The week started well with sunny skies and on Easter Monday we walked into the woods with the visiting family.
It's beautiful at this time of year with patches of wood anemones carpeting the ground
and wild daffodils beside the woodland tracks.
Once our visitors had returned to London I got to work in the garden. It has had no attention for months. My damaged wrist had put paid to work in the autumn and biting weather stopped any action in early spring.
In spite of neglect things are looking well. I like the way that the 'St Patrick' daffodils fade to a paler colour as they age.
Just for a change the squirrels haven't eaten all my tulip bulbs and I've got quite a good display!
The camellias are weathering the cold night temperatures quite well with only a little burning on some of the blooms. I always marvel at how exotic they look.
This Japanese peony is in a pot in the greenhouse, it will be put outside when summer comes.
The greenhouse is crammed with stuff.
Some pots have been put outside, others go out in the day and get popped back in for overnight protection when the temperature drops.
But I need to clear the decks to have room for potting on my seedlings.
The auriculas are starting to flower and repaying my efforts of replanting and dealing with the vine weevil grubs that can't seem to resist them.
No such trouble with the common primrose - they flower with gay abandon all over the place!
Your springgarden looks wonderful so does your greenhouse, a beauty. So glad to see auricles in your greenhouse, you don´t see them that often, certainly not on blogs. In my greenhouse they also are just starting to flower.
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful time of year for gardeners because everything is so full of promise. Auriculas are one of my favourite flowers, well worth all the bother of keeping them free of vine weevils. They remain popular in England with theatres and shows up and down the country.
DeleteLovely to see the daffodils surrounding all your trees and the pale coloured tulips too. I haven't done much seed sowing yet but I usually start too early anyway so I am not panicking just yet. Your Auriculas are lovely I love to see that dusty coating that they have.
ReplyDeleteYes,like you I've often planted too early in the season and then wondered why the seeds have rotted in the ground. For all the sunny daylight hours it is still so cold by nightfall. Everything will catch up once the temperature lifts. I'm a sucker for auriculas and have Mary Robinson's lovely book 'Auriculas for Everyone.' I've been searching for 'Yorkshire Mist' for years!
DeleteI can't believe that you haven't worked in your garden. It is so beautiful and green with flowers everywhere.
ReplyDeleteI live in a green desert but in no way is it as lush as your garden.
The common primrose is in no way common, so very beautiful. Who ever names it so long ago was wrong.
cheers, parsnip
A close look at the garden would tell you that no work was done. The perennial borders are choked with ground elder and the fruit cage is out of control. And the bindweed has yet to raise it's ugly head! Even so, a spring garden in England is pretty heavenly!
DeleteSo wonderful that you had a lovely time with family! And your garden has so many beautiful spring blooms everywhere!!!! I enjoyed seeing your greenhouse as well! Such a stunning garden friend! Nicole xo
ReplyDeleteUnlike you, Nicole, our family is now scattered so that time spent together is precious. It was especially nice that the sun shone on our long weekend! The greenhouse is such a pleasant place to be in this in-between season.
DeleteA classic English garden. I love your orchard (?) too.
ReplyDeleteWe have just half a dozen or so trees so it hardly constitutes an orchard. We abut our neighbours' sizeable and productive orchard however, so are never short of fruit!
DeleteA classic English garden. I love your orchard (?) too.
ReplyDeleteDaffodils, tulips, camellias, peonies.. How beautiful they are!
ReplyDeleteEspecially the camellias and peonies, Poirot, because they seem so exotic compared to our domestic plants.
DeleteI really could use himself once the snow is gone... The grape arbour has all but died from the snow, sigh - will have to rebuild...Your garden looks miraculous to me!
ReplyDeleteOh, poor you, Wendy, the snow has surely outstayed it's welcome. I hope that warmer times are on the way.
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