Happy New Year

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Hello – wishing you all a good gardenng year – funny isn’t it a stroll around the garden certainly stirs the blood as you spot all those jobs waiting to be done

Last year we managed to get some spent gardening compost from a local garden centre -in fact we had several trailer loads for the garden and the allotment at quite a reasonable price – only problem with it is that it was full of weeds – so now window boxes planted up with bulbs and pots and strawberry plantlets in the cold frame are on the priority list for weeding.

On the upside my Hellebores are having a good year – I posted some pics on my photo page a week ago – and now here are some more – they don’t seem to mind the heavy rain that we have been having – I sent for these plants from Hayloft a year back and now they are coming into their own – they are supposed to be prolific seeders so I am hoping that they are true to their name !

This one has never flowered before so I am awaiting this bloom with anticipation !!

Lots of bulbs are pushing through – fingers crossed that most things have survived so far – but some of my plants hate the cold wet weather especially the primula sieboldii

In the conservatory the Streptocarpus are looking ok – especially my Crystal Ice – variety – Crystal Dawn

This variety is stated to flower continually and do you know I bought it last summer and it is still flowering – all I am doing is giving it a feed now and again and watering as and when.

The Phaleanopsis orchid in the conservatory has thrown up a spike – not sure of the colour of this one the label is missing!

Then finally in the front garden our faithful camellia is in bloom – it must be 6-7ft now and it fights its corner with the variagated holly -

Happy New Year – Jane

• 7 Jan, 2015
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