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Six on Saturday. 20.1.2024
Well, that was a cold and frosty week wasn’t it! We had temperatures down to -8C nearby, but I think maybe we were probably a couple of degrees warmer. The forecast snow didn’t arrive, thank goodness, I think it went … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaenomeles, daphne, Galanthus, garrya elliptica, Hellebore, Iris foetidissima, Iris unguicularis
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Six on Saturday. 11/ 02/ 2023
Another week of freezing nights and mostly sunny days, a lot of the mornings have seen the snowdrops and hellebores collapsed to the ground, but by lunch time they are bright and perky, standing upright once more. I was getting … Continue reading
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Tagged Crocus, daphne, Galanthus, Iris reticulata, narcissus, Winter aconite
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What a difference!
The snow has finally all gone, today the sun was shing and the sky a beautiful blue! At last I could get out and check on all my lovely winter flowers, no coat needed as it was nicely warm and … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaenomeles, Crocus, daphne, February flowers, Iris reticulata, narcissus, snowdrops
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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
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Tagged camellia, Chaenomeles, daphne, hellebores, January bulbs, January flowers, narcissus, primroses, pulmonaria, snowdrops
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The difference a day makes.
The weather on Tuesday and Wednesday was perfect, lots of sunshine, blue sky, birds singing and the temperature up in double figures. Some time ago I had invited W.I members in the village to see the snowdrops and enjoy a … 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
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Tagged cardamine pratensis, Chaenomeles, Crocus, daphne, February flower, hellebores, Iris reticulata, Leucojum, narcissus, primrosecyclamen coum, snowdrop
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The Woodland In January. EOMV.
For my End of Month View this year, I have decided to show the woodland which will soon be flowering with all the spring bulbs that like to be under the tree canopy while the leaves are off the trees. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cyclamen coum, daphne, January flowers, snowdrops, woodland, woodland flowers
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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
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Tagged Chaenomeles, Cyclamen, daphne, hellebores, iris, January flowers, jasmine, primroses, snowdrops, Witch hazel
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What a difference…..
…..a few degrees in the temperature makes and the sun deciding to shine shows the garden in a totally different light. I got so depressed each time I went into the garden and saw all the plants looking so burnt … Continue reading
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Tagged camellia, cowslips, daphne, euphorbia, narcissus, Oxlips, pulmonaria, woodland flowers
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Brave hearts, all of them!
The garden at the moment is in a state of suspended animation. A few weeks ago we had one or two sunny days, everything started growing, sending out new shoots, and then arctic winds from Russia came and burnt everything. … Continue reading