Colours are beautiful, lilac and gold, you always take lovely pictures!Yak phone won't allow to upload more pics at a time.
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Neighbour's passion flower crossing overView attachment 4185420
Hydrangea is embracing the autumn
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really in need of some decent rain, but the astrantia I bought in June is flowering 
I’ve kept watering it to try and ensure it gets established. (Cat isn’t helping much by digging plants up, another foxglove has bitten the dust 
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My garden is all dry and horrible
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HaI actually LOVE to do fall cleaning myself as well. I have this Ego rechargeable leaf blower that could put a gas blower into shame!!! It gives me a great workout as well. I also LOVE cutting things called pruning haha. I love the act of cutting to get rid of the unsightlies and molding things into what I love...Edward Scissorhands?Plus the money I save can go to more purses!!!!!!
Years ago, I taught a neighbor friend how to trim all her front yard bushes by doing it for her. Since then she's been keeping them looking tidy and neat by herself!
You are SO cute Sunshine 
Mama!! Yay you on being a garden DIY’r!! Me thinks you have laid down the gauntlet for me to stick to my words/keep my commitment to doing it all by myself! I’m not a good pruner w/ my shrubs so I really need to review in my garden books or google because I’m terrified of messing up things like my hydrangeas. Your neighbor is so lucky to have you & your knowledge & skills! And yes, the money saved in doing it myself will be the major icing on the cake!
Oh Pessie I wish I could send you rain! I LOVE astrantia’s....had them at our former house & you just inspired me to buy some for next year! But come on now, you can’t be mad at your sweet kitty right?!My garden is all dry and horrible
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I don't do hydrangeas! Too scared!Ha
I don't do hydrangeas! Too scared!
I get it!!! I’ll let you know how it goes. Last year we didn’t prune any of the hydrangeas & they did really well this year but I can tell they need some pruning & thinning out now. Eek SCARED is right
I wasn’t too chuffed I must admitOh Pessie I wish I could send you rain! I LOVE astrantia’s....had them at our former house & you just inspired me to buy some for next year! But come on now, you can’t be mad at your sweet kitty right?!
Maybe don’t do all of them at once? Or would that look too odd?
I wasn’t too chuffed I must admit
Maybe don’t do all of them at once? Or would that look too odd?
I love when you say “chuffed!!!” Great idea on the not pruning all hydrangeas at once/this seasonI’ll just have to see how it goes. Hopefully once I read up on it, it won’t be such a traumatic thought!
My garden is all dry and horrible
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Aw
I didn’t realise you couldn’t grow these. I’ll try and take a better picture, I love how the stamens project and make the flowers very 3D. I’m happy it’s survived the drought, and finally (hooray) we had a decent downpour of rain last night. I think the plants will hoover it up!
My garden is all dry and horrible
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These are SOOOOO STUNNING r&r! I’m always jealous of your wisteria!!
