Wednesday 20 March 2024

Flowers in the garden in March.

You can see from the photos that we've had a LOT of rain. The good news is that the garden has loved it and everything is bursting with promise. There is plenty to look at when I venture out between the showers. I am wanting to move a number of plants and bushes into different positions but every time I go outside in my boots and look out my spade and fork the weather takes a turn for the worse. My phone has nothing better to tell me than, "drizzle for the next hour" or 'intermittent rain." Here are some photos of what the garden has to offer today.
The maple trees are just starting to colour up while the camellia bushes have been flowering steadily now for several weeks. I've treated myself to a new camellia, white with a pale pink edge. It is un-named, indeed mislabeled as it had a bright red label attached when we went to B&Q to buy some cement to patch the crazy paving. (It's always dangerous when I'm "just having a look."I invariably find a plant that has to be bought.)
The first of the tree peonies, in pots under the veranda, is flowering.
The hellebores are still going strong.
And everything, as they say, in the garden is lovely. (I'm not mentioning what is happening elsewhere in the world because the shame of it is beyond me.)
I hope, dear bloggers, that you are well and that whatever makes you happy is happening for you.

6 comments:

  1. I would be happier if it would stop raining. We might get our moneysworth out of the garden waste collection if it did.

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    1. I fill my garden green bin come rain or shine. Pudsey born, need to get my money's worth!

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  2. I do enjoy your garden photos. Thank you.

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  3. Thank you for this stroll through your garden, where spring has clearly been springing for a while!
    We've had the warmest and wettest February on record, which makes for a very green and "far ahead" March. But I have yet to see camellias or peonies in bloom; we may be a little behind your part of the world in that respect.

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    1. It has been endlessly wet here but not unduly cold. The peonies are benefitting from avoiding the rain under the glass verandah. The whole area grows the most wonderful camellias, a delight to see. The advantage of very acidic soil!

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