judith lea wrote:
I have been in London for the past 2 days and I was surprised to see
so many formal, public gardens with tender plants still flowering and
how! On the way back tonight, I went shopping at Lakeside on the
Kent-Essex border and found, on the roundabout at the entrance to
Lakeside, that Busy Lizzies and Geraniums are in full flower, mine in
East Anglia are already dead - is this global warming or ir is usual
for those areas to have flowering annuals at this time of year?

perfectly normal.

My banana rarely collapses before xamas, and the whole trunk suvived one
winter with no protection at all.

Friends who come up from surry in the spring recko we are about 2/3 weeks
ahead of them.

pk