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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Primroses, everywhere I look!
Well, that is the dream maybe! You may remember that I was thinking of having the sides of the ditch by the woodland covered with primroses, well, I have been looking around the garden to see how many seedlings I … Continue reading
Sango Kaku has woken up.
How could I have missed the beautiful new foliage on Acer Sango Kaku in the woodland, when it was Foliage Day on March 22nd! The foliage is light green in the summer and butter yellow in the autumn, but when … Continue reading
Spring has Sprung – it’s official!
My garden is telling me that spring is definitely with us. The birds are singing, choosing their mates, nest building with all the bits that I haven’t got round to tidying and sporting their wonderfully coloured plumage. There is frogspawn … Continue reading
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Tagged evergreen foliage, frogspawn, March foliage, new foliage, spring foliage
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Spring has arrived. GBBD. March.
Spring has certainly arrived in the garden here, it is washing over the garden and changing the colour from white to yellow. Early snowdrops are now almost finished and the colour white that was everywhere a few days ago is … Continue reading
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Tagged flowering shrubs, March bulbs, March flowers, Spring bulbs, spring flowering shrubs, spring flowers
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Happy Hippeastrum.
It is years and years since I have grown a Hippeastrum or is it an Amaryllis. According to my big Bulb book by Anna Pavord, they are definitely Hippeastrum. When I last grew them, I didn’t know the first thing … Continue reading
Oh no!
When I came down for breakfast this morning, I couldn’t believe it…….. …….he has brought a friend!!! He obviously doesn’t consider the second pheasant a threat to his territory as they haven’t been fighting, they just seem very friendly! Does … Continue reading
He’s back!
I woke suddenly this morning at 4am and then heard a loud squawking outside. I immediately knew who was prowling round the garden. He has stayed on the fields all winter with his harem of ladies, but now he is … Continue reading
Latecomers to the party.
Some of my earlier flowering snowdrops are starting to go over but the snowdrop party isn’t over yet. A few varieties are later flowering than most and extend the snowdrop season by a few more weeks. I’ll start with some … Continue reading
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Tagged cardamine, eranthis, forget me not, Hammamellis, late flowering snowdrops, Primula sibthorpthii, pulmonaria, snowdrops, spring flowers
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