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Monthly Archives: January 2015
The North Wind doth Blow !
The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow……..except that the promised snow didn’t arrive, it all got dumped on Exeter the other day and the next village to us, just 3 miles away. According to a friend in … Continue reading
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Tagged flowering shrubs, January bulbs, January flowers, winter bulbs, winter flowers
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Foliage for January.
Foliage Day has come round very quickly this month, or so it seems. There is lots of foliage that is looking decidedly tatty, I really must get round to cutting it down, and there are a few plants that shine … Continue reading
January treasures for GBBD.
At the moment, the sun is shining, the sky is a brilliant blue, the wind is blowing and everywhere is very wet from torrential rain overnight. We have escaped the awful weather of the last few days, when other places … Continue reading
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Tagged flowering shrubs, iris, January flowers, snowdrops, winter flowers
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Away from home.
Having just returned home from a few days near London with our son and dil, which followed a few days in Bristol over Christmas with our daughter and family, I need to catch up with the garden, the house and … Continue reading
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Tagged camellia, Hellebore, January flowers, muscari, Sunbury Embroiderers, Sunbury-on-Thames, Witch hazel
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New Year’s Day flowers.
I just thought I would have a quick whizz around the garden and see if anything was flowering on the first day of the year. In the front, by the door, is where my first snowdrop should be. G. Mrs … Continue reading
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Tagged camellia, campanula, Chaenomeles, flowers for new years day, forget me not, garrya elliptica, honesty, iris, meconopsis cambrica, narcissus, polyanthus, primrose, Rose, snowdrops, Winter Jasmine
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