Garden Snap Shots!

I think this is the correct section for asking this.  Has anyone else had a problem with their runner beans?  We grow ours in a large pot and have had a reasonable crop for most years, I’ve done the usual feeding and watering and we are lucky enough to have lots of bees, hover flies etc around the few flowers we have but nothing has appeared to set any beans!  A lot of flower came off during the high winds but we still have enough.  Is it a poor year for beans or is it just us?? 

Sorry heddlo, veg isn’t my thing, so can’t help. OH does a few things veggie, but not runner beans.

We usually have too many runner beans so I asked OH to plant less this year and they seem to have done well without the usual glut! Maybe the weather and rainfall have affected your area Heddlo? We had a good start with such a warm June.🌱

Yes we thought it maybe a weather related issue brue, we have done nothing different from previous years.  They were a different bean type though we’ve just remembered, can’t recall the name but I have the packet somewhere.  Won’t be buying them again even though they did have a RHS merit!! 

These are some of my Dahlia’s which I started off in April 

No only is my Wisteria flowering but my neighbours Magnolia is in flower 

I bought a mix of "Honka" dahlias but they haven't done too well this year. They're in pots, I lost a very nice one over winter and was hoping to see good results with the new ones but the leaves are yellowing etc. Yours look very good Hosta, a nice display!

Just a heads up that there are half price seeds in garden centres just now, got some tomato and peas this morning, dated 2025. The prices in general have shot up! 

Nice dahlias Hosta👍 Mine are doing well now, some I leave in, some I bought very cheap early this year. The chuck out Clematis Pixie I got from Harlow Carr for £3 back in April is now doing really well. It’s in its big pot now, with canes for support and is climbing well. Hoping it might flower, but if not will be nice next year. It hasn’t been nice enough to spend a lot of time in garden this week, and as soon as I get home from Mum’s, looking to try and do something, the heavens open. Weather looks shocking for this week, but garden doesn’t half look lush with all the rain.

I noticed my very young Wisteria has a couple of second flush racemes in flower🤔

Here are some recent photos of my daughters rewilded area. Much admired and commented on by passers by. The bees and butterflies are loving it.
Fascinating article here about rewilding and gardening. It seems that even the celebrity gardeners don’t understand the concept and the planning, management and maintenance needed. It’s not about forgetting about it and letting in unhelpful plants which will cause problems, quite the contrary.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/24/rewilding-monty-don-alan-titchmarsh-garden

Did some seed collecting on a warm, dry (remember dry🤣) afternoon yesterday. I seem to be growing more and more of my favourites nowadays from seed, and asking gardeners at some of the big houses we visit if I can have a few seed heads is paying dividends. Some seed I share with neighbours, we have a nice little plant swop system going on, some I post out to friends elsewhere. I am also a seed bomber, so long as I know what the seeds are. Yesterday sorted Honesty, Aquilegia, Hollyhocks of different colours, Scabious, Delphiniums, Poppies, Lychnis, Nasturtiums, more to come soon hopefully.