Finding new uses for old fence boards. What do you think I'll plant in them?

I still find it amazing that Aloiampelos striatula, formerly Aloe striatula is hardy outdoors here! We've no sunbirds to feed on their nectar but will happily make do with the raft of native pollinators that flock to feed on its exotic spires of blooms.

I love the unusual split corollas of these hedge bindweeds, Calystegia sepium, not often seen. It's a pity they're so invasive as they're incredibly ornamental. I remember trying to introduce bindweed to my parents' garden when I was young, luckily it didn't establish!

If someone were to find themselves in La Rochelle.....are there any amazing gardens/nurseries/garden centres within a couple of hours travel (by car) worth visiting?

34 pots stuffed full of succulents for less than a quid each?? Thank you ebay!

My giant Madeiran sow thistle, Sonchus fruticosus is providing a splash of sunshine on a cloudy day. ☀️ – at Ballyvoy, Northern Ireland

Kniphofia 'Orange Blaze'. A short and supposedly repeat flowering red hot poker. – at Ballyvoy, Northern Ireland

Dahlia 'Matt Armour' – at Ballyvoy, Northern Ireland

Glenveagh, Donegal looking ok, I suppose. – at Donegal, Ireland

Hypericum pulchrum, Slender St. John's Wort – at Donegal, Ireland

A mid-July perambulation around Glenveagh Castle Gardens, Donegal. – at Donegal, Ireland

Extolling the virtues of leafage in this month's Ireland's Homes and Living Magazine – at Ballyvoy, Northern Ireland

Hydrangea 'Garden House Glory', is supposedly a hybrid between H. macrophylla and H. serrata. Dainty and refined, yet still packs a powerful punch. – at Ballyvoy, Northern Ireland

The new meadow at Glebe House, Churchill, Donegal.

Dahlia 'Matt Armour' and friends at Glebe House, Donegal

Glebe House on the shores of Lough Gartan, Churchill, Donegal. The former Irish home of landscape and portrait artist Derek Hill

Persicaria 'PurpleFantasy'....just before the Hampton Court Hack

I'm in print in this month's edition of The Irish Garden Magazine.

The climbing Rose 'James Galway' putting on a show on the north facing wall of our house.