Sounds like you're taking a lot of cuttings then Poppo me lad.
Acer orchard it is...

Ok so I went to the nursery and they think it's the sun as well, so I'm gonna move them over next week to a shadier spot.

In the meantime I've made this setup to keep them out of the sun

B thinks it will be collapsed by morning, but it's holding up even now the gardener is going crazy with his leaf blower.

And they recommended Petite Butterflies Sweet Pea Shrub (Polygala fruticosa 'Petite Butterflies') as something that will work well in full summer sun, winter shade, attracts some flying creatures and provides a nice brush for lizards to hide in. Is anyone familiar with those / has reasons I shouldn't get them?
From what I know they don't need special soil, but need to be pruned every 3-4 months.

They had two different sweet pea shrubs, one that has longer twigs and bigger flowers so it waves around in the wind more, and the petite, which is very dense and has small leaves and flowers, from what I could see. It's more like a little dense ball.

I do have a lavender, and after a painful start it is starting to grow a few of the longer things that will have a flower on top. I'm not sure how to upload a picture on mobile if I don't want to go the imgur route, but my current lavender if still very small, has a few wilted leaves and some that are yellowing on the ends. I'm not sure how much it likes being in my garden.

What soil would lavender need? Ours is really bad and pretty much clay like in areas, so I'd need to mix in something anyway.

Since my nasturtium seeds aren't giving me flowers I might as well go with a wavy sweet pea, a ballsy sweet pea and another lavender. All purple flowers but all a bit different as well.

We're away for a few days, and I really hope my shirt setup is keeping my azaleas alive long enough, I didn't realize with the whole slab leak situation that the sprinkler water tap was still closed off. Have been giving everything water at the end of the day anyway in hope of keeping them alive and turned the sprinklers back on those morning.

Our gooseberries are nowhere near that big. Apples, plums, pears all coming along nicely. Blackcurrants are kind of getting there but again a lot smaller than yours. I thought Scotland was cold!

I’m not sure what to do with the gooseberries. Jam, maybe?

Are they blackurrants or sloes?

Lord_Griff wrote:

Man, crumble.

Never had gooseberry crumble, but I’m up for trying it.

I’ve got a lot of rhubarb. Now rhubarb crumble I can vouch for. God tier dessert.

It’s a Symphytum but not quite sure on which one, the leaves look paler than officialis so really I’d be guessing at anything further.  You’ll know it as Comfrey, so really it should be doing the opposite of stinging you, as it’s quite the wonder plant.  It makes great compost/fertiliser too, as it’s part of the borage family.

Ah, grand. Mrs Poprock said just brushing against the stems brought her out in a rash with itching. Could be an allergy I guess.

Won’t do any harm to chuck loads of it on the compost heap by the sound of it!

Yet, we can buy it over the counter and from health food shops over here.  It’s often used to overwinter planting beds to keep unwanted weeds down and to add nutrient to the soil when it gets all chopped up come springtime.

Everything in moderation?  Mayber…

I solved this mystery in the end. When I waded in to remove the big patch of comfrey, I found enormous stinging nettles sharing the space. For every stem of comfrey there were two or more of nettles the same height.

Simple when you know the answer, eh?

There’s a ‘rotating garden pod’ in one corner of our garden. Bizarre things, but the previous owner was dead proud of it. I dunno.

One of these: https://www.ornategarden.com/accessories/4-the-rotating-lounger/

Completely nuts, when you see the price tag. So we figure that we’ll try to sell it at some point.

Anyway, it was absolutely filthy. It hadn’t been touched in at least two years and was home to millions of spiders, bugs, and even a couple of bird’s nests. All the woodwork was covered in a thick layer of lichen. I had a go at it with the pressure washer yesterday and got a bit carried away. Three hours of graft later, it looks like this. Actually not bad after all. Might even sit in it or something, if the Wi-Fi reaches.

Trampofuckinglines in new estate gardens are my next most hated.