In the greenhouse there are seedlings of Phlox, Foxgloves, Calendula, Morning Glory, Love-in-a-Mist and Mulleins. Should be pricking them out soon and potting on.
Outside, the Victorian garden is coming on well. Some of the Wallflowers have been damaged by the wind and rain, but everything else seems fine.
The Hostas in the bog-planter are doing well and the primroses have finished.
Rose 'Lady Veilchenblau' is doing well. Have pruned off some of the lateral growth to force the remainders up. Plan to train them against the fence.
Sweet peas sown last autumn are very strong and need tying in.
The car-boot sales started last month so I've started picking up a few plants. Bought an aqualegia and lupin. The Cosmos have gone in as well. There were four Echiums in this bed, but they have all suffered from either greenfly or vine weevils eating at the roots. Had to pull out three of them but left one in and gave it a dose of soap spray. Hope it survives because they're biennial and have been growing these for a year already!
I thought there were snails eating the Foxgloves, but upon closer inspection there were dirty fat caterpillars hidden deep in the stems. Hoiked them out and fed them to the robins. Cheeky buggers.
Delphiniums have started to flower.
The flowers on the Clematis have been forming for 4 weeks now but seem to be waiting for some late spring sunshine before bursting out. This is a lovely Montana. Very easy to take successful cuttings from, but a bit of a beast.
And all this in one small garden? Nice job. I like the reusing of the loo.
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