El Capitan There is real power in those shoots

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Miniature Hostas justify their popularity. They are excellent plants for containers in a shady position.The recent warm weather has resulted in a mass of tiny shoots

• Yesterday  was a lovely warm day so I was able to make the first inspection of my bees of the year. All five hives have survived the winter however two of them appear  queenless and therefore doomed. I united one of the queenless colonies which contained drone brood with a healthy queen right colony . I will check the other one in a weeks time.

Just 4 weeks to go before the first show of the year; the RHS  Cardiff flower show. The plants for the display are coming on well.