Up Front n personal

looking really good STT, love the water lily :-)

that has to be a whole large garden's worth of plants all across the trellis, arch and walls.

an impressive welcome to your front door!!! love the acer best and then the lily

but i also like those lovely geraniums and all that texture and light

so many plants ~ you need a poster size photo for these!!!

Thanks folks, good idea I think to just record how its looking during its best month : )

i agree!! and then compare with another year? changes in plants and weather!

btw im very envious of those blueberries ~ i have enough on two bushes to fill an egg cup ~ what am i doing wrong ~ what else do they need?

that last picture is absolutely beautiful

Somehow, you have managed to get across the sheer joy that your garden brings you. It is really special and the water lily is a delight.
Thanks for this.

That Acer is a fab colour Stevie, I love plants that have copperie shaded leaves, just beautiful.

A lovely blog, into my Favourites for the winter months to enjoy again. Thank you.

Fab blog Stevie! all looking great :)

Wow, looks like a jungle, everything has grown so much. Lovely place you have Stevie. Jx

Thanks folks : )

Lovely! Room for everything and everything in its place!

It all looks fabulous Stevie...

Looks like you were observing your front garden for the whole day, Stevie, lol. Of course, it is a master´s work - I like the arch and acer, too :) I did not understand one word, nor vocabulary at hand helped me. What does it mean "piilu"?
:))

Thank you folks and Katarina, yes the spelling 2x 'i's foxed me at firat two, its the piilu clematis, was great last year and just as good this, but with bigger flowers.

If you go back a bit more pics are here

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/250807-piilu-in-hiding/member/stevietheterrible

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/248034-piilu-from-above/member/stevietheterrible

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/247854-even-more-piilu-v2-2/member/stevietheterrible

I understand now :)) Thank you.
Still - foxed me at firat two? Sounds like incantation :))

keyboard lol

This is the final comment/Q (I promise to all who have impression I have had monopol on comments): do you have any idea what is the sort of blueberries you have? Or do you fertilise it frequently? I tried to grow blueberries for several times, unsuccessfully. I did all what was recommended, but they didn´t thrive. Any advice?

Comment all you want Katarina, friends and nice people always welcome : )
Not sure which one it is Kat but its always performed well and given loads of blueberries. I repotted it when it got larger but have left it since but its done well. So sorry dont have much advice other than this is a sunny warm spot for it and keep it watered regularly, maybe grow them quite big in a pot before putting them out. I think they are supposed to like ericatious soil but this had quite rich soil to start with

i have two blueberry plants, cos i was told they would fertilise each other better that way, they said slightly acidic soil. i have quite a few berries on mine [not as many as stevie by the looks of it though] mine are not in a very sunny place.

Do you have single bush or two? I read also that they must be always two in order to get crops. But never had any, in spite of I had three :))

i have two separate bushes in tubs. they are now about 50 - 60 cm tall, i have had one of them for two years but the other i only got last year.

I gave that questions to Steve, as he is the one who has the crops, while we do not have :)) I never grow it in the tube, but perhaps it is a good idea.

oh sorry

by tubs i mean pots.

I know what you meant, it was MY bad expression, LOL.