We have had a few days away visiting my Mum, and although I wouldn’t usually choose to leave the garden at this time of year it was a case of needs must. Fortunately, one of our neighbours can be relied on to water everything in the greenhouse in our absence, my main concern, and this is where I hot-footed it to on our return. Not only were the seedlings still thriving, but they looked increasingly sturdy and bursting with health, necessitating several hours in the last couple of days potting them on.
It wasn’t just the seedlings that caught my attention on our return, but the overall abundance in the garden – could things really have filled out that much in a few days? I have no idea whether it is just an illusion, but since our return it is hard to know where to turn my head when rambling around the garden, and I could fill my allotted quota of six several times over today. The tulips are glorious, like the purple mix above, the apple blossom has caught up with that of the crab apples, alliums are on the point of breaking into bloom and there are buds on early perennials like aquilegia and astrantia.
The woodland floor is now covered with a range of greenery, and the path through it is bordered by bluebells and wild garlic (below). Likewise, the relative nakedness of various borders over winter is soon forgotten as herbaceous perennials spring into life and quickly cover the bare ground, as demonstrated by part of the blue & white and main borders below:
There are even buds on some of the roses – which seems really early, but evidence from my 5 year garden diary suggests it is not at all unusual:
Such is the abundance, I could have shown you the progress of the wisteria, or the seedlings in the greenhouse, or all sorts of
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