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It’s certainly warming up now!
Looks like we will be straight back into a drought……

We got another 10mm rain such that it was plenty wet to be on ground yesterday morning....but it's drying up fast now as plenty windy as well as the warm....

Just had a nip out to the local garden centre and come home with 3 nice Liatris spicate to fill a gap in my South border between sub shrubs. The shrubs looked a fraction wide spaced at the moment and I do like liatris
Also have ordered online 3 Salvia 'Ostfriesland ,' which took my fancy and also a Veronicastrum of which I have had no previous dealings with...

My dahlia patch by the house back door is now an ex dahlia patch but has been weeded through this morning...and I have ordered some packets of painted sage, Salvia horminum 'Bouquet Mix' to sow in situ. I had hoped the garden centre would have some packets as the ground is just nicely damp for it to set straight off...but no stock and so to plan B...

Sweetcorn to put out next...

C.

You should enjoy your Veronicastrum, wonderful plants that bees and butterflies love.

Thanks Geoff, The one I went for is 'Fascination'.

As it's worked out the whole border is of things loved by bees, butterflies and moths, even though the stating point was about the plants to suit the site It's certainly a million times better with the big old cryptomeria tree gone, the removal of which was the catalyst for the border re-work.

C.

I’ve got some dark red Bidens in a basket, the honey bees seem to love them. I’m going to see if they have any left at the GC to fill gaps in the sunny border.

There were a few Bidens at the one I visited, looked lovely and they nearly came home with me..

Just been down the garden and the wild bees are busy on broad beans, raspberries and loganberries

C.