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Sounds perfect. Have you ever been on the canal boat trip?

Ha ha!

Thanks Julia, I had no joy in finding an A. 'Obelisk' so this was my second choice for a columnar shape. It should have white blossom, dark berries and then lovely Autumn foliage, here's hoping!

How lucky you are to have this on your doorstep Linda!

It has been a lovely few days, hasn't it and spent most of it catching up in the garden.
Unfortunately there is rain forecast here for the next 4 days. Hope they are wrong and it's going to be colder too!
Your garden definitely look like spring has come.

As you are nurturing it by feeding it and it has put on plenty of green growth it may be too happy. Many plants will only flower well if they think they might fail so need to flower and set seed to reproduce. So, I would only feed with Sulphate of Potash which will encourage flowering at the expense of green growth.

Nice to see spring has arrived in your garden Sheila :) I'm glad you're making the most of the weather ...

Thanks Julia, I also used some feed yesterday, on my Kolkwitzia (beauty bush) having pruned some wonky branches … it has plenty of buds so hoping to see flowers this year 🤞.

Looks a good shape Shirley...have never grown one ...they seem very pretty.

How nice to see your blog Sheila...and to see your Spring plants.We do seem to be having at least one sunny day occasionally! Yesterday after our usual Sunday walk I fed a few plants with general fertiliser. There are signs of new growth at the bases.

It is known to sucker but here it is trapped!!

It is Lindak..have a very large ceramic pot full of them.

That's really an unusual daffodil, but very pretty.

It's been lovely to have the sunshine with a bit of warmth to it.

Thanks Shirley. In the summer they run a canal boat along this canal. It's only a short trip but different .

Sheila, when I took it out of the pot it started to fall to one side, not good, so after planting it, I put a support either side so it's 'sandwiched' for now!
Your new Anemones sound lovely.

Sheila, I had been searching for an A. 'Obelisk' as I needed something columnar to fill a gap where an old Eleagnus shrub had been take out. Nobody seemed to have one and I didn't want to buy on-line, then as luck would have it there was an A. 'Rainbow Pillar', similar growth habit to the Obelisk'.
It has buds on so I'm hoping for good things.

On the other hand, the Crabapple that was planted a couple of years ago it not growing at all well. The leader seems to have been damaged, no doubt by a fat, clumsy Pigeon or two. There seems to be more and more of them lately, all trying to find a partner too ... :o(

I shall do my best to regenerate the Crabapple with some pruning, it has two chances really!

Thanks Shirley, and at least you were doing something in the garden! Is your new Amelanchier in bud? Ours is covered with them … just hope the pesky pigeons leave some for us 🙂.

Well done Sheila, for both adding the photos and sharing the lovely blooms you have in your garden. It really does give one a boost to be outdoors at last!

Yesterday I planted the new Amelanchier and today have moved a Camellia from a pot to a larger pot, didn't have enough ericaceous compost though so it's not a finished job yet ... :o(

I do like these, but turfed mine out as it was 'suckering' in a raised bed.

Lovely photo.

These are really pretty.

Lovely to see some colour at long last!

David, are these from the corms I sent you last year?

I love Crocus, especially when they spread like these have done.

Thanks Linda, I have an area where there is shade from trees and shrubs, the Primroses, Anemones and little Daffs are loving it there.

They will look very striking.

What a glorious day Linda!

I love the small early daffodils and they are flowering well this year. They certainly brighten up the flowerbeds and are good to grow in open areas where the wind whips across. Lovely to see Shirley.

A very special old tree and wonderful to see it. It must be able to tell some stories from the past if only it could speak.
I love old trees especially Oak trees and I go over and feel the bark on the trunk. Does the doll and the door mean anything significant?

Really lovely to see Klahanie.

Wow never seen that view of your backyard. Large. Is that a lawn?

Might be one of the Green Island/Green Gem varieties used in Bonsai. I have the Green Island in pot in part shade but if it was in ground in full sun it might have leaf reduction.

I agree . It is a Viburnum × bodnantense. There are several kinds and I am not sure if all have a fragrance.I have one (quite old) against our deck and do not smell it unless I put my nose very close to it.

I have to admit that it was one of the reason why I loved this property.
Lots of people around here do not like this maple as it distributes lots of seeds which germinate easily. It is also fast growing so I have no idea how old is this one...but I still love it. Everyone who comes here comments on it.

Thank you Julia and Karen. They are very visible even from the distance.

No Shirley, but I did find two lovely Anemone coronaria, one bright pink the other bright blue. That’s annoying for you to see a flimsy root system 🙁.

Wylie,i saw a gardening article on the Azores. I saw in the background of one photo what looked like a Delonix in full bloom. Do they thrive in the Azores? How about a Coconut?

How nice to see your return, 1/2p! :) Many of us "oldies" are still hanging out here - after a fashion! Some of us also post on other gardening forums as GoY is sooo s-l-o-w & often has problems.

Nice to read about your gardening & look forward to hearing more from you - & seeing more of your lovely flowers!

Sheila, I planted mine this morning but was disappointed with the root system, pretty flimsy! Did you manage to purchase one for your garden?

My goodness! I didn’t know there is such a big Acer. Incredible! It looks like a Giant. I wonder how old it is. What a beautiful shaped trunk….sorry, I’m enraptured. I love trees!

Wow! They are so pristine and bright!

Well, we had a whole wee of lovely warm sunshine. It’s turned grey and chilly again now, but let’s not be too downhearted. It is really still winter until my Birthday. :)

Wow that certainly has a wide girth!

Beautiful Klahanie.

I still think you are correct. It could be Viburnum × bodnantense 'Charles Lamont or Dawn. My Viburnum has been flowering well before Christmas. I would have another sniff in the afternoon when the sun is on it.

It sure does. I think it’s only been in the ground a few years.

The bigger orchid with a larger inflorescences will be blooming soon.

It’s one of my favorites, too. Although, I like longan a little better. Also, longan trees fruit much easier here (and pretty much everywhere) than lychee.

Thanks! It was a beautiful day!

We’re finally getting some rain today.