Not too bedadraggled up the garden so deadheaded roses and rescued ripe plums and apples from the birds and took some pictures. Lots of more rosebuds have appeared and the hibiscus bushes are covered in buds so look promising.
Lovely Marion. I always liked the cotoneaster horizontalis and it looks really good on the white background . I'm also keen on the lemon coloured Nasturtium. They are all looking very pretty and fresh - obviously happy to have had lots of rain.
Yes, Pat,I think I was the only one looking bedraggled up there this morning. Expecting the rain any minute as it has got black as night now so came in so I did not have to run!
Thanks , I will give dahlias a feed , have been dead heading but not see to tell difference between live and spent flower heads , particularly as I am not there every day , the bees love them
GW buds are round, dead ones are pointed.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Garden soaking wet and small duck pond this morning so water table is high and we have had heavy rain through the night which i slept through without noticing. We have a yellow warning of flooding issues till 5pm so more heavy rain forecast. More athletics watching for me today then. Some of the tomato plants could come out of the conservatory as they have finished fruiting but not in the rain. I will bide my time with that as the pelargoniums etc will be fine outside for a month or so. Just gone black as night so looks like rain will arrive very soon.
Weather has been dry sunny and fine so far so was happy to see my new bulbs for next spring arrive and my sales bargain shasta daisy KE Killin which has huge flowers. See picture.
Hi Marion, I see you've been busy with the camer Lovely pictures, I can see the chrysanthemums are starting to open, i had a close look at mine and they are just getting buds now, loving the daisy picture.
my eyes are stinging as I'm writing because I'm so tired , glad your feeling back to normal now, let's hope the weather is better for you tomorrow .
Hello , Happymarion , another query with Dalias if you can help , a lot of the flowers arn't opening the ends are going rotten , I have assumed it is the weather ? Wondered if you agree , see picture
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Not too bedadraggled up the garden so deadheaded roses and rescued ripe plums and apples from the birds and took some pictures. Lots of more rosebuds have appeared and the hibiscus bushes are covered in buds so look promising.
Lovely Marion. I always liked the cotoneaster horizontalis and it looks really good on the white background . I'm also keen on the lemon coloured Nasturtium. They are all looking very pretty and fresh - obviously happy to have had lots of rain.
Yes, Pat,I think I was the only one looking bedraggled up there this morning. Expecting the rain any minute as it has got black as night now so came in so I did not have to run!
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GW buds are round, dead ones are pointed.
Lyn , thanks for the info , that fits with my observation
Garden soaking wet and small duck pond this morning so water table is high and we have had heavy rain through the night which i slept through without noticing. We have a yellow warning of flooding issues till 5pm so more heavy rain forecast. More athletics watching for me today then. Some of the tomato plants could come out of the conservatory as they have finished fruiting but not in the rain. I will bide my time with that as the pelargoniums etc will be fine outside for a month or so. Just gone black as night so looks like rain will arrive very soon.
Suddenly the sun came out so I rushed into the garden, emptied the standing water from pots and put my chrysanthemums back out in the sunshine.
Weather has been dry sunny and fine so far so was happy to see my new bulbs for next spring arrive and my sales bargain shasta daisy KE Killin which has huge flowers. See picture.
Hi Marion, I see you've been busy with the camer
Lovely pictures, I can see the chrysanthemums are starting to open, i had a close look at mine and they are just getting buds now, loving the daisy picture.
my eyes are stinging as I'm writing because I'm so tired
, glad your feeling back to normal now, let's hope the weather is better for you tomorrow 
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Hello , Happymarion , another query with Dalias if you can help , a lot of the flowers arn't opening the ends are going rotten , I have assumed it is the weather ? Wondered if you agree , see picture