Well, Mark has put a good couple of hours into the garden, and has been taking all the cutting back very seriously indeed. He came in to get the camera as we have lots of frog spawn in the pond (finally). He took a fair number of photos of the beds he’s been working on. Anyway, I had a shock when I saw that he has cut back a beautiful variegated weigela, with deep red flowers and a golden mock orange (philadelphus), which has scented white flowers in the summer. Oh dear! And I thought it was safe to leave him to it! Mark says to mention to Simon that he was wrong about Mark’s gardening knowledge!! All in all though, he doing a really thorough job on his hands and knees a lot of the time. Maybe it will give the shrubs an encouragement to grow back vigorously. We need to get some fertilizer that is suitable for shrubs in particular. Any suggestions very welcome. We will also spread some of our home-grown compost around in the large gaps where Mark has weeded and cut-back. Only the summer will tell us just quite how effectively Mark has tidied up!!!
Here are a few photos
