A good spring day in the garden.

The Life of Brian. 1 Minute

The self-sown cherry tree at the rear of the garden was in full flower. I could hear the bees working on it from the potting shed.

Yesterday was a lovely sunny day to carry out some spring work in the garden. A new rope swag for clematis and roses to clamber over.

A small area of one raised bed was cleared of celandine to plant out broad beans grown in root trainers. I grow the red flowering one for extra interest.

Last year plants in the raised bed.

Celandine, a pretty wildflower enjoyed by the bees has become an invasive problem in the garden.

Some of the more welcome spring flowers brighten my day in the garden.

Leucojum aestivum
Lonicera fragrantissima

As its name suggests Lonicera fragrantissima has a sweet scent on warmer days.

Magnolia stellata
The old hanging basket is squirrel protection for the tulip bulbs.
Crocus tommasinianus
Euphorbia Amygdalodes Robbiae

A favourite spring plant Pulmonaria Blue Mist.

Along with the Helleborus orientalis

I was not expecting to see the Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ flowering just yet, the mild weather has brought it forward, and it is lovely to see it from the house along the side of the Veranda.

What in your garden is bringing you spring joy?

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7 thoughts on “A good spring day in the garden.”

  2. Ah, it is good to see that someone else appreciates snowflake. There are no snowdrop here, but we know snowflake as snowdrop. I intend to acquire a simple species of snowdrop eventually, but snowdrop is actually good enough.

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      1. Well, that is sort of what I like about it. If I ever get around to trying snowdrop, it will be one of the simpler species, and perhaps not even a cultivar, just because I prefer the relative resiliency of unimproved sorts.

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