Tag Archives: winter bulbs
Snowdrops, hellebores, tea, cake and chat.
Yesterday the ladies from my village WI. came once more for tea, cake and snowdrops. They came in the afternoon this time so that if it had been frosty and the snowdrops had all collapsed, then they would have a … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 10.2.2024
While half of the country is covered with snow, the other half has floods this week! You can guess which half I’m in, with the grass soaking wet, patio flooded once more and part of the garden and woodland under … Continue reading
Beating Brendan for GBBD
On Monday, our first named storm of the winter arrived, Brendan was roaring through my trees, trying to create havoc, a wander through the woodland to see if any damage has been done will be necessary as soon as I … Continue reading
January flowers for GBBD, 2017
The dreaded snow coming down from the Arctic the other day managed to almost miss us, thank goodness. We woke to just a tiny smattering of snow which soon vanished once the sun rose in the sky, we were so … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
Most of you are writing such wonderful posts of all your achievements in the garden for 2016 and for all your hopes in 2017. I certainly didn’t achieve much last year, the only new bit done was the gravel garden … Continue reading
Masses of flowers at Dunham Massey.
I had the choice of where we stopped on the way home after our weekend away and chose the National Trust property Dunham Massey, which is between the city of Manchester and the peace of the Cheshire plains. and not … Continue reading
Pauline is flowering.
When I was passing the dining room window a few minutes ago, I noticed a bit of purple on the alpine scree, straight away I knew what it must be – Iris reticulata Pauline was flowering!
Happy Hippeastrum.
It is years and years since I have grown a Hippeastrum or is it an Amaryllis. According to my big Bulb book by Anna Pavord, they are definitely Hippeastrum. When I last grew them, I didn’t know the first thing … Continue reading
The North Wind doth Blow !
The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow……..except that the promised snow didn’t arrive, it all got dumped on Exeter the other day and the next village to us, just 3 miles away. According to a friend in … Continue reading
What’s in Flower on New Year’s Day.
Taking a quick walk around the garden this morning showed that lots of flowers are still confused with the mild weather we are still having and lots have decided to flower much earlier than usual. Windy conditions have made taking … Continue reading