… and other signs of spring.
Some of the flowers I saw when I visited my local park at the weekend. Spring is definitely on its way.
Category: gardens
Witch Hazel
How can it be so long since I last posted? Already, the darkest days of the year have passed, making way for tentative signs of spring.
I saw this witch hazel last weekend when we went for a rare family stroll in the park. Beautiful wisps and shreds of yellow, and a surprisingly strong, sweet fragrance.
Late Summer
Red
Red
Some vibrant autumn berries.
Yew: waxy, beguiling, poisonous.
Cotoneaster: waxwing temptation, I hope.
Holly: shy, early, forgotten.
Honeysuckle: sticky, showy, scary!
Fierce
Yellows
A lot of yellow in the local park at the moment. Here are some of the different moods:
Iris Kaleidoscope
An iPad photograph.
Rozanne
Geranium ‘Rozanne’ peering through some iris leaves. Beautiful as ever, but somehow not as many flowers this year. I’m hoping…
Small Successes
Something went well in the garden! Here are some of my wonderful tulips. Before they go…
Visitor
The welcome sight of a blackcap visiting the garden.
It’s Starting!
Definitely a feel of spring about the place today. And about time too!
Snowdrops abound; a suspicion of daffodil buds. Two or three pale crocuses have opened today, lonely and straggly in their oversized planters. (Where are the others?)
I’ve planted out some more red tulips, which were a most welcome gift. A lot to look forward to there …
Tiny shifts, tiny events everywhere, from the unidentified and intriguing (dark red shoots emerging in unmarked pots) to surprise discoveries (shy, white blooms of forgotten winter-flowering honeysuckle). And last year’s biggest rescue mission: white narcissus bulbs, found in a terrible, neglected state and given an emergency home in a huge plastic box. Too close together, too many in the box, but still alive and raring to go, by the looks of it. Let’s wait and see.
Return of the primrose.
What are they?
Discovered this morning.
Hardy geranium returning.
Grape hyacinth bud.
Narcissus nursery.
Green heaven.
