Springtime garden 2024 (1)

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February to March -

Most things in my garden have been slow this spring, I think it’s because it’s been so cold.
It’s still on the cool side and we’re nearing the longest day soon.

However I had some nice flowering Hellebores a few months ago, and my Camelia put on a lovely show,
but my Snowdrops and and Narcissi were mostly devoured by slugs :(

It’s always cheering to see the early spring flowers while the days are still short – Pulmonaria, Crocuses, Primroses, etc …
Here are a few more.

Muscari :-

Tulipa greigii :-

Hyacinth :-

Fritillaria :-

I had put my Loropetalum in the greenhouse for winter, I have never been able to keep them outside here – it’s too damp I think.
Anyway it enjoyed being in its winter home and didn’t drop any leaves at all, and as well as that by March it was full of flowers :)

THEN the spring arrived and I brought it outside, and placed it in a nicely sheltered position,
and guess what ?
Yes, the leaves started dropping, the flowers stopped appearing, and the leaves that didn’t drop went a horrible pale colour :(

SO I’ve put it inside an old perspex shelter (which I was going to demolish but can’t now) and that’s where it shall stay.

To end this first of my two spring garden blogs I’ll show you the flowers of my Erythronium -
They are very hardy and I love them, and I’m going to try some different colours for next year :)

• 4 Jun, 2024
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