Category Archives: hellebores
Bits and Pieces.
We woke up to the most amazing sunrise the other morning, it was such a beautiful sight while it lasted but was over so quickly.
It all starts again. GBBD January 2016.
In fact it doesn’t start again, it’s never stopped! Once again though, it is time for GBBD on the 15th of the month and this month has quite a few little beauties flowering at the moment. Until a few days … Continue reading
At least the Woodland is Tidy!
Over a month of rain in December and for the first week of January, has left the woodland looking rather sodden and a bit flooded in places where the water can’t get away.
Thank goodness for self seeding drifts.
Looking back over 2015 has made me realise that we haven’t been able to do much gardening! Unfortunately health problems got in the way with the Undergardener having to go for his Prostate Cancer treatment and all his other hospital … Continue reading
At last, the Hellebores are joining in.
Each time I have been in the woodland lately, I have been concentrating on the snowdrops and hadn’t realised that the hellebores are later flowering than usual, probably due to the cold spell that we had recently. As I went … Continue reading
It’s Hellebore time once more!
Everywhere I look at the moment, the eye is taken by all the hellebores that are flowering, from white through to plum coloured ones. Most of the snowdrops are starting to “go over” and the hellebores are shouting “look at … Continue reading
Woodland in February. EOMV.
There is quite a difference in the woodland since the end of January. Most of the snowdrops are up and flowering, some have even have finished and I am waiting for just one clump to open up to the sunshine. … Continue reading
February Flowers. GBBD.
Deciding yesterday to nip out into the garden while there was a bit of sunshine, to take my photos for this months GBBD, all of a sudden it went very dark and very cold, and there I was, in a … Continue reading
The calm before the latest storm.
We had a beautifully sunny morning, not much wind, so I was able to nip into the garden to see what had opened up in the warmth of the sun. Lots of snowdrops as I thought but also the hellebores … Continue reading
January Flowers GBBD.
In spite of a sharp frost the other night, the flowers in the garden are looking surprisingly good. The temperature had been at 0 degrees C most of yesterday morning and had then risen to plus 2 once the clouds … Continue reading