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Pear blossom (Pyrus salicifolia)

Theres something oddly satisfying about seeing garden plants escaping from the garden and setting up their home in a stone wall (and even better when flowering). Rosemary, Berberis darwinii and Echium pininana in our town.

Manage to plant another 10 summer flower bulbs yesterday, only got 10 left now to finish from the 50 l bought on sale. l use a long wooden stake to make a hole then drop the small bulbs in, as still cant bend down as the ligement injury is down my left knee/ leg. Its amazing what gardeners will...

Started my first batch two weeks agoSunchocola Rose de Berne Grushovka Starfighter Rebel Prime Bolivian Orange Cherry Stupice Red Alert Blondkopfchen Honeymoon Piel del Melocoton Cosmonaut Volkov Nello's PlumAll rose their heads quickly apart from the Honeymoon and one of the Grushovkas...

I tell you what, @Ergates, we can join forces and start up a secondhand castor cup business on ebay. I currently have in my possession 8 wood-effect plastic ones, 8 white ones, 16 brass ones, and sundry felt attachments (circles, oblongs). I also have 8 spare castor wheels and 8 circular...

G'day, cobbers. What's a hindu?Lays iggs, dunnit, sport.

Yes it worked.

Thanks Simply stunning photography. That bark spider is ridiculous!

Yes that was him @CarolineL . He was very knowledgeable but he didn't mention Dendelions.Very interesting @NigelJ ...@On the Levels My mother said she used to make sandwiches of Dendelion leaves when she was little, much to the disgust of my grandmother !

Wow @floralies 6cm is impressive, I suppose that's why the locust of plague of ancient times were so bad. I quite like bugs which is why I asked if you had a photo. I have 4 different types of stick insects as pets. I used to have a praying mantis and some leaf insects. I use my phone to upload...

We are overcast with a breeze but 20c.

Sunny here with cloudy bits and a very strong north westerly coming in off a very cold Atlantic. Not very pleasant. I've been pottering indoors again but will do some sowing this pm i the shelter of the polytunnel.You made me laugh Possum and I have booked a 3 night stay in Carnac at the...

I brought something quite nice for my allotment area.. I has previously been looking for Gardenia 'Crown Jewel', but at the local nursery I stumbled upon a cultivar I had not heard of before; Gardenia 'Double Diamond', so I purchased it without second thought. It is fairly cold hardy but more...