What are we doing in the garden 2024

Ooooh lovely @Ladybird4 , they germinate and flower quickly too have added a photo to previous post

 

Just seen it @Bluejayway and they look fabulous! definitely going to get some of those seeds.

 

Dry for most of the day so weeding and then more weeding and a small bit of pruning.
I did see a Peacock butterfly on a dandelion and also what appeared to be a "daddy longlegs".
Also caught and executed the snail that had been raiding the tomato plants.

 

@Fat Controller I think you have got a bumper crop of plants there. I have to admit a weakness for hydrangeas and I bought several last year. They are all starting to show signs of growth now. I just LOVE this time of year. I bought a Sambucus nigra last year and the first feathery deep purple (great name for a group that! ) leaves are unfurling now.

 

Just ordered some seeds @Bluejayway

 

Oh no @Fat Controller. You have certainly had to put up with some horrid times but stay positive and carry on carrying on.

 

I’ve been on border control again this afternoon, snipping the leaves and flowers off more Spanish bluebells . There’s now just a small area left where I’m going to allow them to flower and will then swoop in again with some snips to prevent them seeding. Now I can enjoy the bulbs that I like, not intruders!

 

i have been attempting control of that thug (along with the other thug in my garden- the dreaded crocosmia) for years and they both come back fourfold every year! Grrrrr!

 

Hooray!

 

I know the bluebells will come back @Ladybird4, but may be not with the same freeloader attitude ! I did manage to eradicate the Crocosmia a couple of years ago though .

 

I do believe that there are some better behaved variants - I just inherited the hooligan! Maybe I'll look at a cherry laurel