JennyC wrote:
We were down in France during the recent heatwave. It was no worse than here
in Holland. It rained occasionally and the vegetation was surprisingly
green. there's a whole host of plants that will do well in the conditions
:~))

Hullo Jenny!! I've put my heart on a tamarix or two for next year.
Biarritz has inspired me though not sure where I can put them (nor
where I am going to find them), but I fell in love with the fluffyness
of its leaves and the soft appearance. Will a pot do I wonder...

I can't remember the name of the tree my cousin has in the centre of
the garden. Do you remember what it was? Mimosa family but which one?
I've got a few seeds from it and I'm going to have a go. It was
brilliant to see you and Leo there. Those lazy days under the chenes
.... what a life they have. I took 4 lil' oaks and will get them going
in my garden as a souvenir. We managed to go to Toulouse, vast expenses
of crunchy burnt grass filled with jumping grasshoppers, fields upon
fields of straw bales and sun flowers and then Barcelona with all its
yukkas in flowers. Saragoza and Logrono were a disapointment - it felt
like death valley and someone nicked our spare wheel so we headed back
to Horsegor, hortensias everywhere, in any containers possible and just
had to jump in those mighty waves again ... beam me up somebody (