Today is the first full moon of the year, a supermoon. This one is known as the wolf moon. The clear skies that are keeping my garden frost bound will no doubt ensure a good view of it tonight. There is something magical about seeing a supermoon, bizarrely they make me think of the garden and all that is to come. There are plenty of jobs to be done here but this is not the weather for them. Here are six things I found on my frosty walk round.
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As I result of not posting over the last few months I do have one or two unshown plants that are just hanging on. Here’s the very last of the hesperantha.
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The Corsican hellebores have been in flower for a few weeks and look as though they are standing up to the frost well.
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I was quite excited to think that at least I would have the hellebores at the end of the garden to show. But on turning the corner I was met with a very sad sight. Frost here has encouraged them all to hang their heads even lower.
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The plan in this section of the garden was to give the space over to two oak leafed hydrangeas and fill in around them with hellebores, tulips and camassias. It’s a work in progress and hydrangeas are quite slow growing. The leaf is quite lovely though.
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There are one or two primroses having a go at brightening up odd corners of the garden.
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Lastly the berries of iris foetidissima do shine out from under the hedges. All generously donated by the birds. These appear wherever there is a good resting perch.
Not too bad for the first week of the New Year. Goodness knows what there will be next week. My list of jobs to do includes pruning roses and blackcurrants. I can leave them until the temperatures rise a little. I can see new shoots coming through for the miniature daffodils. As always the garden continues. Jim at Garden Ruminations provides our rallying point for SOS so do drop by and take a look around the other gardens.
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You did well! Lots to show and tell in your garden.
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Nothing left for next week I think!
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That’s a very pretty red flower of hesperantha ; it’s wonderful that you were able to enjoy it until now. I see there’s a dusting of snow in some of your photos. So it’s the same weather we had this morning. Happy New Year to you and your whole family.
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Oh my goodness, I love this! The Hellebores and the light snow and the Hydrangeas–just lovely! Will the drooping Hellebore blooms pop back up with some warmer weather? Mine don’t bloom until March in my climate, so I appreciate you sharing their beauty now. Happy New Year!
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I’m hoping the hellebores will recover. They should do but we are still in hard frost mode.
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Hesperantha? I had to look it up, but then realized that we got a few here. I had forgotten the name.
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I think it may have an even fancier name but hesperantha is simpler
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I prefer the red Hesperantha to the pink one which I have and which seems to have taken to flowering in June rather than autumn/winter for some reason. The colour of the oak leafed hydrangea is very lovely indeed.
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I saw the moon last night and was struck by how beautiful it was, I didn’t realise it was a super moon, interesting! Also interesting is anything that actually thrives under a hedge, am making a mental note re the iris foetidissima.
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A lovely Six with some nice colours! I like the shade of red of these Hesperantha.
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I like the two hellebores, especially the Corsican one. Adding it to my wishlist. Thanks very much.
Isn’t it really sensible that they bow down lower in frosty weather? I’d do the same!
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