Monthly Archives: February 2012

Goodbye Snowdrops.

I promise this will be my last post about snowdrops this year, or at least I think it will be!!!   Galanthus nivalis, or the wild snowdrops, are now flowering away in the woodland and shady borders, making small drifts of … Continue reading

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Who’s swimming in my pond!

I was going to call this post ” Sex orgy in my pond ” but I thought that might attract the wrong sort of person and their comments!!  When walking past the pond yesterday there was such a lot of … Continue reading

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Foliage for February. GBFD.

I wasn’t optimistic when I went into the garden this morning to take photos of foliage for Christina’s foliage day, I know, I’m a day late, everything was looking very bedraggled after all the rain yesterday and overnight. Some parts … Continue reading

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Hellebore time.

The month of February is well known for it’s snowdrops, but also flowering now and for the next month or so, are the beautiful hellebores. They come in such a variety of colours and shapes these days, you must see … Continue reading

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Flowers for February.

In spite of the frosts  that we have been having,  there are still flowers in the garden which don’t seem to mind the low temperatures. A lot of the flowers that we had last month, which were flowering out of … Continue reading

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Second Wave of Snowdrops.

The first wave of early snowdrops are now finished and the second wave is taking over. There have been problems with all the frost that we have had in the past week or 10 days, the hybrids just collapse onto … Continue reading

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Temperature problems.

When the temperature drops below freezing, as it has lately, hellebores and large snowdrops show that they aren’t happy by collapsing on the ground. As soon as the temperature rises a bit, to above zero, the flower stems right themselves … Continue reading

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An Award from Lyn.

I really must thank Lyn at   http://theamateurweeder.blogspot.com   for kindly awarding me a Versatile Blogger award. I’m afraid I do have a problem when it comes to fulfilling all the requirements. We are asked to reveal 7 new bits of … Continue reading

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Frost at last!

At last, winter has arrived in Devon, we have been having frosty nights and icy mornings. Nowhere near as bad as some parts of the country, but at least it feels as it should at this time of year , … Continue reading

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Hunting for Hellebores.

Keeping all the snowdrops company at the moment are the beautiful Hellebores that are flowering in the woodland and all the shady borders. So many fascinating new cultivars are being introduced to the market all the time, so when I … Continue reading

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