Winter will be over soon. The berries on the Nandina have been lovely all winter. I'll be sad to see the end of the snowdrops though, and the hellebores.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Mrs Garden, the daisy is a margeurite. They are perennial but frost tender. You can easily strike cuttings to make more plants, and then cut it down, it will then shoot again . It probably will need as feed as well.
Mrs G - your shoots look like crocosmia to me..... Love the raindrops on the lupin too. Marion, what a delightful garden - looks enchanted
Lizzie - agree it will be sad to see the last of the snowdrops and hellebores (loving your clumps of both) - but we will be so carried away on a frothy tide of spring that we will forget to mind for too long
FB - thanks that's the one, knew it wasn't michaelmas but just couldn't think what it was. Never thought to take cuttings, nothing to loose if i try now and throw them in the GH for a while, second thoughts on a window sill.
Chicky - don't remember crocosmia being in there, although I moved that many things last year, guess time will tell!
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Hi Edd, yes they are
Winter will be over soon. The berries on the Nandina have been lovely all winter. I'll be sad to see the end of the snowdrops though, and the hellebores.
They are lovely busyL
Surely these white flowers should have died off by now (Michaelmas daisies I think, always buy as an annual),
Hello little lupin...
Whose's been digging in my garden? (And any idea what the shoots are which are coming through?).
My friend has a tiny garden but it never ceases to amaze me how much he gets to grow in it. here it is last S
unday full of spring flowers.
Such a pretty garden Marion - your friend is very clever.
Mrs Garden - the lupin looks like it is holding jewels - hope the slugs aren't around yet and licking their lips.
B- Lizzie - lush plants - beautiful.
MrsG, love the lupin with the water droplets.
Marion, that gardenis gorgeousI
Mrs Garden, the daisy is a margeurite. They are perennial but frost tender. You can easily strike cuttings to make more plants, and then cut it down, it will then shoot again . It probably will need as feed as well.
Mrs G - your shoots look like crocosmia to me..... Love the raindrops on the lupin too. Marion, what a delightful garden - looks enchanted
Lizzie - agree it will be sad to see the last of the snowdrops and hellebores (loving your clumps of both) - but we will be so carried away on a frothy tide of spring that we will forget to mind for too long
FB - thanks that's the one, knew it wasn't michaelmas but just couldn't think what it was. Never thought to take cuttings, nothing to loose if i try now and throw them in the GH for a while, second thoughts on a window sill.
Chicky - don't remember crocosmia being in there, although I moved that many things last year, guess time will tell!
Longer and more catkins than previous years, just need to choose a spot in the ground (to be seen in spring but hidden in summer!).
Corkscrew Hazel (corylus avellana contorta)
outside..
And inside...