Rachel's Journal

Absolutely gorgeous. My Sprekelia lives here on the dining table, just in case the cat tramples on it in the greenhouse.

Photos are brill, Rachel.

Photos are wonderful Rachel.  Your garden is a delight!  You have lots of nice plants and ideas in your garden.  Like the view through the laburnum!

Looks great, photos are fab.

Got up at all hours drove to Birr to be first in line picked up plants for a friend??? does'nt seem fair at all :-)   gardening is all about patients... I can wait..

Ha ha. Your speciosum is about to flower though :D

Thanks to Jacinta, Sally and Fran for the great compliments about my photos. You are really very good.

I am going to be very contreversial and brave and say I cannot get excited about these Arisaema at all - Have I just commited a terrible act of treason - Will I be excommunicated from the site - I am leaving your photographs to savour until tomorrow night when I can take my time going through them as I always enjoy them so much and find myself reaching for pen and paper to make notes about plant combinations - Have I redeemed myself now????????/

You shall be ex-communicated! Keego, you have just been 'blocked' from ever posting another journal here!

All joking aside, each to his own. Whatever lights your candle! 

I was the same this time last year, now I have two. Not because they are been talked about on the site, but purly over time and seeing different pictures, I simply changed my mind about them.

A real case of each to their own, and if you don't like them so be it ;-))

It's ok Keego we'll have to take you to one side and have a word :-) Monty Don was admiring his Cow Parsley on GW last week and Deborah has a collection of Dandylions and I hate tulips so we all have our quirks :-)

It takes all sorts, Keego. I believe there are even people on this site who don't like tulips ;-)

Can understand most other plants, but Tulips.................. Me thinks a secret bout of bulb planting on a certain day in June is called for ;-))))

We all can't be watched ALL the time.................

Fran my middle boy Sam says he wants to do security on that day... will tell him to follow the shifty guy in sunglasses so..

Shifty - you mean with the beady eye :D

Rachel, you need to be nice to me.................... very nice...............

possession is 9/10s of the law ;-O

Thanks Rachel Shifty and beady eyed :-) Fran whats the other 1/10th?

So, it's shifty and beady now, anyone want to add anything else to the list.........

Beautiful coloured stem and flower!!!