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Monthly Archives: April 2012
It’s all my fault!
OK, I will hold my hands up, I should have realised that I was tempting fate when I wrote a post called April flowers need April showers !! Since then we have had almost non stop rain, Wednesday was when … Continue reading
New Growth for GBFD in April
New growth is all around us at the moment, such lovely fresh greens, copper tones and burgundies which will turn a dull green in the summer, must enjoy them while we can. First thing in the morning, with the low … Continue reading
April flowers need April showers.
We are so used to having rain on and off during the winter months and of course the April showers are well known here in England, that it doesn’t seem the same having it dry day after day. There is … Continue reading
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Tagged April showers, Azalea, camellia, cyclamen repandem, Dicentra, erythronium, iris, kerria japonica, lamium, myosotis, narcissus Pipit, Pansy, primrose, Prunus, Scilla, tulip Abbu Hassan, Tulip sylvestris, veronicamuscari
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Lovely Cowslips multiply.
I have mentioned a few times, that a very dear friend of mine, who sadly died a number of years ago from cancer, gave me 3 plants of cowslips, Primula veris. I planted two of them in the woodland and … Continue reading
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Tagged cowslips, false oxlips, Oxlips, primrose, Primula elatior, Primula veris, Primula vulgaris
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And the garden wore white for Easter.
In January and February all the shady areas of the garden were white with snowdrops, then came the yellow daffodils of March, now in April it changes again as Mother Nature washes everywhere white once more with later narcissus and … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelanchier, bergenia, bluebells, Chaenomeles, Cherry, clematis, Damson, Easter, erythronium, Exochorda, Hawthorn, Iris japonica, N.geranium, Narcissus Thalia, Pachysandra, Pear, Prunus Kojo-no-mai, Spirea, wood anemone
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Dormouse S.O.S. update.
I thought I would update you with our fight to try and save the habitat of the dormice and bats that we know are in our garden. If you remember from last December, the school next to us has closed … Continue reading
Snakesheads in the Woodland.
One area of the little woodland at the back of the house is always rather damp, I found out the hard way, by planting lots of things and watching while they died because there was too much moisture in the … Continue reading