It’s a late post today, the forecast is for showers this afternoon and there were some gardening jobs that had to be finished off. I was very happy to have plenty of rain this week and the water butts are now full again. Everything is looking very lush and about to burst forth into a froth of colour. I am becoming slightly impatient as the roses have been promising to burst forth for a few weeks now. But I have managed to put that impatience aside and enjoy what is moving along in the garden.
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I’m giving myself a little pat on the back for managing to overwinter the scented leaf pelagoniums in the greenhouse. Probably not a difficult task in truth but when I tucked them away for the winter there was a great sense of trepidation. Well they made it and the beautiful flowers are emerging. This one is ‘Pink Capitatum’.
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Unfurling majestically in the garden is the geranium ‘Phaeum’ which I also noted is happy enough in its spot to start self seeding. Self seeders are much appreciated when a new garden is being stocked.
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Also self seeding very happily is astrantia major. I moved some of these over to the north facing border, amongst the geranium sanguineum ‘Album’ and had plenty left to share some with a friend.
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One of the first plants I put into the garden was zantedeschia aethiopica ‘Crowborough’. A beautiful arum lilly that I was hoping to enjoy for many a year. It came to nothing for two years. Today I noticed these tiny leaves and also the most likely reason for its coming to nothing – slugs. I am thinking I might dig this up and treat it to the luxury of a well protected pot.
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Nearby I noticed the new leaves of rodgersia aesculifolia coming through. It is being crowded out by a clump of siberian irises that need to be taken in hand once they have flowered.
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The nasturtium seedlings are ready to be transplanted. I’m not going to pot these on. They will go straight into their own designated space in two batches, just in case there is a late frost.
Looking at the small things in a garden keeps us going until the big adventure of summer arrives! To see what else is opening up in gardens around the world go to The Propagator’s page for all the links to this weeks #SixOnSaturday posts.