In message , Sacha
writes


It was a short but really lovely visit ending with a family lunch for
20 at a super local restaurant (Café de la Poste, Derek, though off
your beaten track!) We were intrigued to see how far ahead some
plants were but on the other hand, the Embothrium in my son's garden is
still flowering, while ours went over a couple of weeks ago. I don't
understand that because CI gardens are usually about 4 weeks or more
ahead of UK gardens. Their veg garden is yielding loads of courgettes,
carrots, potatoes (of course!) and the sweet peas are flowering
magnificently. Ray found some huge 'apples' on some of the Camellias
and has brought them home in the faint hope they'll ripen. He took
some cuttings from a Salvia we'd given them but have since 'lost' and
he hopes that their Stauntonia will fruit again this year so that we
get lots of lovely seeds. We're also promised more of their ever-green
Agapanthus. My son and daughter in law can't abide them and I adore
them, so lucky us!

Sounds lovely Sacha. I have only seen Jersey from the air and you have
tempted me.
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June Hughes