This happened yesterday. Men with chainsaws cut down this perfectly healthy conifer. No doubt there were lots of birds nesting in it. Today they’re having a go at the tall tree you can see in the second photo. It’s very sad. Xx

This lovely fella was a GC purchase a few weeks back. Couldn’t resist xx

A salvia flowering already. It seems very early xx

Osteospermums purchased a few weeks ago have spread out in their pots. Xx

The wisteria over the pergola is looking good xx

The promise of things to come. Eighteen dahlias have shoots xx

Wallflowers planted from seed last year are looking good xx

Acer looking at its best xx

Every year this solitary azalea puts on a show xx

Roses are starting to flower. The pink one is For Your Eyes Only xx

Tulley’s tulip festival xx

Tulley’s tulip festival xx

Tulley’s tulip festival xx

A visit to Tulley’s Tulip Festival in W Sussex. It was lovely though really really cold. It’s well worth a visit though next year we will go earlier as a number of tulips had already flowered. A pub meal after rounded off a nice visit xx

Acers looking good xx

Wisteria and Clematis doing well at the moment xx

Every year this azalea looks stunning even though I do nothing to it xx

The cherry blossom has mostly survived despite all the wind xx

Last year we had no blossom and then no apples but this year the tree is covered in blossom. Xx

I can’t wait to see this rose in flower. It’s For Your Eyes Only and one I got last year. It has masses of buds xx