What’s happening in your garden today?

[46and2]

I can't believe you have Gladioli flowering already! Mine are probably still 2 months away from flowering, the first leaves are only about 1ft tall.

Is that an early variety or is summer just 2 months behind in N.Ireland?

[Portofino]

46and2 said:

I can't believe you have Gladioli flowering already! Mine are probably still 2 months away from flowering, the first leaves are only about 1ft tall.

Is that an early variety or is summer just 2 months behind in N.Ireland?

Is a good point as they are usually mid June onwards. As I said everything just seems to have taken off at once for some reason.


Edit to add Wife doesn’t think they are Gladioli. Either way they are usually out later.

Edited by Portofino on Friday 24th May 13:48

[iphonedyou]

Summer has hit Northern Ireland! Well, last weekend. And it's gone so that's probably that.

[White-Noise]

All the young sparrows and tits have been following their parents round being fed this week. It's been great to watch with the odd turf war thrown in. No casualties thankfully.

[RC1807]

RC1807 said:

Bird box I put up a couple of months ago on the shed wall now has nesting great tits inside.
There’s a lot of tweeting going on.

They've flown the nest.

[Turtle Shed]

Today and every day, this lovely little fella comes along for dinner.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Turtle Shed said:

Today and every day, this lovely little fella comes along for dinner.

Lovely.

[Chicken Chaser]

Alliums late in their display




Although we're not on acid soils, I cover this with ericaceous every year and it does well. It's 10 years old now and last year when I forgot to add mulch it didn't flower. Back this year with a lot of flowers.


This Ceanothus was a stick when we moved in, it looked dead. 10 years on and it's over 10ft high.



Various Clematis










After a late start, the warm and wet weather has really pushed things along. I've got a couple of victims of the wet winter, a Viburnum which looks pretty sick in an area where it is heavy clay and gets little sun. I'll probably have to replace it.

[thepritch]

Nothing much is happening in our garden today as we’re away for a few days. The grass has been growing like crazy and after a short cut last Sunday it looked great. I’m dreading returning Monday as it’ll be mess again.

So much to do in the garden, and it needs quite a cut back as we missed a few key jobs last year. Trouble is part of the garden is wild, but it now needs some managing and tlc, so my garden work area has effectively doubled in size.

[FlossyThePig]

Rain stopped play.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

I've cut my grass today after a wet week. First strawberry of the season too.

[XF-Andy]

Few pics from our family holiday home. Semi wild as not lived in permanently.
I’m not a flower person so apart from the poppies which have grown here wild for decades I couldn’t tell you the names.

Edited by XF-Andy on Saturday 25th May 15:03

[C n C]

Quite a few pictures from today - click on any for a higher res version.

Finally got round to getting the grass cut (view from the raised patio):

G1 by conradsphotos, on Flickr


Cherry Laurel is flowering well this year.

G4 by conradsphotos, on Flickr


Hope to get a few fruits later on - apples, pears, plums, and figs.

G9 by conradsphotos, on Flickr
G7 by conradsphotos, on Flickr
G2 by conradsphotos, on Flickr
G6 by conradsphotos, on Flickr

A particularly velvet like rose a friend gave my wife:
G3 by conradsphotos, on Flickr

Gazania
G5 by conradsphotos, on Flickr

Climbing rose
G10 by conradsphotos, on Flickr

A few new additions to a border near a new fence:
Acer palmatum Orange Dream
Clematis Winter Beauty - Evergreen
Fragrant Evergreen Star Jasmin
G11 by conradsphotos, on Flickr

Edited by C n C on Saturday 25th May 18:35

[The Three D Mucketeer]

I've only just taken my Gazanias grown from seed out of the Greenhouse to harden off
And only TWO Victoria Plums have set ....
There is a North / South divide

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Turtle Shed said:

Today and every day, this lovely little fella comes along for dinner.

We have a a few come to visit most nights, Try Calciworms they love them and they are good for them.
packed with Calcium

[Chicken Chaser]

Would love a hedgehog. We've had one before but it was before our extension. They have to be sharper now to know where to get into the garden but there is access...

[W12GT]

Some lovely pics being shared!

The start of more colour in ours….











These are huge!

Edited by W12GT on Saturday 25th May 22:07

Edited by W12GT on Saturday 25th May 22:07

[Turtle Shed]

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Turtle Shed said:

Today and every day, this lovely little fella comes along for dinner.

We have a a few come to visit most nights, Try Calciworms they love them and they are good for them.
packed with Calcium

I will try calciworms.

Good news is that we've actually got two hedgehogs coming for dinner each night, one clearly bigger than the other so hopefully a mating pair. We've built a decent house too, might get used.

Your picture in broad daylight surprises me, I thought only ones that were poorly ventured out during the day.

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Turtle Shed said:

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Turtle Shed said:

Today and every day, this lovely little fella comes along for dinner.

We have a a few come to visit most nights, Try Calciworms they love them and they are good for them.
packed with Calcium

I will try calciworms.

Good news is that we've actually got two hedgehogs coming for dinner each night, one clearly bigger than the other so hopefully a mating pair. We've built a decent house too, might get used.

Your picture in broad daylight surprises me, I thought only ones that were poorly ventured out during the day.

It surprised us too ( although it was 8.30pm )
We have built a few houses in the garden now and have cameras covering them so get lots of night videos so to see him in daylight shocked us. ( he’s definitely not poorly just a greedy sod )

[DoubleSix]

I would love to plant some foxgloves but have been warned off them as we have cats. Am I being overcautious?