We moved to a new place last Autumn and seeing all this new stuff come through has been lovely. How is everyone else's gardens doing?

The rose bush has done really well this year, producing a huge number of flowers. I dead-headed it at the weekend and I am expecting a second flowering later in the year.

One of our bushes appears to have died. I gave it a good prune in October and I think that's what went and killed it. I checked a few branches and they were bone dry. I need to check the main trunk and see if there is any life left in it or if I should bite the bullet and pull it out.

Our buddleia has grown so voraciously that it has collapsed in the windy weather we have had over the last few days. I didn't prune it back enough in the spring.