Tag Archives: camellia
Six on Saturday. 26. 03. 22.
What a difference a week makes, a week of lovely warm sunshine. So much is now pushing up and starting to flower, but flowers that have been with me for a while are suddenly going over with all the unexpected … Continue reading
Six on Saturday 19. 3. 2022
We have had better weather this week except for Wednesday when once again it was torrential rain which made gardening totally impossible, I even rang the gardener and asked him not to come. Since then though it has been a … Continue reading
Six on Saturday 8.1.2022
With one lovely sunny day on Wednesday , in a week of lots more rain, I was able to get into the garden and prepare the bed for snowdrop flowering which backs onto the woodland. It was a pleasure to … Continue reading
Plants for Free
That’s what I like, freebies, plants that don’t cost anything, that can fill an odd space here or there or if you’re doing a new bed, then they can fill the space between the permanent planting for now. They can … Continue reading
A Bit of Retail Therapy.
Having got my gardening mojo back at last, I felt the need of a bit of retail therapy! I took myself off to my local garden centre, Otter Nurseries, to see what they had on offer and found lots of … Continue reading
The sun shone for the snowdrops!
The forecast for yesterday was good, sunny but cold with the wind coming straight from the Arctic! I made some biscuits, baked a cake, bought some chocolate biscuits, hoovered, dusted and cleaned the loo, then sat back and waited for … Continue reading
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
Away from home.
Having just returned home from a few days near London with our son and dil, which followed a few days in Bristol over Christmas with our daughter and family, I need to catch up with the garden, the house and … Continue reading
New Year’s Day flowers.
I just thought I would have a quick whizz around the garden and see if anything was flowering on the first day of the year. In the front, by the door, is where my first snowdrop should be. G. Mrs … Continue reading
In the Pink.
When I drew the bedroom curtains back this morning, I was surprised to see that the Camellia in the corner of the garden was covered in buds and flowers.