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Some more Camellia photos.

Hello @JennyJBThanks for the Reply and the Advice, much appreciated.Kevin

Saves a lot of time just reading the fact checking on anything Trump says. Evidently none of his Maga supporters actually do that, just take his word for it. It would be laughable if it wasn’t such a tragedy.

Any recommendations for a good quality compost for growing vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers? Last year was a disaster and the compost I purchased was infested with fungus gnats.

Admittedly, it looks sad but since Hidcote pruned down just finger hight in September and all lavender had new grow in April, I would give it a try. Hidcote experimented with that in 2022/2023 to see if the old rule is true that lavender doesn’t live longer than 3 to 4 years. They were right...

I only grow mine in pots and find they do better when south facing. Been in the GH for some time now in order to avoid our incessant rain.

If you want something unusual try Ugni. They are related to blueberries but the fruit ripen much later and have a fragrant taste - we liked them, more for snacking on than pies I suspect. I bought the variegated one and have it in my front garden. I think it would be OK in a pot.

Oops! Sorry @cactus-girl I repeated what you said. We must watch the same programmes.

My oldest wheelbarrow may have fitted your criteria as it had a few holes but they were from rust. There was one drawback with it. The wheel that was on it rusted off last year . It went into the skip with the old greenhouse that was falling down.The greenhouse was only 50 years old and the...

Me too! Lots of early colour there, We do have daffodils, but currently the naturalised ones near here are sitting in puddles of rain water, so I hope the bulbs don't rot off in the ground.

@Perki I bought that Acer in 2020 out of naivety that red leaves look nice. Reality was that in the first spring, it lost all its leaves to leave scorch. I took it out of the ground and put it into a barrel pot for 2 years to have it in a shade corner. It had a poor life because a tree in a pot...

They arrived today, the rootstocks have rather poor root systems so i potted them up instead of planting them out. Give them summer and see if the grafts take.Good lord it was exhausting grafting them all. I decided to graft the scion then do 2 bud Grafts in the hope at least one of them...

How lovely to have been able to tame your robin, @ArmyAirForce ! Less lovely to find you have a rat... but very common, of course. We can't put bird food on the ground here because we're surrounded by farms and therefore rats.Your spring garden is looking very pretty.