Near the bottom of the garden part 2

Beautiful plants there, Bjs. You certainly have a lot of colour in your garden. Your dad's rhododendron is just spectacular and the flower on it is very unusual, surely?

the viburnam and the aquilegea are lovely, as are all your plants. that rose bud rhodedendron is really quite different isnt it ~ i love its neat little flowers.
im quite certain you must have green fingers brian

Sticki, more often black!

always busy then!!!

Magnificent photo's Brian especially your dads Rhodi'.
Sending you a PM.

Love the snowballs, and that rosebud rhodi is something else ! Wow, lovely. Can't grow rhodi's in my soil mores the pity.

Rosebud is just lovely

Great photos bjs, your Rhodendendron 'Rosebud' is lovely and unusual and the snowballs are lovely.

Brian, you have so beautiful garden and it really seems it was planted many years ago, without drastic changes so typical for different owners.....I love that rhododendron Rose Bud. Really great. Do you fertlize it? If yes, how often during a year, please?

Katarina
Rarely do anything to it other than top dress occasionally.

Cinders,You dont need to put them in the garden the one my dad had was in a pot for10/15 years with no problem other than watering it.the one you see in my garden is a cutting from his,I used find cuttings from it quite easy but back then our summers were not as hot ,they have to be taken as soon as there is new growth a couple of inches long,might be tempted to give it another try.
OJ, they used to be quite plentiful not sure about now

What does it mean "top dress"?

Katarina Add to the soil level.(mulch) which in this case it is leaf mould from autumn leaves collected in the garden.
As for what you see, changing,it has changed completely none of what you see was there when I bought the house 52 years ago An example the Chestnut tree that shows in some pic was planted in 1968 and is now well over 60 ft high and every Rhododendron I have planted over the last 40 years.So for me it is a lifetimes garden.
B

Lovely plants and flowers

Brian, so those rhododendrons are almost as old, as me :) I thought they are growing faster.
Anyway, you have the most wonderful private garden as I ever saw. Everything is so healthy there and full of life.

Brian ( O Wise One ) My friend has two rhodi's in pots and this is the second year that despite watering frequently they never flower, just sit there looking sad and leaves all droopy ! ( no wise cracks please ) LOL !

Val (O Wise One Says)
Is this someone local to you in Bristol.A picture or seeing them may help,people do all sorts to try and kill them in pots.

Next door neighbour Brian !

Val Ok will call in when it stops raining,will phone first.