Yes Deigh ! Warm would be nice as in south of England at present to hot for me, spending too much time keeping my vegetable’s watered. Would loved to have visited NZ a gardeners paradise and that stunning countryside
Am not much of a gardener but do like to see lots of colour. Here are a few of the flowers we currently have…honeysuckle, hydrangea & alomesteria I believe but stand to be corrected.
@Deigh not too jealous of the New Zealand weather today as its glorious here. But I’m sure I will be in a few days when we have our usual dreary summer back 
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Thanks for that colouful reply but you may have missed my point that it is Mid Winter here. and in my back garden there are at least six different flowers to be seen! At the moment I have broadbeans growing outside and when they finish and are picked will be replaced with runner beans when all danger of a frost is over.
I also grow a small crop of low acid tomatoes in spring and summer. Just mainly to keep the garden free of weeds which as you can imagine are prolific over here.
Deigh
Mrs5k 10/10 for your plant identification but you lose points for not dead heading your potted rhododendron.they should snap off quite easily, or snip them off above a healthy leaf then keep plant we’ll watered witha little feed now and again with tomorite or seaweed to encourage next years flowering growth
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It is indeed mid winter over there. My Aussie cousin has been complaining of it being cold 
although not really cold compared to our winters. It’s nice that we have sunshine at the minute as often our summers are wet. Its done the flowers good this year. it’s so unusual to see flowers in my garden I thought I’d share them. We grow lots of veggies…its so nice to eat them fresh from the garden. Taste so much nicer than shop bought ones. I love broad beans so would definitely sneak a few off your plants in winter 
@Pds awwww shucks. You caught me out. I shall get on to dead heading it tomorrow hubby is the gardener here but never to late to start
Morning @Deigh. Am exceedingly jealous of your mild climate although I do love our seasonalness. There is no doubting we are in summer now, although, very hot and dry even here in Northumberland. Still more soft fruit picking to do today🍓 Julia x
@JuliaH glad we made you giggle.
Here is my now dead headed rhododendron @pds hope I haven’t killed it off
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Chocolate mint grows well here as does spearmint and I have some dill and basil as well. Made pesto today which was quite tasty
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I do love a gooseberry.
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Weather sure has been weird here recently. Last summer we were short of water, this winter to make sure our needs are accommodated the weather god Is working overtime. This is the Domain immediately below our flat and it now has a small lake on it being well fished by local seagulls.
It hasnt stopped raining for 24hours so expect lake will be even bigger tomorrow!
Deigh
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Come on Mrs5k even with my dodgy vision can make out a few seed pods, was told years ago that seed pods and dead stalks in situ can inhibit .new growth. Glad your miles away and can’t see my garden I don’t practice what I preach. But promise to put a few photos up in near future when we’ve had decent rain and I’ve been able to motivate myself. Very proud of my courgettes and runner beans 
happy gardening
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Ah I see that nothing gets past you @Pds I promise to finish the job properly today 
I think this beginner has a lot to learn
Our veggie patch is doing ok. We have consumed our first lot of potatoes. A cucumber got picked yesterday & lettuce will be finding its way into the house today 
I’ll perhaps do some pics later…neighbours might get a fright if I went now in my pjs look forward to seeing pics of your garden
@Deigh it looks lovely there despite the lake. Hope the rain eases soon. We could do with some rain here to water the garden. Not going to wish too hard though as no doubt when we do get some it’ll be torrential 
@Pds so clearly my dead heading skills were rubbish. I went to have another go and I missed loads. So here’s a pic of my 2nd attempt
Heres some of our veggie garden too. For which I can take no credit…all hubby’s work.
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Morning @FionaB1. Thank you for helping me with planning meals today. I will do a pesto. I have tried combining salad burnett with basil which seems to work. I have never grown it before but was tempted by the seed packet. I think it is a perennial so I’ve put a few dotted in spaces in the veg patch. It has an unexpected nutty flavour to it. Julia x
These look great @Mrs5K. You are not going to go hungry 
Julia x
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Love it. That’s my kind of veggie patch.
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Rhodo 
,envy you your veg garden my last veg garden was a wildlife haven moles, voles,wood ice, grazed by roe and muntjac deer and now and again trashed by badgers who enjoyed my carrots,sweet corn and soft fruit. On one occasion a mum and cub were so intent munching my strawberries I stood and watched them four feet away. Not forgetting flipping pigeons and cabbage whites.