How does your garden grow?

[seagull]

Latest post of the previous page:

I gutted I had garden landscape all plants doing well then neighbour puts weed killer down and it blown into my garden false red currents rose tree sweet tea all dead

[funkychick]

Now got to pay £700 to have a gigantic eucalyptus tree cut down Lot of money but got to be done

[boatbuilder]

Ouch!

[Mel]

Now got to pay £700 to have a gigantic eucalyptus tree cut down Lot of money but got to be done

What a shame Funkychick but if it has to be done it has to be done; make sure you check there are no koalas up the tree before it is cut down

[Suffolkboy]

Now got to pay £700 to have a gigantic eucalyptus tree cut down Lot of money but got to be done

You have got me thinking about some of our trees which seem to have taken over our garden. Me thinks I best begin saving up.

[kerch]

Not a D I Y job then.

[MEG]

It is nice to have the shade of our maple trees but keeping them pruned is very costly.Having a tree cut down is very expensive.

[boatbuilder]

We have had this plant in our front garden for more years than I can remember and never knew (remembered?) the name.
I have just identified it as a member of the Primula family and it is called "Dotted Loosestrife" (Lysimachia punctata).
It grows to about 30 to 36 inches has a spread of about 36 inches and dies right back every year.

Dotted Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata)

Dotted Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata)

[boatbuilder]

Roses:

Rose - Apricot Abundance

Rose - Just Married

[boatbuilder]

When I took this picture of the Campanula, I never spotted the fly in one of the flowers until I had the picture on the computer.

I bet it would have flown off had I seen it and tried to take it from further in.

Campanula

Fly in Campanula

[Suffolkboy]

We have had this plant in our front garden for more years than I can remember and never knew (remembered?) the name.
I have just identified it as a member of the Primula family and it is called "Dotted Loosestrife" (Lysimachia punctata).
It grows to about 30 to 36 inches has a spread of about 36 inches and dies right back every year.

Never seen that plant before BB,looks good although I have enough plants that need cutting down each Autumn so will not be introducing one into our garden. Like your rose photos,sadly the recent heavy rain has spoilt many of ours.

[boatbuilder]

It always looks nice when in full flower, SB but is not quite there yet. It's not a lot of work once it has died back.
Yes, the rain has played havoc with a couple of my roses, particularly the more-advanced blooms but most aren't too bad at the moment.

[boatbuilder]

The Dotted Loosestrife (Lysimachia Punctata) is now, more or less, in full flower.

[boatbuilder]

Campanula, Phlox and the Cone flower (Echinacea purpurea) that is just beginning to bloom.

[boatbuilder]

Geranium, Honeysuckle and the Crocosmia which should be flowering in the coming week.

[boatbuilder]

Roses - 'A Walk Through Life'
1. Just Married
2. Special Anniversary
3. Happy Retirement Years