Bits and Bobs and a Jug

Oh, your poor camellia! Is there no way of rescuing it by propping? - though I suppose the other half will soon bush out this side. The red camelia is gorgeous, do you know which one it is?

After all that Nurturing and TLC the weather comes and damages this
lovely Camelia, so annoying! Still, i hope you get it back on the mend
again. You have been busy with your plants, what a great show
those lovely white Hellebores look amazing! So do your Crocus, and
you have one fed up Doggie there...... looks like he needs you to play
with him. LOL

The little tumblers are identical, but the jug is a different shape.
I will post a photo of it for you to see. I'm sure it is the same glass.

A lovely blog Bj.
You've got plenty going on in your garden and lots of good colour, such a shame about that Camellia.

Interesting blog, Bjs. :o)

nice blog Bjs, love the glass to :o)

Wagger= it is Camelia Japonica 'Kimberley'

Thanks, Brian. It's stunning.

sorry you had so much damage... lots going on in your garden... love the hanging duck....

Makes it sound like Judge Jefferies, lol.

Wagger
Thats a name i have not heard for many a year, strange that one of the Ale Houses where he used hold court is only a short drive from where I live.There swinging sign is a noose.( bet someone asks who Judge Jefferies was)
Brian

Strange happenings seem to be attached to his name. I watched 'Country House Rescue' on thursday night - it was about Plas Teg, a 17th century Jacobean mansion- a fascinating house but there was no mention on the programme that "The infamous Judge Jeffries, who was born in Wrexham, was also a resident at Plas Teg, when he married into the family. The house is said to be have been used to sentence criminals." who were apparently immediately executed in the next room - in his own home!!! I wonder if this has any bearing on it being 'one of the most haunted places in the UK'.

Lovely blog Brian. Especially love the camelias and crocus. I'm assuming that you have acidic soil with the rhodos etc. I must have a go at hand pollinating hellebores. Did you do a cross or self pollinate?

Paul
Yellow hellebore i selfed several people had asked for seedlings but had none,
remains to be seen if it comes true.Yes the soil is neutral to acidic most is heavy clay not what you would expect from the edge of an ancient woodland.

I have never seen a yellow hellebore. I love the camellia and your garden. Have I misread that you have four snowdrops including the autumn one or are you referring to C coum.

Scotsgran did not write that very well,4 varieties of snowdrop in trough 3 are doubles and there are many more in the garden.
Brian

I hope you didn't mind me asking. I have autumn flowering crocus and I wondered if there was such a thing as autumn snowdrops.There is a summer snowdrop (flake) leucojum.

Scotsgran ask away, Yes there are a few the best known is Galanthus Regina Olga flowers October. It was discovered by a scandanavian who named it after his Queen ( dont think i worded that quite right either) LOL
To the bulbs they are hardy but i do not find they flower well outside.it could be they would be better in the North I am not sure,they are alright in pots that are fairly dry in summer .Expensive to buy as all snowdrops are,mine have been under the weather throughout this last winter .but appear to be recovering if there are any spare when they die down will let you have a few.
Brian

Thank you so much. I am amazed to hear there are autumn flowering snowdrops. I love the love story behind the name. I had a quick scoot through the net to see if I could find out any more. On the Alpine club of BC there was an article about them. In 1862 the Greek King and Queen were deposed. The following year a Danish Prince, George, became king. On a visit to Russia he met the Tsars 12 year old niece, Olga Constantinovna. They married in 1867 and produced 8 children. One of them was the father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

I am pleased you looked that up i did not know the details have made a note of that .
one other thing relating to that snowdrop like the autumn crocus the leaves come after the flower

That is interesting. I have autumn crocus and the leaves are huge and as you say come after the crocus has flowered.

Scotsgran autumn crocus are the same size as spring ones if you have huge leaves they are Colchicums often called autumn crocus probably because of there shape, they belong to the Lily family and not related to crocus.
This could become complicated - dont think I better try and explain the botanical difference. LOL
Brian

Yes they are Colchicums I just had not realised they were a different family. We do have a lot of misconceptions because "of the way it has always been". I was advised to learn the latin names of plants because that is the only way to ensure you get the plant you want.