Gardening: Hints and Help!

On the subject of roses, some years ago, just after we lost George we were looking for some way to mark where his ashes were buried in the garden and a former member of CT suggested a red/orange rose called "Remember Me" which we thought appropriate. It hasn't done spectacularly well until this year when it has 4 brilliant blooms - I like to think one for each of the Setters we've lost over the years. 

Poppies ! Blooming things grow 5 feet high here

Our poppies are stunted due to the dry weather, grass is drying out now too.

Moulsey has already emailed me and I said to pass my details onto you. Doesnt break GDPR or whatever DPA current title is 😇

Tinwheeler thank you for your kind offer 😘

Got to move the length of our garden now, natural shade has disappeared, well head is still in the shade but legs are burny burny 😱 from this area. 

Brue our poppies like yours are budding at the mo, thought we'd lost them can't recall seeing them last year 😱, but then it was an odd one! It too is very stunted with the dryness and heat. Our grass looked great after the treatments, must be due some more shortly but showing signs of parched now. Grass man said I should water grass 😱😱. I don't like watering flowers, but we've not had a hosepipe ban for several years now thankfully. I'll do veg if necessary but generally think plants should stand up for themselves. This year I have made an exception but not for the grass. Expecting brown patches before long regardless thanks to new housemate. (Various dogs, some local in gardens others on open space behind, kicking off but miss laidback hasn't even opened an eye!)

I'm wondering how Beth Chatto's dry garden is standing up in this exceptionally dry spring.

Totally agree it feels like mid August not late May at present. Still good excuse to chill. Taken the opportunity to check interest rates 🤣🤣🤣 so can't judge myself as lazy and idle 😉. Gosh I must shift before I melt 😱

Ours won't be this year. We have the white of those. At least I think they are, I'll confirm when the buds break 😂

It looks beautiful.

My mum bought one called lovely lady when our 1st granddaughter, her 1st great grandchild, was born and I'm nursing that one too. When she died she had 3 great granddaughters so it became lovely ladies. Sadly she didnt see the NZ girls in the flesh, but did get to cuddle my niece's daughter. I think the only one she bought for her grandchildren, my daughter was the 1st, ballerina is now beyond help 😢. Not sure whether to celebrate or commiserate as it was pretty but it's one less to have to find a home for 😉

Just counted the spikes on my bears britches, proper name continually escapes me! Want to call it agapanthus but know it isn't endless check of name refuses to stick 😱.Acanthus Leaves are completely drooping so it's easy to count, theres 21. I do wish I'd heeded the lady I worked with when she said I'd regret having a piece of hers!

It's far too big for its spot,  digging and burning don't kill it and I don't want to go too mad now as she passed away last year very suddenly 😢.

You got me looking it up B2 because OH and I looked at a seedling of the same and could only remember agapanthus...acanthus if you've got your teeth in...

edit also forgot to mention when you mentioned Echium seeds that I'll try to remember to keep some for you later.

Don’t mention bears breeches to me😡 I bought the wrong one and have spent 15 years trying to eradicate the bl**dy thing! 

I don’t fret over dry grass, as it always comes back, but I do water my plants. Our barrels have been empty for weeks. After the Winter we had, I swore I would curse anyone that said drought or hosepipe ban to me. But it doesn’t happen in Yorkshire nowadays thankfully.