In praise of: Narcissi Falconet
I know, most of you are thinking daff time is over, let’s move on to other Spring plants and bulbs. But before you do, I suggest you consider this little beauty for next years pots or borders. Narcissi Falconet is …
Spring blues
One of my favourite colours in Spring are the Spring blues. Of course, sometimes it’s hard to tell if a flower is blue or a purple blue, and it’s not always the easiest colour to photograph. However, here are a …
The case of the strange straight apple tree in the garden
This is a rather strange apple tree. I know it’s an apple tree, because it had a couple of apples on it when we viewed the house we now live in, last November. Unless the sellers managed to glue a …
The new garden
At the end of March, Kevin & I finally moved into our new, and hopefully long-term, home and garden. Yay! So this is a bit of an introduction to the new garden. It isn’t much now, but it has potential. …
A discovery of seedlings
Checking out my plants today, I made a discovery of seedlings. Pulsatilla vulgaris Why is this so exciting? Because all I did was chuck (I mean it, chuck) a few of the fluffy seeds last summer into a container with …
Obligatory snow blogpost
Much of the UK is under snow at the moment, and in the tradition of whenever it snows in the UK, this is my obligatory snow blogpost. It’s short, coz you know, I’m not actually going outside in it! This …
Spring is coming
Yes, I know it’s still late winter, but look, Spring is on it’s way in the garden. I have the Sarcococca confusa by the front door and the fragrance is divine. I have a few snowdrops in pots. The first here …
Feeling seedy
I’m feeling rather seedy. No, not that type of seedy. The growing seeds type of seedy. This week the seeds I ordered from the annual Hardy Plant Society (HPS) Seed Distribution Scheme, arrived. As a member, for only £5 (to cover …