For all you gardeners out there do any of you know what this is?
We were given it by some friends but can’t remember what they said it was so don’t really know how to look after it.
Cripes as Billy Bunter would say! This was my specialty 18 months ago now can only hazard a guess. Rose family, that’s the easy bit, plum or cherry plum, don’t think it’s a crab apple from the long stalks I’d go for a cherry plum or a ‘hedge pick’ as they call them in these parts ( southern england. Cut one fruit in half, if it has a stone, plum or cherry, shape of stone should give you a clue . Send us another snap as they get bigger
As a grandmother who has enjoyed planting seeds with my granddaughter I appreciate the need to keep children safe in the garden but WHY do they have to make getting the top off tomato feed SO difficult
@Pds thank you. I shall send another pic when they’ve grown a bit but in the meantime will check the stone. Never even thought about checking the stone 
@FionaB1 oh I hate it when they have these child proof tops. Sooooo frustrating.
Morning @Loshy. They are really lovely and especially together. I have some mystery pots that I planted but did not label, it will be a happy surprise when they flower as I trust I would not have planted something I did not like. Enjoy them:hibiscus:
Julia x
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Hi Loraine they are beautiful. My clematis, despite being spindly have flowered well too. They are very pretty xx
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Looks like a cherry plum or wild plum. If the fruit turns purple it will be a bullace. Think I can see some thorns but not sure.
Thank you @Rups. I’ll see what colour the fruit is when it ripens. I don’t think there are any thorns.
Thank you
Not thorns as such but spiky laterals.
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Morning @Loshy. Sorry for the late reply, we went to the cinema yesterday to see Top Gun. I would call them white clematis and purple clematis such is my basic gardening knowledge. At least they are the same flowering type in terms of time so you treat them the same in when to cut them back- type 2 I think. We have type 1 and 3, and trying to detangle them so as not to loose the forming buds on the type 3 which flowers late summer is tricky. It’s lovely in a quiet way- masses of small pink/white flowers that have amazing scent. My garden and veg patch/soft fruit is keeping me happily busy. Picking and freezing gooseberries is my thing of the moment. Julia x
Hi @Loshy. Loved the film. Old enough to remember seeing the first one at the cinema when I was at school 
x
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Hello @Mrs5K are they baby pheasants? Lovely. How old before they start making the very odd call they have? We know one is about because we hear it before we see it😊 Julia x
@JuliaH yes, they are baby pheasants. 6 in total this year. I’m not sure what age they ate when they start making their noise. These ones are making the noise & were just trying to get in our patio door 
I just love seeing them xx
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Our male pheasamt also used to have many ladies but they seem to no longer be around. A hungry fox maybe 
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That sounds much better
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Sorry to disagree ladies but he’s gone off to see the next brood hatch, then the third ! They start cheeping at day old to let mum know where they are but it only becomes audible to humans when there a week old, but get very cheepy at three four weeks. Female can lay huge clutch of eggs so larger birds and foxes/stoats/weasel even rats have a field day
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Fabulous @Loshy and very colourful x
What a lovely garden @Loshy. Love the colour & the red poppy like flower is stunning.
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