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Essex innit

Yes, hundreds of the little blighters have been crammed into my casement windows all winter. Every time I tried to open one of them I would be showered with dozens of them.

That variety does very well here and I have a few self seeded ones pop up every year, even though I never bought one to begin with. The only downside is they never self seed where I would like them so most come out for the local plant sale.

I've seen this on mine from time to time, you can usually trace back down the stems to live wood, and prune back to below it. Never known the cause but possibly fungal. Could be frost damage I suppose.

As far as Trafalgar Square goes it annoys me that those public figures using the media to express their 'outrage ' never actually go there unless there is a photo op. We go down there quite often at night (usually late) when the weather is warm and there are often youngsters playing music,...

My local garden centre ALWAYS has them at 50% of RRP. One might almost suspect it's a con!

Thank you everyone. That seems to be unanimous! Looks an attractive flower and plant so I'll leave it alone.

Merlot tulips. I intended for them to bloom alongside the Orange Emperor tulips , but they didn't quite coincide, except for the first Merlot tulip. At least they did coincide with the start of the bloom of the Convolvulus cneorum, and they really complement them beautifully with their veins in...

@Tidemark Your "suggestion" of Morecambe and Wise for the dancing statues is excellent. Very apt in fact as one of their TV shows pictured M and W in bed together. "in bed together" describes T and E rather well Alledgedly of course