Jacinta's Journal

I always make sure the neighbours are out before I go out with the camera lol, that will look great in the front.

thank you jacinta i was trying to think of the name of that plant the other day, thanks for the reminder. i have it and has sent out suckers everywhere i am going to try and pot some up. i feel better knowing that i wasnt the only one that did nothing in the garden today

its a recession there are not as many men in white coats anymore, 

Ha ha good one, Michelle.

As regards suckers............now I'm being put off it. But only ever so slightly!!! 

Ha ha Ruth, I live in a very 'settled' estate. It's mostly people in their 60's and upwards living here, only a few people on our road actually go out to work. It's more the people walking past that I'd be trying to avoid.  :)

brutal showers today, that will look really well no matter where its final resting place, as

for the men in white coats...... sur if they have'nt come by now....!     :-). 

I bought and planted Sambucus racemosa 'Plumosa aurea' recently. It has beautiful golden dissected leaves. Your one looks great.

its really nice shrub. love the foliage.

Fab shrub jacinta you will put it in the right place and enjoy it

I love that one and I know exactly what you mean about the front but I reckon it will be good to see it when you arrive home in the evenings - it will give you a lift.

Sambucas are lovely shrubs they can grow very big but the good thing is that you can prune them back hard and they will come back as good as ever - I have never known them to send up suckers Kitty would you be thinking of sumach which sends up loads of suckers just a thought - One advantage of living in the middle of nowhere Jacinta no neighbours to worry about

Beautiful shrub,i grew mine from a cutting.i love the way it changes from a fresh green to a golden colour

Its a lovely shrub- another one for my 'must have' list -

I was out the front in the rain yesterday trying to get the perfect photo of the perfect rainbow - passing neighbours must have thought I was nuts. But not as nuts as the carful of ladies who caught Alan in his dressing gown and wellies taking out the bin at 7am on Bank Holiday Monday!!

Lovely looking plant Jacinta, should be nice grown in your gravel.  And as for taking photos in the front garden, my neighbours gave up on me long ago ... but at least I keep them amused.

jacita you could have loads of small ones and it will fill spaces for free if you dont mind it doing that. lol terri that must have been some sight that hour of the morning. my neighbours prob think i have lost the plot but dont care love my garden to bits even if it isnt finished yet 

the one i have has a tinge of orangey red in some parts of  the leaves and suckers but i will take them up and pot them and have some extra plants for free 

A lovely one, Jacinta! Didnt think Sambucus suckered ----- but if it does tie my name on the first one!! ha-ha!

With pleasure, Peri.

:))) Confession time: I was looking through a note book today and saw a note that said "Geranium for Jacinta" - I have not got a clue what that was about, do you? I can only apologise as Im sure you never got it. (I know, not much point in making notes if I dont read them!)

Ha ha. Peri, maybe it was 'Wargrave's Pink', which I think I got. Maybe not from you, but I have it in a pot. Can't think of anything else it might be.

I do that all the time.  :)