Lovely frits Iamweedy. I'm always intending to get some of those
That will be beautiful when it all spreads and you get really good coverage LP.
Hi Cloggie- yes, the reticulata Irises don't usually have a very long lifespan. If you get three or four years out of them, that's pretty average. Mine are in pots and each pot has fewer flowers than last year and the year before, so it doesn't look good. I'll probably put them into a border after flowering and just let them get on with it there, and then I'll buy more bulbs in autumn for the pots. If they're planted in a border, it doesn't matter quite so much if you have fewer flowers year on year, but in a pot it's a bit more of an issue.
I love them because they flower so early and provide a nice burst of colour. They're usually earlier than the crocus and so trouble free
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Well, blow me! Doris took out the big tree! Here is an after and a link to before above ...
oh, and the disruption in the lawn is a soakaway for some building work we got going on but that is actually the site of a planned island bed that will incorporate the weeping birch (yes, I've talked about it on here and thanks for letting me know they have shallow roots and don't like you digging under them).
What a joy this thread is! Your gardens are all so beautiful! I am currently gardening my Mum's garden as she died last summer. I was silently bemoaning the lack of winter interest in the garden, then in the last couple of weeks a beautiful hellebore has started blooming. You never know what nature has in store for you, and every time I see it from the kitchen it gives me such pleasure to think of her selecting and tending it
The fleece is slightly off so that my beautiful dwarf iris, crocus and miniature daffs can get the little warmth from the sun today. It is so lovely to see some colour in the garden now, they seem to be putting a spurt on.
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Some memories of last years flowers
Fritillaria (meleagris). Eucomis (sparking burgundy) Hemerocallis (Pretty miss.)
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
Lovely frits Iamweedy. I'm always intending to get some of those
That will be beautiful when it all spreads and you get really good coverage LP.
Hi Cloggie- yes, the reticulata Irises don't usually have a very long lifespan. If you get three or four years out of them, that's pretty average. Mine are in pots and each pot has fewer flowers than last year and the year before, so it doesn't look good. I'll probably put them into a border after flowering and just let them get on with it there, and then I'll buy more bulbs in autumn for the pots. If they're planted in a border, it doesn't matter quite so much if you have fewer flowers year on year, but in a pot it's a bit more of an issue.
I love them because they flower so early and provide a nice burst of colour. They're usually earlier than the crocus and so trouble free
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Forgot to add a pic - snowdrops doing their thing at long last
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Lovely looking, healthy, snowdrops Fairy. I do just love them
A A Milne
Well, blow me! Doris took out the big tree! Here is an after and a link to before above ...
oh, and the disruption in the lawn is a soakaway for some building work we got going on but that is actually the site of a planned island bed that will incorporate the weeping birch (yes, I've talked about it on here and thanks for letting me know they have shallow roots and don't like you digging under them).
Things never remain the same in gardens eh?
What a joy this thread is! Your gardens are all so beautiful! I am currently gardening my Mum's garden as she died last summer. I was silently bemoaning the lack of winter interest in the garden, then in the last couple of weeks a beautiful hellebore has started blooming. You never know what nature has in store for you, and every time I see it from the kitchen it gives me such pleasure to think of her selecting and tending it
Always a challenge Cloggie
Nature has a way of 'lighting' things up sometimes Tara - just when we often think it's all going wrong. Always a little hope for the future
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The fleece is slightly off so that my beautiful dwarf iris, crocus and miniature daffs can get the little warmth from the sun today. It is so lovely to see some colour in the garden now, they seem to be putting a spurt on.
Can I ask why you're fleecing crocus and reticulata Irises, Jacqueline?
Or have I misunderstood....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hi folks lovely piccies, here are a couple of photos taken this morning.