An amazing scent in the garden yesterday, and I had no idea what it was. Turned out my pittosporum bush is in flower, tiny, almost insignificant black flowers, but my goodness, what a lovely fragrance. I didn’t realise they were scented. What a delightful surprise. They’ve only been there for more than 18 years!
The bluebells are out in force along the country lanes and banks. Beautiful with the cowslips on the sunnier bits and the froth of so far unidentified white flowers.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Yellow rattle did really well last year in our mini meadow, and the bumble bees loved it - so I was disappointed that the saved seed I'd sown last autumn didn't appear to have germinated at all. But patience has been rewarded - it's now popping up all over the place...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Two reasons to be cheerful today. First, a thick envelope arrived containing "The Garden", the RHS magazine whose delivery to the EU had been suspended since the November issue. I was about to cancel my membership...
Second reason is the arrival of our son and his family from York this afternoon - including our youngest grandchild, whom we'd never met since his birth in July 2020.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I have just booked tickets for Superbloom, the wildflower display in the Tower of London moat planted as a platinum jubilee tribute. I think this event is really going to capture the public’s imagination, putting it on a par with the poppies.
Cosmos germinated in three days. I think I'm cheerful about it.😏 it seems a bit eager though.
Mine too (Xanthos and Peppermint Rock). I thought I'd left it late enough but maybe not. I'm not really bothered if the Peppermint Rock ones end up leggy and no good because they were a reduced packet from B&Q clearance last autumn, but the Xanthos weren't cheap.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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Second reason is the arrival of our son and his family from York this afternoon - including our youngest grandchild, whom we'd never met since his birth in July 2020.
Enjoy meeting your new grandson @Liriodendron
I've been excused jury service much to my great relief.