Confession: I had to get the winter hat out again. The winds have been cold but at least the weather has been a little drier. Here’s a quick look at the garden this week.
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The narcissi in pots have opened up in the last few weeks. Here’s ‘White Petticoat’, a hoop variety.
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This one is ‘Toto’ according to my order and the label.
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This one is ‘Snipe’. Spot the difference. I’m sure there must be some but it’s hard to tell them apart. Perhaps Toto has a narrower corona.
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The short lived euphorbia oblongata lives on for another year, possibly eight years now.
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I had to include these tulips in bud, showing to much promise of things to come.
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This last one is a bit of a cheat. Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’, a cheat because it’s in my garden at the moment but will be heading off to my daughter’s garden along with a few other things that tempted me when I went to buy my compost. It’s that time of year.
No gardening for me today but I hope to be out there tomorrow, cutting back the stems of perennials and pulling a few weeds no doubt. I’ve got the potatoes chitting and my over-wintered perennials seedlings from last year have really picked up in the last few weeks. There a good feeling developing. Thank goodness for that. Don’t forget to check up on Jim’s news and see the other SOS blogs. Happy gardening.
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Hello, yes, the cold is back, so much so that I put my hood back on this morning to weed the borders. I’ve noticed that my Brunera ‘Jack Frost’ is growing well, and I might feature it next week. ‘White Petticoat’ has a really distinctive shape; it’s my favourite.
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Nice to see the different daffodil variations! I really like the first one, White Petticoat.
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Hats out here, too. We’ll have many of inches of snow in the next couple of days, followed by bitter cold for a couple more days, followed by spring weather once again. I’m tired of the roller-coaster ride. Anyway, thanks for sharing the spring views of your garden. All your Daffodils are lovely, the Tulips show such promise, and the Euphorbias are delightful!
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It has been rather chilly. I love ‘White Petticoat.’ Your ‘Toto’ daffs do look different to mine – yours have longer trumpets. Looking online though, there do seem to be some pictures of ‘Toto’ with longer trumpets. Interesting!
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It was blooming cold here yesterday with several showers of hail, but also blue sky and sunshine which is so much better than the interminable grey that has been a feature for months. I planted my hoop narcissi into a border, hoping they would naturalise. Instead they seem to have given up entirely! As for the short lived euphorbia oblongata, I thought I had pulled most of mine out because I got fed up of the sap burning me when cutting it back, but several pieces have reappeared around the garden! Your pale narcissi are lovely, mine seem to be all yellow, except for some of my older ones. And seeing the tulips appear is so exciting, I can’t wait to see what actually turns up in my pots.
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I am dithering over those narcissi still. I feel they will be overwhelmed in the garden but will keep in pots. Maybe I’ll try half and half.
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I am a fan of the petticoat daffodils.
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They’re new for this year and I like them too.
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Shame I didn’t read your post before I went to Rosemoor this morning, Ron Scamp was there with an excellent display so he may have had both, or they may have been in the show itself. Looking at his catalogue I’d be inclined to think yours are all ‘Snipe’ but I know very little about daffs.
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It is not cheating. It is resourcefulness. (I recently got my pictures from a nursery!)
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I really like ‘Snipe’, very pretty. The changeable weather is making it hard to plan gardening at the moment and I guess we need to keep the winter hats and coats on hand.
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You have done well to know the names of your narcissisi, knowledge that mostly fell by the wayside with mine over the years!
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Aah. That’s only because it’s my first year of trying these varieties and they are all in pots with labels. Next year I think they will be in the garden and I will be lost.
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