How much more rain are we going to have?! Local rivers have burst their banks as you will have seen on the news and the nearest towns and villages have been flooded. My garden was also flooded to a certain extent, the water came to the back door but fortunately didn’t come any higher, thank goodness. A neighbour very kindly came and dug a drainage chanel into the field next door to get rid of the excess water for me. Everywhere is so wet, but the sun actually came out on Wednesday for a short time, so that is when I took my photos for today, in case I didn’t get another chance.
Iris reticulata Pauline is happily flowering on the alpine scree, this one is so reliable, the others just flower when they feel like it!
Galanthus Straffan which is in the back border and has increased nicely.
a lovely hellebore which likes living on the rockery.
A general view in the woodland.
Having opened out since last week, I think this might be Mount Hood, but there are quite a few Narcissus that are similar, so please let me know if you think it has another name.
Galanthus Wendy’s Gold has now appeared, a bit later than usual.
I’ll finish with a general view of the end of the woodland. At the front left is the large snowdrop Deer Slot whose inner markings are just like the footprints of a deer. At the right side at the front is G. Lapwing with Wendy’s Gold just to the left, in the centre back is G.Diggory.
The sun is actually shining at the moment but I don’t think it will last very long, more heavy rain is forecast for us again! Thanks once more to Jim for organising us, do pop over to him to see other gardens from around the world.
The excessive rain seems to please this magnificent iris! It’s gorgeous.
Thanks Fred, it seems to be coping with the rain very well indeed!
How lovely to have an iris named after you 😊 A lucky escape with the flood water and a very useful neighbour. Still raining here, hope it is clearer for you.
Couldn’t resist buying it when I saw its name many years ago Gill! We really don’t need any more rain down here, but more is forecast unfortunately, today actually turned out mostly sunny for a change.
I have been lax in commenting on the SOSers in recent months. I’m afraid the garden has been the last of my thoughts, and all the rain and wind and hail have taken a toil on both house and garden. January has been truly awful. I am glad your house avoided being flooded, it’s bad enough that water gets into my conservatory, but at last I don’t actually live in there. So nice to see all your snowdrops – I seem to have a few coming through, just the common ones, and some appear to have been dug up and are actually flowering upside down!
January has been a dreadful month Jude, for those living in Cornwall and Devon and it is understandable that gardening has to take a back seat when family emergencies take priority, it isn’t easy.
The snowdrops are a delight at the moment, soon the wild ones will be joining in and adding to the display. I blame the mole for digging mine up and spreading them about!
That’s a relief about the flood water not getting high enough to breach the back door and you sound as though you have a good neighhour. Lovely photos – especially the daffodil. There are no narcissi in flower here yet. Stay safe.
I think I need to build an ark Graeme, more rain forecast for next week too! I have more narcissus coming along, the next will be Narcissus pseudonarcissus, they are almost ready to flower. Thank goodness for lovely neighbours!
Wow, it certainly sounds like your corner of the world is getting too much rain. I know how frustrating and depressing that can be, although here in the Midwest U.S. we’re currently dealing more with brutal cold. I hope the rain will lessen a bit for you soon: Your garden looks ready for spring. That ‘Pauline’ Iris and the Hellebore are exquisite!
Beth, I can honestly say that I’ve never known a January like it for rain, I just hope it stops soon.I have seen on our news that the USA have been having a nasty cold period, so I hope it warms up for you soon. The plants here don’t seem to mind the wet weather and are flowering as usual.
I am glad you saw some sun Pauline, even if it didn’t last long! I don’t think many people realise that the SW is a relatively wet part of the country (and even more so this year), getting first dibs at the Atlantic weather fronts. I always like seeing your early spring bulbs, especially your lovely clumps of named snowdrops – and your namesake crocus is such a stalwart!
We actually had sun nearly all day on Saturday, which made a nice change Cathy, but it was followed by torrential rain overnight! The snowdrops are doing really well this year, maybe because of the rain after the dry summer last year? My little iris must have been flowering for at least 20 yrs now, not bad!