The pic doesn’t really do the colours in it justice, but  when I look at it, it has a poignancy for me as the shape and colours of the petals remind me of the flames that nearly engulfed my cousin’s family in Tasmania the other year.Â
So dramatic.Â
And look at this!
It’s taken 3 years ... but Wow! i didn’t think it’d make it in this garden ... it was given to us as a tiny seedling by a friend living on the Cornish coast.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good morning all. The weather is settling down now and looks to be hot for a while. @tui34 the aphids are terrible here as well, so many of my plants have distorted leaves, It's a losing battle. The birds don't take any notice of them and I've only seen two Ladybirds. Thinking of you and your family today @punkdoc. Have a good day everyone Â
Hi everyone, a bit more wispy cloud here than you have Dove. We haven't heard the Thrush recently it seems to have moved away, the Blackbirds are doing their best to make up for it though. One advantage of the cold then wet spring is the Aphids are slow to get going here. The Broad beans on the plots are still clear at the moment, and they have only just started on the Roses. Thoughts with @punkdoc .Â
Folks,am asking your advice,not sure where to post,plant but not plant related. Does that make sense. I bought a plant (2 in fact, but the other one is OK) in a garden centre 10 miles away. My friend and I went there for a trip out,look at plants, coffee. Bought these 2 plants in the "indoor section",near the orchids, crotons, etc, in fact I picked a croton for the colour,then saw these other 2. Put it in a large pot in my lounge in the shade,well watered and it died. Hubby said it was obviously me! I looked it up,the pot days "houseplant",it's actually a pond or bog plant. No wonder it didn't like my lounge. Rang told them I no longer have receipt,(I shred at the end of the month,unless it's a warranty) they said they would accept a bank statement. This means a trip to the bank,pay to park, possibly have to pay for the statement. A round trip of 20 miles,I looked up 2015 sale of goods act,says if something is faulty or misplaced by selling you are entitled to refund within 30 days,I bought it on 15th may. I feel I should receive more than just the price of the plant. What do you suggest?
@Punkdoc, Hope today goes ok, thinking of you both.
Had our usual walk this morning and just finishing a coffee. Washing's on. Feels like it's going to get hot today so better get outside now and have a potter.
@chicky. Your Bournemouth trip sounds good, pleased your daughter is settling down and likes it. We have many happy memories as OH spent childhood holidays and his parents eventually retired there. Mine kept a boat at nearby Poole so I knew Bournemouth fairly well. Now of course my son and his family live there. Good photo @Dovefromabove, we get balloons going over quite a lot but I don't appreciate being woken up early in the morning when they fire the gas right overhead to get themselves over the hill we're on!
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
i didn’t think it’d make it in this garden ... it was given to us as a tiny seedling by a friend living on the Cornish coast.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thinking of you and your family today @punkdoc.
Have a good day everyone Â
Punkdoc, thinking of you and Moria. Â
Thoughts with @punkdoc .Â
Had our usual walk this morning and just finishing a coffee. Washing's on. Feels like it's going to get hot today so better get outside now and have a potter.
@chicky. Your Bournemouth trip sounds good, pleased your daughter is settling down and likes it. We have many happy memories as OH spent childhood holidays and his parents eventually retired there. Mine kept a boat at nearby Poole so I knew Bournemouth fairly well. Now of course my son and his family live there.
Good photo @Dovefromabove, we get balloons going over quite a lot but I don't appreciate being woken up early in the morning when they fire the gas right overhead to get themselves over the hill we're on!
Phew - what a scorcher. Again
I'm getting used to not working during the summer lark