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Deutzia - should it stay or should it go now

I would say the Elder would be better for wildlife, especially birds.. I love Philadelphus for their perfume but I haven't noticed much Bee activity on mine, might be because it has a lot of competition in my garden from other plants.

July in the garden!!

A lovely wildlife haven you have there, HyppyByker. My kind of garden!!

Coverage of Hampton Court Flower Show

Couldn't agree more with your sentiments. It was ten years ago a friend raised the awareness of gardening for wildlife and since then my garden has been transformed which now includes a mini-meadow. I will repeat again though, the RHS has only recently in the last couple of years got on board and are now sending out the message of how important gardens are for wildlife and what plants to choose to create a wildlife haven.

July in the garden!!

Beautiful pictures everyone. The Meadowsweet is now blooming and smelling gorgeous in my garden. I think it would be perfect in a Summer wedding bouquet.

Isn't a thankyou in order?

I don't actually get annoyed when someone asks a question and doesn't bother to return to the forum to at least say thank you.  But it would be nice to have some feedback from the questioner as to what they thought of the advice given and if it was helpful to them.

Coverage of Hampton Court Flower Show

I didn't know it was going to be televised because I didn't see any trailers for it. I missed the first programme so will have to catch up on I player. I am going to record tonight's episode so I can fast forward the boring bits. I'm looking forward to the item on Bees, although I think I have reached the stage where I know just about everything there is to know about planting for wildlife.  Glad Sarah Raven was mentioned on last night's  programme, she has done great work in promoting pollinating plants and raising awareness, but I will say the RHS have been very slow to catch up and are only recently talking more about the subject.  

Talkback: Aphids and their predators

I had a similar incident here when my next door neighbour got the exterminator in to poison a bees nest in their garden. They came into our garden to die, lots of them ending up in the pond dead.  My ignorant obese neighbours failed to realise that the food they gorged themslves on came about with the help of those very bees they killed.

Beware of Parkers Bulbs. .

Parkers is a name that comes up on other forums as a not very reliable mail order company. I've had problems with them in the past and when I complained that the sickly plant I ordered would not survive, I was sent a very curt reply. The plant did die and I have never ordered from them since. I order specialist plants from other online companies (when I can't find them in garden centres) without any problems whatsoever.

Storing seeds

I've only recently started to seed sow and I always wondered whether I should leave them in the plastic bags, I always thought they should be in paper bags. Thanks for that, I will leave them where they are

Storing seeds

I've just had some seeds delivered in one of those very small sealed plastic bags. Is it ok to leave them there or should I transfer them to a paper bag?   

Viola seeds

So annoying or not!!

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Hardy Annuals

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Leucanthemum 'Broadway Lights'

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Storing seeds

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