When I was passing the dining room window a few minutes ago, I noticed a bit of purple on the alpine scree, straight away I knew what it must be – Iris reticulata Pauline was flowering!
Iris reticulata Pauline.
December Flowers 2015.
Most of the flowers in the garden at the moment are ones that usually flower at this time of year, but some are hanging on and just don’t know when to stop. No area has the wow factor at this time of year and I wouldn’t expect it to, it is more a question of searching for the flowers on my daily wander and they are there if I look carefully.
The first flower that I come across is the Chaenomeles, just outside the back door, you can’t miss it. This started flowering last month and will continue on and off all winter, depending on the weather.
Chaenomeles
Doomed, but not for long!
I had the wonderful idea of ordering some lovely plants the other day, for my new area. In the past there hasn’t been any problem, you click the button, pay by debit or credit card, sit back , wait 48 hrs, and there they are, being delivered by a friendly van driver.
All Change.
When a plant dies, it makes a planting opportunity or that is what I tell myself! I’ve been thinking for some time what to plant in the area we now have which was occupied by a Cotoneaster shrub.
Dead Cotoneaster.
End of month review – November.
Where have the days gone, November passed so quickly and I don’t seem to have done very much in the garden. We have had so much rain that it hasn’t been possible to do much, I still have bulbs waiting to be planted, today seems a good day, it’s dry so far but rain is due later. I have started my wander in the front garden and then follow my usual route clockwise round the garden.
Jack Frost has been visiting.
Over last weekend, we had our first frost of the winter. It was rather a shock to the system, having got used to the very mild weather that we had been having, the wind changed direction from the south to the north and what a difference it made. We woke up to find everything edged with a crisp coating of frost. I didn’t want to walk on the lawn, but managed to take a few photos from the paths round the house.
Not variegated ivy, just ivy with an edging of frost.
GBFD Foliage for November.
Sorry I’m late, due to circumstances beyond my control, but here is my offering for Foliage Day in November, which was written last Saturday.
It’s a question of dodging the showers or rather, the downpours and the gales, to take a few photos for Foliage Day, so there are not as many this time. The temperatures have plummeted to just plus 5C during the day which is a lot lower than the plus 16C that we have had for weeks now. Most of the leaves on the deciduous trees have now dropped, but still the oaks are hanging onto their leaves. Leaf sweeping is just about keeping up with what has been deposited on lawns and paths, the beds will have to wait, they might get done, they might not.
Bergenia by the front door.
Following my usual route round the garden, starting with the front drive, the Bergenia are looking solid against the Winter Jasmine.
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Looking Good. Friday 20th November.
Having looked all round the garden for something that isn’t looking rain battered and wind burnt, without success, I decided to come in and photograph the plants that are in the conservatory at the moment.
Conservatory flowers.
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Decreasing numbers. GBBD November.
Halfway through November and it is very clear that we don’t have as many flowers this month, I think the flowers have decided that winter will soon be with us. We have had a very mild November so far, with just one cold day last week. The wind is from the south west bringing warm air up from the south Atlantic, this is confusing us as well as the plants! However, wandering round the garden I can find a few spots of colour.
Rosa,The Dark Lady
Most of the roses still have flowers blooming.
Looking Good. Friday 13th November.
I was amazed to find that Iris unguicularis Walter Butt had started flowering at the end of October. The first year it was planted here, it flowered in December, last year it flowered in November, but this year it was flowering on the 25th October.
Iris unguicularis Walter Butt.
This photo was taken in October, we were obviously having a shower at the time.