Does anyone know anything about gardening?

The urge to neem/hose/rose clear these is colossal. Hoping for some ladybirds to be along shortly but no sign yet

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Oh wow.
I'd go for manual removal and crushing as a first step.

Can't remember who on here recommended the Black Pearl Euphorbia but the one I put in last year is now flowering and looking great.

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Those chairs look great! Where are they from?

Think it's made by different companies.
German link: https://holz4home.de/products/skandinavischer-liegestuhl-kiefer

Black Pearl

Might have been me, it’s a favourite of my ladybird army.

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Ah yes, it was you indeed!
I think it was also you who recommended the Orange Geum which is on the purchase list for this year. Thanks!

aphid

Yikes, blast them with a hose!

Thanks they’re called “clam chairs” i think. As @c.h.e. says made by different manufacturers. Bought ours off a travelling narrow boat on the canal in our town

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I spray our roses with rose clear. Terrible I know. 😔

Anyone know what this is that’s fairly rampant in every corner of my garden and lawn? To my untrained eye it looks exactly like the cranesbill geraniums I planted in autumn.
The lawn is also rife with nepeta and dandelion which is looking awesome.

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cranesbill geraniums

Looks like this to me too but also with herb robert underneath

Yeah Rob gets everywhere. I like it.

Well I’m glad I spent about £40 on six struggling cranesbills that are now growing like weeds everywhere around them.

If you like it keep the Robert. I can’t stand it, gets everywhere

It’s probably creeping buttercup rather than geraniums. Kill it - it spreads like a bastard.

I don't know if they're geraniums but the ones I planted last year in my borders are already back with a vengeance and looking fairly rampant.

When looking for fast growing, evergreen climbers for a shaded spot I for some reason ruled out things like Japanese honeysuckle which seems to fit the criteria. Anyone any idea why I did that?

Disagree, look closely at the leaf shape, I think it's more dissected than creeping buttercup

Carolina geranium stock photo

Meadow cranesbill stock photo

Creeping buttercup stock photo

It'll be certain when it flowers though

I have a small patch of creeping buttercup

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Seems like it is invasive

Found a load of lily beetles today.

Correct course of action is to squish them, yes?

No
Part of the rich biodiversity of a garden. Another garden predator will eventually sort them out and so it goes on😬

ah ok - fair enough. i thought as non native species they were bad guys.

Got the fuckers today.

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I’m just trying to sound eco-aware, squish them if you want to