14/10/2026
Well a very sunny day today!! 🌞
I am visiting the lovely Steve and Alex to do my fortnightly visit in the gardens
A general clean up and maintenance of plants, snipping/deadheading, w**ding, grass cut and edges, bulb planting also and light hedge trim at the front.
The evergreen rose has just kept on giving this year! It’s flowered superbly multiple times this year.
All the roses have been doing well this year…..salvias planted are another thing that has been thriving, Gaura and some dahlias also doing very well…..an issue with 2 dahlias that I tried in the right border but it was a chance given how shady that border can get….tubers are fine so I cut them down and encourage new growth……I will be cutting all dahlias back after the first frost and we can either pot and keep inside or try mount of mulch and pot over it to deal with the winter…..with rodents straw will not be used to do this as that would be a 5 star hotel for mice/voles who in kind nibble the dahlia…mesh over them would be a consideration if leaving in borders.
The rhododendron and hydrangea that were struggling from the summer heat and lack of water feeding have come back to life and shooting lovely green leaves since giving them both some tlc.
Lemon trees in pot looking really good since helping revive them from number of issues….be time to go back in the greenhouse now.
Hardy fuchsia’s in the front garden have been doing grand too! And I love what they did in the ivy!!!! 👀…… 😂 getting into the Halloween spirit!
The grass with a hose pipe ban is not worth looking into yet….we can wait til next year, the moss that’s died in the lawn will come back so we can look at options if anything at all later on when hose pipes for regular watering is allowed.
Thank you to Steve and Alex for their continued support and custom
Will see them again in a fortnight!
Happy gardening all! 🌺 🌹 🌼 ❤️