There’s loads of green shoots from the spring bulbs in the planters. I particularly like these ones that I can see from the living room, which were planted in layers with a variety of anemones, snowdrops, daffs and tulips topped off with winter pansies and cylcamen.
I think the anemones might be the first to flower.
In the greenhouse, I’ve made just enough room to take a seat, putting out a few of the pots that had been sheltering there. It”s a pleasant spot to sit and listen to the pitter patter of the rain on the plastic roof, but I am a bit fed up of the rain which has been fairly relentless here in soggy South West England. The predictions about climate change that heard as a child in the 1908s of wetter, wilder weather, seem to have been right.
Inside the greenhouse, the lemon verbena are doing well, the viburnum, rosemary, sage and saliva cuttings seem to be doing ok and the pansy seedlings have survived the winter so far. The dahlia looks dead but might not be, and the venus fly trap has survived.
The pot marigold is in flower. I’m glad I brought it under cover to keep this little bloom going, This flower came from little seedlings that I almost forgot about. They emerged from a pot behind a rose cutting that I removed to give to a friend, and these little marigolds have been a cheery highlight ever since.
Lovely husband has been busy pruning the wisteria, and the straggly wild shoots have been neatly trimmed back to just a few buds, which will hopefully maximise the flowers we see and smell from this plant in the springtime. Over the years sweet husband has got bolder with wisteria pruning, which seems to get the best results. 🙂
The snowdrops and bergenia under the twisted hazel tree are looking just lovely.
Tomorrow is the wassail to wake up the apple trees in the community orchard by the river Frome. About seven or eight years ago I met a bunch of people from the Tree Group Frome who had an idea to plant trees for the community. And now hundreds of people come along each year to celebrate and awaken this little community orchard. 🙂
So that’s my six for this week, as the days get a little longer and the promise of spring is tantalising.
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Have a lovely week,
J xx
What a nice tradition; waking the trees.
They do wassailing at my local park, but I’ve never gone yet – the timing has always been off. Maybe something to put in the diary.
The marigold is lovely and so cheerful!
Oh, that’s a great idea to put them in the rectangular planters. They look attractive, and they can be moved if needed. The Marigold is so pretty and such a hopeful bloom. 🙂