I have those 2 varieties of euonymus, probably why I muddled it with eleagnus. What a lovely Daphne, wish I had one. I haven't seen any for sale here. Are they hardy? Do they mind limestone?
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
you're an inspiration to us all, Marion, but you're right about gardening keeping us active! My garrya is also a delight - and planted in heavy clay, never fed or looked after, and grows very well! I have a Crazy for You rose planted in front of it which looks great later on in the year when the garrya gets a bit dowdy. My other great favourite right now is a large Mahonia - covered in scented yellow flowers - much loved by the blue and great tits who eat the florets, and the blackbirds later in the year who bring their offspring to feed off the berries. Many birds perch in it whilst waiting their turn on the bird feeders.
It has been so mild and dry today i have accomplished a lot in the winter garden and found my Hammamelis mollis (witch hazel), both red and yellow in flower and three or four brown wallflowers. My evergreen ferns are delightful as well so must take my camera up tomorrow if i can walk after the last three hectic days of gardening. I am so pleased it is not raining that i find it hard to stop for anything but food and drink! Oh and my hellebores have buds on now too.
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This hellebore in bloom at the Bristol botanic Garden is called John's slate
A lare flowering Colchicum
Agrippinum
Thank you for the lovely photos Marion.
My photo earlier had the wrong name. It should have been "Eleagnus Gilt Edge".
Two varieties of Euonymus gunnei
brightening up a dull January day.
And the beautifully perfumed Daphne "Jaqueline Posnill" kept drawing me back to
smell it.
I have those 2 varieties of euonymus, probably why I muddled it with eleagnus. What a lovely Daphne, wish I had one. I haven't seen any for sale here. Are they hardy? Do they mind limestone?
Quite hardy, Busy-Lizzie and we have alkaline soil in Bristol. The species is Daphne bhuloa, I think.
you're an inspiration to us all, Marion, but you're right about gardening keeping us active! My garrya is also a delight - and planted in heavy clay, never fed or looked after, and grows very well! I have a Crazy for You rose planted in front of it which looks great later on in the year when the garrya gets a bit dowdy. My other great favourite right now is a large Mahonia - covered in scented yellow flowers - much loved by the blue and great tits who eat the florets, and the blackbirds later in the year who bring their offspring to feed off the berries. Many birds perch in it whilst waiting their turn on the bird feeders.
It has been so mild and dry today i have accomplished a lot in the winter garden and found my Hammamelis mollis (witch hazel), both red and yellow in flower and three or four brown wallflowers. My evergreen ferns are delightful as well so must take my camera up tomorrow if i can walk after the last three hectic days of gardening. I am so pleased it is not raining that i find it hard to stop for anything but food and drink! Oh and my hellebores have buds on now too.
I had a lovely morning's walk round my garden on this very mild January day complete with camera. The buds are fattening nicely on my rhododendrons -