for children at Easter time too! Something for everyone to enjoy.

Thanks Balcony. The bees like it.

Very pretty, Sheila. It’s a favourite of mine, which I’d some space to plant one. I do like it in leaf too.

Looks healthy too, Julia! Gorgeous view also 😊

I was baffled watching GW and this was his plan. I love cats and dogs, having a border collie growing up and now a cat..but, this was definitely not one for me. I’ve grown more and more disinterested in Monty and his ideas and advice. I don’t like his garden and Adam Frost was brill the week before, presenting.

My dad had a Daphne in the San Francisco Bay Area many years ago. It was extremely fragrant.

My backyard yard is overwhelmingly fragrant right now. There’s many Angels Trumpets, Gardenias and Capulin cherry (or evergreen tropical cherry) flowers.

Klahanie,

Happy Easter 🐣!

I think there’s three or four types of hummingbirds that are native. They live here year round and in middle January they collect the lint from the dryer vents around here. It’s fun to watch.

This is a very rare plant from Huila, Columbia. It just started flowering a few days ago.

As a rule I don’t collect volcanic plants. 😂 Most probably wouldn’t do well here.

I know it taste very similar to a mangosteen. However, I’ve never tasted one.

This tree is my experiment (just like my mangosteen tree). I know people grow them in San Diego, but it’s a pretty rare tree here. It’s very tropical with extremely high water demands to grow well.

I really struggled to split mine using two forks back to back yesterday - it was such a dry clump! Luckily my friend managed to help (much stronger than me!) 🙂.

Wonderful.

David, I don't think there was a single sport I enjoyed at school!

Thanks Julia,

Rose, this has always been in a pot, now it has moved up to a bigger one with Ericaceous soil and is doing well.
I hope yours has some buds before too long.