I was trying to resist this temptation … because it’s cheating. However, I simply can’t. These two lovely pics are not mine at all, I found them on the internet. My prompt for the search was a card I received from a very dear friend. He’d photographed individual petals of Tulip ‘Rococco’ on a dark … Continue reading A week of flowers. Day 6
Still joining in with Cathy’s lovely end of season posts at Words and Herbs, celebrating the flowers we’ve enjoyed over the year. What a lift to the spirits! I’m sticking with May apple blossom today. There was a lot of flower on my three little ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin’ this year, but strangely not as much … Continue reading A week of flowers. Day 3
December sees us moving away from the dreak, dieing days of November towards the light – ok, there’s still more darkness to descend up until the Solstice, but I can see the light coming, if only in my mind’s eye. Saint Lucia’s day on 13th December offers us the first hint of promise, just as … Continue reading A week in flowers. December 2021
I’m doing pretty well here! This is probably one of the very few times I’ve actually blogged in November – it’s my least favourite month of the year. A time when I feel at my least hopeful … but I love December, January, February, so have to keep reminding myself that they are just around … Continue reading November treasures
My snowdrops arrived yesterday! They are wonderful, pot-grown plants from the garden and nursery of De Boschhoeve in Holland. I bought a collection comprising ‘Sam Arnott’, ‘Jaquenetta’, ‘Pusey Green Tips’, ‘Atkinsii’, ‘Viridapice’, ‘Beluga’, ‘Hippolyta’ and ‘Straffan’ – and added in a couple of bulbs of ‘Magnet’ because I couldn’t resist. The kind grower sent me … Continue reading Here be snowdrops …
Here I am dipping in again to the Saturday Six challenge. It’s been endlessly wet this week and even when we had a little sun on two mornings I had either something else to do or enjoyed simply walking around the garden with my camera. So many jobs to do before March! I need a) … Continue reading Six on Saturday. 6th Feb 2021
Long ago I was a bit of a Galanthophile. I didn’t grow that many different cultivars, but I worked in gardens where they were grown and spent a bit of time in February tramping around and looking at other people’s snowdrops. When I moved to my ‘dream garden’ here in 2011 I had grand plans … Continue reading Snowdrops and ****** Brexit!
I made a rather startling discovery last night – in the course of a computer glitch in September I seem to have lost quite a lot of photographs that I took earlier in the year. That’s a ‘Western’ kind of ‘problem’, isn’t it? However – I’ve just received a cheering message from a friend wishing … Continue reading A Week of Flowers, Day 4
There are gardening bloggers all over the world sending you good thoughts every day this week by posting photographs of the flowers that have made them smile during 2020. All at the suggestion of Cathy, at her blog ‘Words & Herbs’. Go on over for links to happiness! And join in yourself if you feel … Continue reading A Week of Flowers, Day 2
Cathy, a gardener in Bavaria who blogs at Words & Herbs, suggested that each day for one week we post pictures of flowers that have made us happy during this year. We all need a little lift at the moment, she’s so right. Here’s my contribution, looking back to May in the garden, with alliums, … Continue reading A Week of Flowers, Day 1
Garden Dreaming at Châtillon 