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I was hoping that it might come back Lynn …. it’s on Blue Hill and I can’t understand why it’s gone, unless a fox or cat or squidge dug it out I shall look again tomorrow. Meanwhile I have some seeds from the park, collected today

Hi Anne,I bought one before we went away, came back and it was brown, have kept watering it and this week I have new green growth away from the plant, it’s in the corners of the plant pot, so I’m hopeful it’s regrowing??!!

I recently bought one and it didn’t survive Jenny….I shall attempt to gather some seeds from the park ones if that’s legal

great picture Anne, we have a very old variety of michlemas daisy in the garden, an absolute thug in that it creeps along the ground and would take over if I let it, but the bees, hoverflies etc just love it at this time of the year, so whenever I try to control it I always leave some behind just for them

Whenever we have been to the South Norwood Country Park during this Autumn, i have seen bees on the massed Asters … Michaelmas Daisies … growing there … this was on 29th September.

the chalet we stayed in back in May near Malvern had wild bees going in and out of the roof, I hope nobody disturbed them, often wonder if the roof is dripping with honey

Interesting, Sheila!

This takes me back. The local police used to come for my father every time they were notified of a swarm – but thankfully of nothing like this. Usually bees before they swarm stuff themselves with honey for the effort. This makes them very good-natured and placid and easy to handle – but these bees would be alert and defensive…..

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As I said, am glad that the bees were safely re-homed

Goodness me!!! They obviously felt safe etc as that is a established hive.

Haha, Sheila! You definitely mustn’t cut it back!

One of my gardening consolations in the face of cherry tree suckers everywhere, and root knobbles all over my “lawn” is the fact that the bl**dy cherry tree is staggering along supporting 30 feet growths of clematis montana and Goldenheart ivy growing from my side of the fence……

It has a myriad of uses, Karen

I’ve got the varigated ivy in my garden it comes from our neighbours wilderness gardens, I keep it under control and it hides her unsightly fence and the chicken wire we put up to replace her panels after they collapsed, the birds especially the sparrows love the berries in the autumn

Varigated ivy is nice, Cilla A little bit lighter than what I’ve got

We planted different variegated ivy along all our fences alongside the native ivy. Ivy doesn’t strangle trees. Our friends in Ireland had someont to take all the ivy off the trees in their little wood……they wouldn’t be told!!!

Good to hear that you’ve still got your ivy, Anne When I moved here nearly 8 years ago now, as one of the neighbours introduced himself he mentioned my ivy strangling my trees, which I have duly ignored, obviously