Took a few cuttings from a friend’s scented pelargoniums and they seem to have taken 
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A bit too hot outside, so I've cut some flowers and brought them in.
The last of my lovely rose, the first of the sweet peas and some unusual orangy brown speckled Lilies.
That sounds a nice day out Wwmk2 I haven't been to a garden centre since they've re opened. Just bought a few plants from the supermarkets, Aldi and Lidl to be exact.
I noticed Waitrose had quite a number of plants for sale the last time I was there.
Well, you can have some of my Golden m. cuttings if they take
I really wanted a certain Thyme so I sent away for it in lockdown. They were quite healthy when the arrived, but went down hill quickly.
I didn't plant out straight away, but they still suffered.
I think you will be able to find better quality plants on sale now.
Happy shopping.
My Goodness WWmk2 the young 'un's aren't fairing very well are they? I hope GN hasn't jinxed them?!
Tis hot, too hot to do much. I should have got up earlier, and gone out to the garden when it was cooler. Had a cuppa and went back to sleep 
Grass needs cutting, well thatching first as it's now full of dead bits.
Lots of tiding up to do first though, and I don't mean the garden.
A paint tin fell over in the shed so everything has been pulled out to sort out the mess.
It's all over the lawn. It's been rained on a few times and now has to stay a bit longer to dry off.
Rusty old tools, broken stuff. You name it whatever has been shoved into the shed over the years, is now gracing our lawn!
The spilt paint started with looking for a misplaced screwdriver. H still cant find it 
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Mid summer has come and gone, and the garden is still a 'work in progress'!
I've taken a few cuttings of this Golden Marjoram.
Planted out BLizzies. I think they've recovered quite well, considering they were bashed to oblivion in the heavy storms a week or so back.
Happy gardening everyone!
Oh Dear! ... How are the parents behaving? Noisy, fluttering around searching for him?
Blackbird didnt look old enough to fledge did he?
I bet something got at it in the night!
Yesterday I saw a Sparrow Hawk catch one of the Blue tits as it left the feeding station 
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She (because I believe the females catch most of the prey for their young) visits our garden every spring/summer for that reason I think.
Red in tooth and claw, but I cant help but find the Sparrow Hawk swooping down at speed quite thrilling.
The other day two seagulls landed on the car roof, fighting over something as I sat inside. The noise they made scared the life out of me until I realised what it was.
Martigon/Turks head Lily, which is a beautiful shade of dusky pink. I cant remember it's name though.
It would be so lovely to follow everyone's chicks progressing. Sadly, Namsnanny, our baby blackbird seems to have disappeared 
A house opposite us has seagulls nesting On their chimney and the noise is deafening!
Wwmk2 … Lisagran has started a thread about her Blackbirds, why don't you get a photo of your seagull chicks and add to it?
It would be so lovely to follow everyone's chicks progressing.
Two Thyme plants! A bit small aren't they? But they seem to be picking up a little so..
Lilies just coming out here
That's a beautiful shot of your garden gillybob! So well laid out, and the plants do look very healthy and at home.
Such a lot of colour too.
Lovely!
Thanks for letting us enjoy it with you
The blue of the Hydrangea is so strong isn't it? A real eye catcher!
Wwmk2 … I'm wondering if the heavy storms will knock the beetles off, and save me a job?
But I'm sure they will just climb back up the stems the next day. The grubs are on the underside of the leaves (as I'm sure you know!) so they will be snug away from the storms.
And this weather will bring out all the slugs and snails, but I'm not going out in it to collect them up. Too wet for me!
Oh right, I see now gillybob … there is quite a difference isn't there?
I don't know if the RHS website might give more info that could help?
Living by the coast is lovely, but it can be hard on the plants some years I agree.
Grandmafrench …. Oooo now your really making me jealous 
Thank you GrandmaFrench . The leaves are not falling which is a good sign I suppose . Might be that’s its just much colder and damper than usual for the time of year
Lemongrove, looking at the photos of other peoples plants is very cheery I agree.
I'm using them as a aide-memoire for next year. Whether to grow myself or buy in.
Thank goodness Lemongrove! Remember all that rain we had in February? You'd think that would have made a difference, even with all the sun we've had.
Us too, on and off rain for a few days, and a downpour today.
Just in time to plump up the fruit
Glad you kept busy.
gillybob … Well I know very little about them apart from they need acid soil, which I'm sure you knew.
Maybe they think it's autumn and that's why the leaves are turning colour? Especially if as you say the weather has been cold where you are.
To be honest the pink one looks really quite good. If I didn't know that Hydrangeas have mop head flowers I would think it was very handsome!
As it's in a pot do you think that all the rain you've had has washed the nutrients out of the soil?
Maybe give it a seaweed feed because something in seaweed is good for plants under stress.
Might buck it up for the rest of the summer?
I always feel 'self satisfied' when I give the plants a seaweed feed [hmm}!
As if I'm giving them a treat .
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