Earlier this year we had a report from Rich R who had just returned from Sicily and sent us some photographs including one of a nice flower (above) that we had not heard of called lantana (more here).

The week after seeing the pictures we bought a couple of lantana plants off ebay, not sure what happened to the other one but here’s one of them. As far as we read it’s a perennial so perhaps next year it will look better. We’ve just read online that in some places they can be invasive and considered a noxious weed, blimmin’ heck on that note we’ll keep them in a pot.

The salvia we bought from B&Q  (above) is looking good, it’s getting the odd bit of comfrey liquid every now and again and a water if we see that the soil is bone dry around it. More on salvia care here.

And finally a shot of the cosmos under the dead tree. Do send us your gardening pictures and a song recommendation (if we like it we’ll post it up with the article but no Cliff Richard/Coldplay please as a refusal often offends). Have a good Sunday and enjoy this sunshine!