There is no doubt that the garden is moving along. This week’s cold winds, sleety snow and showers may have deterred me but things keep popping up in the garden. Here’s six things I found this week.
One
A miracle! I planted probably fifty of these a couple of years back and they have come to nought, except possibly they are fighting back. I have this one and potentially one or two more that might flower this year. Pheasant’s eye narcissus or Narcissus poeticus var. recurvus to be correct.
Two
A random tulip, one of a group that came free with an order of other tulips. Incredibly resilient, it has been re-flowering for about five years now.
Three
The white anemone blanda, a favourite of mine.
Four
Blown in on the wind? These violets have colonised the base of the vine. I’m very happy to see them in the garden.
Five
More of the fritillaries, this time in combination with a euphorbia and some ipheion or starflower.
Six
This really was blown in on the wind, from my neighbour’s garden. It almost dies but then rallies again. You can’t beat a free plant!
My gardening job this weekend is to finish off the rebuilding of the compost heap. It was a false economy to hope to reuse some of the old slats. They had warped and would not fit into the nice new posts. More had to be ordered and have just arrived. I have plenty of other jobs to do: more twiggy brown stuff to cut back and the dead heading of the tête-à-tête daffodils which are rapidly going over. The first mow took place last week and is waiting patiently to be moved to a compost bin. The clocks go forward this weekend. It must be Spring and Jim’s camellias still look good – take a look at Garden Ruminations. Happy gardening to you all.
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I do love a pheasants eye daff, so fresh and bright. Lovely frit. planting combination. And a fabulous freebie!
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Pheasant’s eye narcissus have failed miserably here too. Leaves appear but no flowers, even when first planted so not due to overcrowding. Beware of those violets, they tend to spread everywhere, including containers.
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I’ve spotted a few violets in the lawn too. They were mowed up. Isn’t it frustrating with the pheasant’s eye. I really like them. I hope they come good soon.
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I love those colour combinations.
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A lovely selection. I’m glad at least one of your Pheasant’s eye narcissus has staged a comeback. I plant those each autumn but as the borders aren’t overflowing with them come spring I can only assume the old lot simply vanish. At work, where they’ve been planted in a lawned section, they come back every year and seem to multiply!
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I would really like to know why! I planted them under the impression that they would multiply. I live in hope!
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Loveliness. The Fritillaries are gorgeous with the Euphorbias! Yay, for Violets and Anemones! Everything is beautiful. ❤
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Lovely pictures, the photo of the daff in particular is stunning.
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I really like the colonizing violets.
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Love your SoS finds…..the fritillaries and euphorbia make a handsome couple!
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Thank you 🙏
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Oh, Anemone blanda and violets! They are like non-wild wildflowers. (Neither is native here.)
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The the fritillaries and euphorbia make a great colour combination. Good luck with the compost heap. Talking of which I really must dig mine out and put my fear of snakes aside.
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No snakes hear thankfully just a toad or two which always make me jump.
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