Blimey Marion, 72 gazanias! I'm new to gazanias and was very lucky to be gifted some by a local shop who had too many to store. They are an orange colour - don't know the name - but I'm told they're tough as old boots, which they will need to be in this garden. Have you been given a lot of assorted colours? What fun!
Here in Edinburgh we were on the look-out for nasty showers yesterday having been weather warned the skies would open around 2pm. I dashed out around 1pm to pot-on petunias (fabulous red colour) which I had had hardening off outside and determined to get them under plastic covers before the onslaught. Managed to sow repeat Sarah Raven California poppies in pots (no room in the garden) and second sowings of things like cornflower, nigella, Emilia 'Irish Poet' - which I'm now having to restrict to biggish pots to fill spaces in the beds which are full now but will have big gaps when the aquilegias and so forth are completely done.
Sure enough, just I had done the last lot of potting-on - down came the rain and that was it for the rest of the day.
First session over and in for coffee. I picked a bowl of strawberries, repotted four pepper plants, planted 15 sweet peas up their wigwam, side shooted (shot?) tied up to their bamboo poles, fed and watered 14 of Mr. Fothergill 's 56 tomato plants, planted two more shrubs and a nice Helenium in my new Jubilee border, weeded another couple of yards of the limestone path, If I do as much in each of the following three sessions today I will be very pleased. The Lysimachias (nummularia and punctata and one I had given me at the BOT Garden which has lost its label are all in flower and the Lychnis coronaria, chalcydonica are nearly there. Eupatorium and Lithrum doing well too. My spring planted Sweetheart strawberries from Mr. Fothergill have beaten their Berryquick plants to ripe strawberry. I did feel for all you Scottish gardeners yesterday,yarrow2. We were very lucky in Bristol. flumpy 1 I do not feel like taking photographs right now after the 2 and a half hour session being a model for the professional photographer on Thursday! We'll see how much energy is left. I am taking a FB friend from Cheltenham round the Bot. garden next Thursday so you may have some stunning pics from there.
Chased in by a shower of rain and rumble of thunder at 3o'clock but getting weary anyway so will read my new book from Mottisfont second hand bookshop.
Pleased that you liked my photo Marion. I couldn't work out what the orange colour was then realised it was the sun shining through new shoots on the rose shrub. The bee kept moving around so I'm surprised it turned out so well.
Excuse me if I have a quick word with Flumpy1- it's possible that the photos need cropping and saving before being uploaded. Found info by Salino and Birdy13 on a thread 'Photo test thread only...' excellent explanations. Hope that helps.
Enjoyed your photos very much Marion, the colours are vibrant.
Sun's shining again so will have an hour outside before it rains again.
Glad you escaped the worst of the weather yesterday Marion. You really are an inspiration. No wonder you run out of compost so often with all the planting and potting up you do
Hi Marion thanks so much for your lovely photo's, you didn't have to if you was tired, flipping eck! 54 tomato plants well done Marion, i wish I lived near you, I would love to see your garden, I got my lawn cut just in time then the heavens opened up on me and thunder I don't like thunder, half an hour later the sun was back out, checked on my curly kale seeds and to my surprise , they where an inch tall , also went to the cemetery to pay my respects to my friend who sadly passed away this time last year, her favourite flowers where daffodils, so the nearest I could get at this time of year where a lovely big bunch of yellow chrisanthanums, hope the weathers nice for you tomorrow Marion
Wet again this morning in Bristol but forecast to clear up by noon so will tackle the tomato plants for the Mr. Fothergill trials in the conservatory. They have big trusses of fruit on and should be safe from blight in there. I am keen to see the new one, Orange Slice which is not on the market yet when ripe. Pink Charmer and Black Opal sound interesting too.
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Blimey Marion, 72 gazanias! I'm new to gazanias and was very lucky to be gifted some by a local shop who had too many to store. They are an orange colour - don't know the name - but I'm told they're tough as old boots, which they will need to be in this garden. Have you been given a lot of assorted colours? What fun!
Here in Edinburgh we were on the look-out for nasty showers yesterday having been weather warned the skies would open around 2pm. I dashed out around 1pm to pot-on petunias (fabulous red colour) which I had had hardening off outside and determined to get them under plastic covers before the onslaught. Managed to sow repeat Sarah Raven California poppies in pots (no room in the garden) and second sowings of things like cornflower, nigella, Emilia 'Irish Poet' - which I'm now having to restrict to biggish pots to fill spaces in the beds which are full now but will have big gaps when the aquilegias and so forth are completely done.
Sure enough, just I had done the last lot of potting-on - down came the rain and that was it for the rest of the day.
First session over and in for coffee. I picked a bowl of strawberries, repotted four pepper plants, planted 15 sweet peas up their wigwam, side shooted (shot?) tied up to their bamboo poles, fed and watered 14 of Mr. Fothergill 's 56 tomato plants, planted two more shrubs and a nice Helenium in my new Jubilee border, weeded another couple of yards of the limestone path, If I do as much in each of the following three sessions today I will be very pleased. The Lysimachias (nummularia and punctata and one I had given me at the BOT Garden which has lost its label are all in flower and the Lychnis coronaria, chalcydonica are nearly there. Eupatorium and Lithrum doing well too. My spring planted Sweetheart strawberries from Mr. Fothergill have beaten their Berryquick plants to ripe strawberry. I did feel for all you Scottish gardeners yesterday,yarrow2. We were very lucky in Bristol. flumpy 1 I do not feel like taking photographs right now after the 2 and a half hour session being a model for the professional photographer on Thursday! We'll see how much energy is left. I am taking a FB friend from Cheltenham round the Bot. garden next Thursday so you may have some stunning pics from there.
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gave in and took the camera. another 14 tomatoes seen to before lunch and more of the sweet peas.
Chased in by a shower of rain and rumble of thunder at 3o'clock but getting weary anyway so will read my new book from Mottisfont second hand bookshop.
Pleased that you liked my photo Marion. I couldn't work out what the orange colour was then realised it was the sun shining through new shoots on the rose shrub. The bee kept moving around so I'm surprised it turned out so well.
Excuse me if I have a quick word with Flumpy1- it's possible that the photos need cropping and saving before being uploaded. Found info by Salino and Birdy13 on a thread 'Photo test thread only...' excellent explanations. Hope that helps.
Enjoyed your photos very much Marion, the colours are vibrant.
Sun's shining again so will have an hour outside before it rains again.
Glad you escaped the worst of the weather yesterday Marion. You really are an inspiration. No wonder you run out of compost so often with all the planting and potting up you do
Hi Marion thanks so much for your lovely photo's, you didn't have to if you was tired, flipping eck! 54 tomato plants well done Marion, i wish I lived near you, I would love to see your garden, I got my lawn cut just in time then the heavens opened up on me and thunder
I don't like thunder, half an hour later the sun was back out, checked on my curly kale seeds and to my surprise , they where an inch tall 
, also went to the cemetery to pay my respects to my friend who sadly passed away this time last year, her favourite flowers where daffodils, so the nearest I could get at this time of year where a lovely big bunch of yellow chrisanthanums, hope the weathers nice for you tomorrow Marion 
Wet again this morning in Bristol but forecast to clear up by noon so will tackle the tomato plants for the Mr. Fothergill trials in the conservatory. They have big trusses of fruit on and should be safe from blight in there. I am keen to see the new one, Orange Slice which is not on the market yet when ripe. Pink Charmer and Black Opal sound interesting too.
Just got home and it's sunshine, so I thought I would take some photo's
I just love all the bright colours they make me smile