Back in November 2012 I planted two long rows of summer raspberries on the allotment in a sea of mud. One of the Glen Ample canes has finally changed from being a dead looking stick to producing shoots and I'm hoping that the others will now quickly follow suit.It seems to make sense that it's the first of my three summer varieties to show,the others being Glen Magna and Leo.
Last year's Autumn Bliss plant in my garden looks very healthy. Rather than prune everything to the ground I decided to leave some of the first year canes so that I can double crop from them and the new ones produced this year.
Some more Autumn Bliss canes came with my job lot of summer raspberries but while these are also still stick like, the original one is producing runners across the raised bed.
My new blueberry bushes had a very short stop over on the allotment and now occupy most of another raised bed in my back garden ,where I'll be able to appreciate their autumn colour through the window of my day room.
More flowers are appearing in the garden now.Elephants ears which have never really produced flowers before, Polyanthus which thrive in the cool weather and shade,a new Viburnum and the ever reliable Aubretia which carpets the crag.
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Yes nice to see some colour at last and always good to see new growth on the fruit canes and bushes. Once the Raspberries get underway you won't be able to stop them.
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