Awful weather - typical Brits talk

pink_poppy

The snail bashing thrush is a story-line in The Hobbit, YBE, so whenever we see a thrush doing that it reminds DH and I of the film.
No Aurora last night - it would have been visible probably 1-2am in the morning here and I just can't stay up that late these days    
I saw that plant on Beechgrove and loved it too - definitely one to consider if I could remember the name of it...

Commiserations on the puking cat, Dusty. Our pussycat was very lethargic yesterday and sleeping in odd places. I was googling and thinking I'd have to phone the vet (he was only there a couple of weeks ago for a health check) but he suddenly perked up at about 10pm and started throwing one of his toys around and doing zoomies I hope your pussycat is feeling better today - they do say better out than in, but maybe not at 2am   

wort, I feel guilty about the thrush, because I remembered last year there was a thrush that kept coming into the garden and hunting out snails from around the pond. We don't have the pond now   
Fingers crossed for a white Aquilegia - I had to dig mine out last year but saved some seeds.

twopenny, what did you end up doing yesterday?? Cleaning drains today doesn't sound very exciting.

Bertigo is still hanging around, so I'm not sure what I can do in the garden today. It's dry, but cloudy and feels cool out. I did manage a bit of tidying up yesterday - basically hoiking out ivy and cutting back the Winter Jasmine as it's gone a bit mad. I've found a cotoneaster (I think) in amongst the tangle of plants that were behind the pond. Only problem is it's facing into the garden and won't bend back towards the fence. I'm thinking of digging it out and turning it around or even moving it somewhere else. Decisions, decisions...

Paspatur

Trillium Chloropetalum

Farway

Restless night, too warm, on my loo trips it was cloudy skies, so zilch aurora as well.

On the plus side I was up early enough, so cracked on and have watered all the pots at the front, no rain is forecast for at least week.

Once watered it clouded over & looked like rain, non arrived so false alarm.

YoungBlueEyes said:

Good news you've only a mouse there pp I've never heard of a wood mouse either. We're under no threat from AI are we - Mickey has 2 tails Least he has gloves on though.

Are you getting good R+R on your days off wort? I'm after different coloured leaved plants... I see various red leaved plants/bushes on my walk to work, some of them more a burgundy really, and I quite fancy a few somethings like that. My garden's all green.

No the Cliff Richard/Summer Holiday bluebells didn't smell taff Mind as I was bent over sniffing it a mongrel new breed of dog came up beside me for a sniff of it too, so that made up for it

I've never got Honesty to grow here Dusty, actually I can't even get them to sprout I'll have to keep my eye out for more seed disc things. That and borage are bluddy everywhere but are completely beyond me.

I never noticed AI Mickey had two tails, oops.

Bending over near dogs can be hazardous.

Coloured leaves, whatever you do resist Photinia, red robin. Very attractive and one would think what a wonderful shrub. However, it would pair well with your cat wee tree. It's flowers stink

Nah nah, Honesty is popping up here. I wonder if fresh seed helps? Mine are self sown.

Garage pit, I wish I'd had one when younger. Growing posh mushrooms, maybe?

wort said:

Pp lovely Thrush, I’ve a couple of blackbirds keep coming for worms can’t catch on camera but love to hear them singing

Dusty the aquilegia seed you sent me has its first flower stem 😍 I’ll try for a pic when it opens ,fingers crossed 🤞🏻 for the white one. I was walking the garden and realized I’ve many colours, From dark purple and Magenta to pale pink and white trumpets. So pretty.

Farway shame about the chillies, one of my nasturtium seeds has leaves, and when I see it ,I think of you. I’m hoping the rest of the seeds come up.

I misread the first sentence & imagined singing worms

I have two aquilegias nearly open, from the few lucky survivors of the million [exag] I sowed last year

And the nasturtiums are popping up all over, shame about my Norwegian sweet peas

Jobs to be done, I hope, pot on some tomatoes, and maybe pot up the baskets on the handrail

Some singing Wort Worms

PS, I'll watch out for plant during BGrove later today

twopenny

Colour?
Easiest is the Euronymous, silver is a better door than the gold.
Privet the variegated gold. I have a tree that's stayed small being sunk in a large pot I cut the bottom off.
Heucura various, maple also.
I've got the prunus with dark red leaves both as a tree and shrub.
Dark purple violets can come with purple leaves.

Only lost one wigelia with purple leaves and that was my fault. I lost it in the overgrown border and didn't water it through a couple of droughts.

pink_poppy

Paspatur said:

Trillium Chloropetalum

That’s the one, Paspatur 👍 I thought it was a really striking plant…

Dustyevsky

Wort wanted to hear the worms sing.

Tough even for AI, but I found this....It's not ZZ Top, but it is OT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24v-zsemmM8

Dustyevsky

Paspatur said:

Trillium Chloropetalum

Not the easiest plant to please, nor are they cheap. Here's one seen at Rosemoor about 3 or 4 weeks ago:

Acid to neutral humus-y soil and plenty of shade are the essentials.   I don't see the 'bushy' bit, though!

Farway

Back to worms, I was surprised to find out some years back the worms, non singing, are an invasive & damaging pest in North America

Live & learn

https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/invasive-earthworms-in-america-7-191029/

Managed to get two toms potted up before my back said Stop!

Slowly getting there

I definitely have plums set now, not enough for a crumble or jam but more than a handful

Blackberries are in flower, certainly enough for crumbles there

And,  woo hoo, loads of pears , even if they will be hard red one

Here's a blackberry to go with the recent apple blossom

twopenny

That's a beaut Farway 🙂

Dusty that video was creepy to start with but really good.
I like to think of the soil inhabitants having a bit of a rock when they are off duty 😁

pink_poppy

You two are incorrigible, Farway and Dusty... singing worms indeed... you're both mad    

That's disappointing about the Photinia Red Robin flowers whiff, Farway. I had them in my last garden, but they were only wee (no pun intended) and I don't remember them flowering. Probably just as well.

The Trillium wotsits on Beechgrove were a big clump of them, Dusty. I'll have to watch that episode again as I only caught a bit of it. I googled after Patsapur identified them and they came up as £2.75 + £2.90 delivery for 5 seeds. I'd prefer to buy a couple of actual plants tbh, but they're probably mega expensive.

My garden is very green too, so that list of colourful plants is useful, twopenny.

I've been out for a walk and the weather was just perfect for me - sunny, breezy and not too warm. I did look out for wild blackberry blossom after seeing Farway's very pretty Merton Thornless photo, but it's probably too early yet.