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?

I've still got geraniums (pels) in full flower, also salvia and verbena,
admittedly the tagettes have shrivelled a bit and the osta's have give up
the ghost....and I'm in Lancashire!