IN OUR GARDEN 2024

[Richard Dye]

Buddleja

Learn all about Buddleja - choose the best ones to grow, where to buy, where to plant and care advice from RHS experts

www.rhs.org.uk

Buddleia | The Wildlife Trusts

Buddleia is a familiar shrub, well-known for its attractiveness to butterflies. It is actually an introduced species, however, that has become naturalised on waste ground, railway cuttings and in towns.

www.wildlifetrusts.org

Is Buddleia as bad as Knotweed? - Environment Controls

There are some similarities between Buddleia and Japanese knotweed but can they both cause equal levels of damage? Read the blog to find out.

environmentcontrols.co.uk

Not familiar with either, based on the above, you need to be careful with both, buddleia and Japanese knotweed!

 

[mw0njm.]

i leave the Knotweed alone last time i messed with it i ended up in hospital with burns (NOT PJ) on my face and arms so be carefull as you say

 

[Pedrocut]

More to come.

 

[Pedrocut]

Lady in Red…I'll never forget the way you look…

 

[NOTSHARP]

A lot of chatter on internet that we shouldn't allow buddleia in our gardens as it is as bad as Japanese Knot Weed for being invasive and a risk to buildings, never had any problems. Any comments?

Well, it does grow like a weed, but it's controllable, unlike Knotweed.



Steve.

 

[NOTSHARP]

i leave the Knotweed alone last time i messed with it i ended up in hospital with burns (NOT PJ) on my face and arms so be carefull as you say

Are you sure you were dealing with Knotweed, and not Giant Hogweed, Pete.

I used to have to try and keep Knotweed under control, and never had an issue with burns.

Steve.

 

[mw0njm.]

prob was Hogweed steve i have both in my garden alongside the river so i dont strim it anymore "too risky"and fenced it off

 

[pjmburns]

Well, it does grow like a weed, but it's controllable, unlike Knotweed.



Steve.

I think the problem is when it is grown too near houses - it is the roots that cause the damage not the way it spreads.

 

[mw0njm.]

weeds by the river in my garden

 

[Pedrocut]

The branch bearing these plumbs seems to be snapped. Probably by the weight of the squirrels.

 

[pjmburns]

Strange weather today. A mix of sunshine and showers (heavy).Took this view of the garden and sun through a rain spattered window.

 

[NOTSHARP]

We have had a very pleasant day, with sunshine, and around 15 deg.

Sadly, the forecast was for rain, and it's arrived, with a vengeance.

Thunder and lightning, and heavy rain.







The thunder does not seem to be moving away, just rattling about over the village.

Steve.





Steve.

 

[NOTSHARP]

When we arrived home, ten days ago, after a wee trip South, I was not happy to find my Lacecap in a very sad state, due to three days of sunshine.



I decided to give it a chance, along with two gallons of water, plus regular drinks thereafter. All is not lost. We have new growth.





The owner/gardener of the B&B that we stayed at, was kind enough to give me a honey scented Buddleia, which seems happy in its new home.




"Buddleja davidii 'True Blue' is the bluest of all buddleja - with panicles of nectar-rich, purple blue, beautiful honey scented flowers borne from July to September each year. If this is not enough, the foliage which is held from March to November each year, is silvery green and will shimmer as it catches the breeze."






Steve.

 

[mw0njm.]

just saw this mini mouse in my shed

 

[izzy eckerslike]

The huge flower of Amorphophallus Konjac, a relative of the giant Titan Arum that rarely flowers at Kew. I have grown this from a tiny tuber which has now grown to 6" across, I dig it up in the Autumn before the first frosts and overwinter the tuber in our veranda

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[MWS]

 

[NOTSHARP]

A Blackbird decided to try and bathe in a wee tray, holding a cutting, in the garden.







I knew that there was not much water , so went to top it up. I was within a couple of feet , before Mr. Blackbird hopped out, and waited for the refill.







Steve.

 

[mw0njm.]

A Blackbird decided to try and bathe in a wee tray, holding a cutting, in the garden.







I knew that there was not much water , so went to top it up. I was within a couple of feet , before Mr. Blackbird hopped out, and waited for the refill.







Steve.

brilliant thanks steve

 

[Pedrocut]

Lady in Red now fully bloomed.

 

[Richard Dye]

Some of my wife's handy work & of course mother nature as well!

 

[Mark Tooze]

How about this - the International Space Station from our patio a few nights ago:-

This is probably the best one - you can quite clearly see the solar panel structure:-

Taken handheld on a 150-600mm Tamron zoom lens at 100ASA for anyone interested!

 

[Richard Dye]

How about this - the International Space Station from our patio a few nights ago:-
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This is probably the best one - you can quite clearly see the solar panel structure:-
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Taken handheld on a 150-600mm Tamron zoom lens at 100ASA for anyone interested!

Thank you for the camera info!

 

[NOTSHARP]

I bought half a dozen Geraniums from Lidl, on Tuesday. Good size plants.

I am very carefully, hardening them off.



It's almost Winter like, here. Fresh snow on the hills, and feeling only 3 deg. when we went for a walk this morning.



Steve.

 

[Tinpot]

In our East Suffolk garden this morning. Hot sun and cold wind again. The pink flower is a Thunbergia which is a new climber recently bought. I think it is usually in yellow and known as Black Eyed Suzie.

 

[Hetoli]

In our East Suffolk garden this morning. Hot sun and cold wind again. The pink flower is a Thunbergia which is a new climber recently bought. I think it is usually in yellow and known as Black Eyed Suzie.

I've never seen pink, but it looks great. and here is my piece of the garden - buttercup.

 

[Mark Tooze]

Lovely crescent moon in the evening sky a few nights ago:-

This was about 2 days after new moon, quite low in the sky so difficult to photograph. Move on to last night and things get a bit easier:-

 

[NOTSHARP]

Campanula has dared to show some colour in the dreadful weather that we are having.







Steve.

 

[pjmburns]

Campanula has dared to show some colour in the dreadful weather that we are having.







Steve.

Yes - I have a campanula which is a lovely splash of colour in the front garden.

 

[mikejee]

Yes - I have a campanula which is a lovely splash of colour in the front garden.

I can remember , when I was a kid, my tortoise loved eating them

 

[Eric Gibson]

Neglected the top end of my back garden but it looks good with the roses and the nettles flowering up through them. Lots of small birds sparrows and a few blackbirds have taken up residence.