I shall do one tomorrow and let you see, Lisa. Those ones at Waterperry were not very big plants so they would not chop them yet. Fruitcake, i live in Brentry, near Cribbs Causeway.
Ho Marion I wish I was in them Gardens, your photos are lovely, you sound like you had a lovely time, I got back to work and the sun decided to come out after a grey weekend Typical!, are you busy tomorrow Marion?
Here, specially for Lisa is the record of one of my sedum
s having the Chelsea chop. The first picture is the plant as it was this morning. The second after I took off a third of the plant from the front. I cut right down to the ground and tried to make it look as if it had always been like that ( taught to do that at the Bot. garden ). The third picture is what I cut off. I shall post a picture when the flower buds are open for the butterflies and later when the secondary new growth gets its flowers.
Some more of the sculptures. The chappie made from three types of marble was astride a motorbike, fully clothed in marble. His bike was sandstone. There was a curator from the natural History Museum at oxford there to tell us all about the rocks and fossils we were looking at.
Hi Marion, just been showing my hubby your lovely pictures his favourite one was the circular view with the flowers and fields in the distance, did you have lessons in photography ? Your pictures are so professional and you've put a lot of thought into them, your a credit to us all, you've got the Sam sedum as me Marion, do you have to trim them down every so often?
Good morning, lovely sunrise, heavy dew, cool air and sharing the garden under the watchful eye of the resident blackbird as I replenish the bird feeders and water dishes. Quiet for the moment, the sparrows haven't woken yet they seem to wait until the sun is just coming over the fence then it's a free for all!
From around the garden:
This David Austin rose, Brother Cadfel taken after an early shower of rain.
Thank goodness the rain didn't cause the petals to 'brown off' causing the flower to rot, which usually happens with this rose.
Lovely picture BizzieB and so early in the morning! Flumpy I , I went to an improvers course at Bristol University which was very helpful for my photography. I loved that view of the valley through the circular sculpture. I cut my sedums down by about a third or half when the flowers buds first appear, usually just after Chelsea so that get a later crop of flowers too. That way the garden looks good for longer and the butterflies have their mealtime stretched to an extra few weeks. It is good for the overwintering oneslike peacocks and red admirals. I had the preview of the article on Mr. Fothergill's Nation of Gardeners project yesterday and it is so good with lots of photos.
My what a scorcher of a day to work in. i gave in just in time to see Heather Watson play her best game of tennis yet. The rest of the watering will be done in the cool of the evening. i do like long light evenings. My little peppers are noticeably bigger now and I have a good crop of cucamelons. Masses pf tomatoes too. I am enjoying eating my Charlotte potatoes from the trials for Mr. Fothergills and the sweetheart strawberries.
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I shall do one tomorrow and let you see, Lisa. Those ones at Waterperry were not very big plants so they would not chop them yet. Fruitcake, i live in Brentry, near Cribbs Causeway.
Ho Marion I wish I was in them Gardens, your photos are lovely, you sound like you had a lovely time, I got back to work and the sun decided to come out after a grey weekend
Typical!, are you busy tomorrow Marion? 
Here, specially for Lisa is the record of one of my sedum
s having the Chelsea chop. The first picture is the plant as it was this morning. The second after I took off a third of the plant from the front. I cut right down to the ground and tried to make it look as if it had always been like that ( taught to do that at the Bot. garden ). The third picture is what I cut off. I shall post a picture when the flower buds are open for the butterflies and later when the secondary new growth gets its flowers.
Some pictures from my visit to Asthall Manor last Sunday where the roses were a knockout and the views through some of the sculptures breathtaking.
Some more of the sculptures. The chappie made from three types of marble was astride a motorbike, fully clothed in marble. His bike was sandstone. There was a curator from the natural History Museum at oxford there to tell us all about the rocks and fossils we were looking at.
Hi Marion, just been showing my hubby your lovely pictures his favourite one was the circular view with the flowers and fields in the distance, did you have lessons in photography ? Your pictures are so professional and you've put a lot of thought into them, your a credit to us all, you've got the Sam sedum as me Marion, do you have to trim them down every so often?
Good morning, lovely sunrise, heavy dew, cool air and sharing the garden under the watchful eye of the resident blackbird as I replenish the bird feeders and water dishes. Quiet for the moment, the sparrows haven't woken yet they seem to wait until the sun is just coming over the fence then it's a free for all!
From around the garden:
This David Austin rose, Brother Cadfel taken after an early shower of rain.
Thank goodness the rain didn't cause the petals to 'brown off' causing the flower to rot, which usually happens with this rose.
Lovely picture BizzieB and so early in the morning! Flumpy I , I went to an improvers course at Bristol University which was very helpful for my photography. I loved that view of the valley through the circular sculpture. I cut my sedums down by about a third or half when the flowers buds first appear, usually just after Chelsea so that get a later crop of flowers too. That way the garden looks good for longer and the butterflies have their mealtime stretched to an extra few weeks. It is good for the overwintering oneslike peacocks and red admirals. I had the preview of the article on Mr. Fothergill's Nation of Gardeners project yesterday and it is so good with lots of photos.
My what a scorcher of a day to work in. i gave in just in time to see Heather Watson play her best game of tennis yet. The rest of the watering will be done in the cool of the evening. i do like long light evenings. My little peppers are noticeably bigger now and I have a good crop of cucamelons. Masses pf tomatoes too. I am enjoying eating my Charlotte potatoes from the trials for Mr. Fothergills and the sweetheart strawberries.