Gardening: Hints and Help!

I was disappointed not to have any Evening Primroses in the garden this year, usually get one or two drifting in from other gardens. I looked out of a bedroom window this morning and saw a five foot yellow flowered plant struggling above some bindweed...an Evening Primrose! So I went out and took some seed heads from it. (Don't know how I missed it but we've had a lot of "lost" plants springing up this year.)

Hope your cuttings do well Hostahousey!

And Redface, our lawns never get any treatments except cutting, the moss got a bit out of hand in shady spot this year but the grass came back later. Anyway, you could always tell people it's a Japanese garden. 

Had to do a quick dash around the garden to get pots into warmer spots,  -3 forecast tonight. Unusual for the SW in recent years.

Geez that is a shocker, I was out with the Dogs pre sunrise & it was +3, very nippy but only a suggestion of frost in the deep hollows. That’s odd that you were 6dgs lower than here🤷🏻‍♂️

Friends of ours live in Doncaster, parts of which are very low lying. They have had a couple of heavy frosts already, had their treasures inside or well fleeced for a few weeks now. We seem fine here at moment, grass still slightly growing, roses still blooming, and a few other things. But it was a lot colder last night, I have put plenty in greenhouse now.

Last trip to Abbotsbury Gardens before they close for the month. We had a good distant view of the cruise ships in Weymouth Bay as we descended the hill towards the gardens, unusually clear air and skies. Lots to see as we walked around, they're good to visit all year. 🌴🌳

Just cut the last two rose buds , and taken them indoors to enjoy. Whilst next year,  fingers crossed 

Hosta H. The roses have lasted well this year.

I ordered a few raspberry canes which arrived today, autumn ones to replace some that aren't so good. I think that's it for the year now, hedges cut, a few early daffs just starting to poke through the earth and buds on the winter cherries coming out. I've got a nice little Camellia in flower, all two feet of it!

Still got roses blooming here at the moment, but we haven’t had anything close to a frost yet. Spotted some tips of daffodils poking through, silly things, they are being optimistic😁

Cut down some of the perennials , and laid some farmyard manure along the borders. Getting ready for winter. The ground is very wet and still raining. 

Merry Christmas To Everyone

One plant has surprised me this winter, it always gets going late September but it's still flowering now. So here's a photo of the mighty Pineapple Sage! A tall plant and during warmer summer days it's leaves really do smell of pineapple (something I dislike to eat, but there you go, it has other uses!)