This is said to produce flowers, and possibly fruits, but I’ve never seen either. It’s a bit overshadowed by the solanum and the summer jasmine, but good at this time of the year.

5 May 19

Here are some flowers

This is the first year I’ve tried narcissi with alpines. Will I need to lift the bulbs? ‘Dutch Master’, ‘Kinglet’, and ‘Jetfire’ were planted on their own. It’ll be interesting to see how quickly the foliage disappears in the pots with alpines. ‘Jetfire’ is already over, and the pot moved out of the way.

I have two yellow flowered brugmansias which have been in these pots for 3 or 4 years. They needed watering at least twice a day last summer. They’ve been kept in the garage since last autumn, and lightly watered occasionally.

The RHS recommended root pruning.

They came out of their (plastic) pots easily, and I sawed off the fine roots around the edges and the bottom. The soil and roots cut off half filled the pot, which was perhaps a bit more severe than I intended. We’ll see what happens

Very nice. I may leave them in their pots when the foliage has died down, or possibly lift the bulbs and store them in the garage. I ought to try some pale pink Camassia leichtlinii in pots

Neither of these plants are where they started, but who cares?

The large pink lacecap in B2 against the E fence was very heavily pruned. The idea is to make it appear to grow up the fence.

‘Bluebird’ got a bit tall last year. Hopefully, I’ve cut it low enough this year.

The white mophead in F3 was unproblematic.

17 Apr 19

These tulips in pots with alpines work brilliantly. The ones flowering for the third time are still looking good, but presumably I’ll have to replace them eventually. ‘Monte Carlo’ is going over a bit, but still good. ‘Red Riding Hood’ hasn’t started yet.

Looking good today

This one is 8mm in diameter, and probably Planorbarius corneus I actually first saw them last weekend. I wonder how they got here

I’ll cut it back harder in future years when it’s a bit stronger