Yearly Archives: 2016
Hellebore Heaven.
We were up in the North West last weekend for the undergardener’s cousin’s 80th Birthday. Unknown to me, the undergardener had googled “Hellebores” and found the National Collection of Hellebores was just off the M6 Motorway in Staffordshire and convenient … Continue reading
The Woodland in Winter.
I don’t think it is any secret that the woodland is my favourite part of this garden, at least for the first half of the year. When we moved here it was just the huge ancient trees with lots of … Continue reading
A mixed bag for February.
As usual I have a few photos taken during this last month that wouldn’t make a post by themselves, but by putting them together they make a mixed bag for February. I’ll start with a couple of sunrises, they have … Continue reading
The end of Snowdrops?
Just for a year I hasten to add! The snowdrops are coming to an end earlier than usual, due no doubt to the strange, warm weather we have had during Jan/Feb. The early “specials” were very early, then the wild … Continue reading
It doesn’t need to be sunny, just warmer.
I found out the other day that crocus don’t actually need sunshine to open their flowers wide, they just need the temperature to rise a bit. Our temperatures had been at around +4/5 C for some time, when they suddenly … Continue reading
Hope springs eternal. GBFD February.
Once again it is time to be looking round the garden for any foliage which takes the eye. Everywhere there are signs of new life, leaves pushing upwards from the soil and leaves sprouting forth from bare branches. The leaves … Continue reading
Bloom Day in February.
I went out yesterday to take photos for today’s post for GBBD, thank goodness I did as we had a hard frost last night and flowers are not looking too happy this morning. I could only go round half the … Continue reading
Conservatory colour carries on.
Colour is still showing in the bulbs and plants which we have in the cool conservatory, they have now been joined by Hippeastrum and Narcissus, some of the early ones to flower have now finished and will soon be planted … Continue reading
I blame Imogen.
Imogen is the name of the latest storm to hit the UK, she came rushing across the Atlantic on Friday night and hit the west coast and dumped so much rain on top of us when she met land. Once … Continue reading
Sorting the front border.
Usually we have the front border sorted by December so that we can see the snowdrops under the red stemmed Cornus, unfortunately that wasn’t possible last year and we are only just doing it now. We didn’t manage to give … Continue reading