Wintersong

May In Your Garden

Oh do get well soon Inkadog!

*Sends chicken soup!*

May In Your Garden

*hugs Kate*

P.S we've had an afternoon of sunshine. Good stuff when you can get it

Oh and I bought 3 x 1Lt ferns @ £2.98 each from Wilkinsons. Their roots are already bursting out the pots and raring to go! Super cool green foliage with red veining will cheer up my shady corner lovely.

Chelsea Chop

To chop, or not to chop? That is the question.

I only heard about this for the first time last year and whilst taking advice on what plants to chop back, I had mixed results.Can you lovely people tell me which plants you will behead this year, and those you leave alone and perhaps the reasons why, if any

May In Your Garden

Aye figrat, we are on the same page  I have two L. nitida in my garden so this plant was familiar.

May In Your Garden

Oh I just googled, there is a variegated one called Silver Beauty (or various others) if that's any help.

May In Your Garden

I think she meant Lonicera pileata (privet honeysuckle).

It does look like that but it should be flowering now

WILDLIFE PICTURES

Good work everyone! I feel honoured to have wildlife in my garden and to enjoy your  incredible shots from your gardens

May In Your Garden

Took a turn around the garden this morning and am very pleased to finally see things growing or blooming now.

No jobs to do that can't wait though, my runner beans and other tender climbers are warm and snug inside my dining room after a recent cold blast curled their leaves. They will probably stay there for at least the rest of the month as I don't trust the British summer this year. They are waving at the broad beans and hardy annuals busy hardening off on the patio (probably with a smile on their faces).

Couple of investment plants still need potting on but I've run out of compost, no biggy

Garden Gallery

Impressive as always

Talkback: Final preparations for Chelsea

Best of luck!

Before and After

June in Your Garden!

Chelsea!

Chelsea Chop

What's it like in your garden?

Ooh ooh so excited!

Talkback: Informal planting

Why Miss Bateman?

Phormium newbie