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March Bounty for GBBD
Having missed a few Bloom Days due to being really busy in the garden getting everything ready for the snowdrop season, I can now take a breath and take a general view of the whole garden and realise that half … Continue reading
March, lamb or lion?
In looking back over the month of March, we have a saying that it comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, in other words the weather at the beginning of the month is much worse than … Continue reading
Where did April go?
One minute it was March, then all of a sudden it is May, where has the last month gone I wonder? I know I have been spending far too much time fiddling in the woodland and now it is panic … Continue reading
Lots more spring flowers. GBBD March 2019
March has brought very mixed weather for us so far, one minute warmish and sunny, then much colder, hail showers, fierce gales, and driving rain. At least I haven’t had to water all my new plantings, nature is doing it … Continue reading
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus !
Happy St. David’s Day to you all, today, March 1st is St. David’s Day and the national emblem for Wales is the daffodil. At the moment there are a few different daffodils flowering in the garden, I thought I would … Continue reading
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Tagged early bulbs, early flowers, March flowers, narcissus, spring flowers
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What a difference a day makes!
I am amazed, the past few days have been the depths of winter, today it is bright sunshine, the birds are singing once more, the temperature is up to 10 C and the flowers are fine, definitely spring time!
My new Plant of the Moment.
The plant that I am visiting each day at the moment is Epimedium Amber Queen. This plant was new last year and I’m so impressed at the way it has taken off in the woodland here and the number of … Continue reading
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Tagged epimedium, Epimedium Amber Queen, flowers for shade, spring flowers
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Spring Flowers everywhere.
Our weather has suddenly changed once again. Today we have storm Doris howling outside, thank goodness I took my photos a few days ago, before they got flattened! In all our shady borders there are bulbs popping up everywhere and … Continue reading
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Tagged February bulbs, February flowers, spring flowers, winter flowering shrubs
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April flowers for GBBD 2016.
April saw a rise in the temperatures but also saw a few gales to batter the newly emerged flowers, tempted into flower by the warmth. The garden is definitely waking up and I can’t keep up with all the jobs … Continue reading
The Woodland in Spring.
The difference in the woodland at the end of this month is the change of colour from the white of the snowdrops to the yellow and white of the narcissus. When I went into the woodland to check that everything … Continue reading
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Tagged Spring bulbs, spring flowers, woodland ephemerals, woodland flowers
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