Miracles?

Lovely blog, Spritz. Made me smile, and I absolutely agree . . . when we look with care, we can see miracles in our gardens every day. Nothing like them for lifting the spirits!

enjoyed the blog barbara and it is wonderful how things come back when you thought they were lost, my two alpinas are the best ever this year, so full of flowers, glad your leaf cutting took off well to :o))

Spritz
lovely blog and echos what i am seeing ,A potted fern I handled two days ago has since grown fronds several inches long.

definitely lots of miracles! lovely photos

They never gave up nor should we, this is the beauty of Spring :))))))

It's amazing how many exotic looking plants have survived that fierce winter! Can't wait to see them later!

Yes they are the little wonders of gardening, this is why we all do it, for the joy of finding a cherished plant has against all odds survived to delight us again and again, enjoyed the blog very much.

Yes indeed, you certainly have exciting things happening in your garden Spritz - it's such a joy isn't it to suddenly see shoots coming up from a plant that just the day before didn't show anything. Gardening definately is a miracle as our plants show us every day. Good luck with your garden.

What a beautiful, inspirational blog! Thanks for sharing all of your miracles!!!!

It's amazing how the cycle of growth and renewal abound in the springtime...your garden is living proof of that :)

I can catch your excitement and enthusiasm (akin to pure joy!) as you make these discoveries in your garden. Thank you for sharing them with us, Spritz.

I do so agree Spritz-- a little of how I felt when that orchid first started to grow a new shoot... and the daffodils coming through such a harsh winter and blooming better than ever.....
Last autumn my canna in a pot in the greenhouse set seed so I've read up on what tho do and the're in the propagator awaitng their own miracle..... I hope...

Miracles happen here too! I looked at my dianthus and thought "I'm going to have to take you out and discard you." Then I looked a little closer and there, amongst the dead mess of leaves, was a tiny green shoot! So - a stay of execution for my dianthus. Now ..... what about the mesambryanthemum ..........? ;o)

You're right - it is exciting! That's exactly how I feel - especially when something like the Vitex or the new fuchsia show that they're alive after all! I suppose that's what gardening is all about, isn't it, and why we want to carry on. :-))))

Spritz I find that your blog highlights the sheer joy and the magic that spring brings to all our gardens, we may have lost a few plants but there are other little miracles to compensate.

Wonderful blog Spritz..and I agree,so exciting.I think us Gardeners are akin to those forensic people..looking for minute clues..we could show them how its done,couldn't we? let no stone remain unturned ! ..Lol

Our gardens are one big miracle aren't they? They just get on with it, sometimes with a bit of help from us but sometimes in spite of us! Such a lovely time of year and so much to get excited about especially in such a big garden as yours. Like your Ceanothus, the best bit of all is finding something isn't dead after all :o)) Lovely pics Spritz, thanks for sharing them and your enthusiasm with us.

lovely and yes a miricule any thing is alive after that winter ................. like you i thort some of my shrubs had died but oh said leave em and lo they have come tro ................. all but my jasmine , but i have left the root in as you never know .................. love the pics !

Oh yes, I certainly do B. And thank you for sharing your miracles! :))

I've been surprised too Spritz lots of things i thought were dead have suddenly shown signs of life, isn't nature wonderful? Lovely blog with great photos :o)

Gives me hope for those two Ceanothus in my garden. One looks like yours...the dead bits, and the other is just dead looking sticks. Cost me £30 last year.....so sad. :((

Right! I'm going round my garden with a magnifying glass tomorrow! What a lovely idea to put all these many little signs of spring together ---it makes us realise there's more going on than we think!

There certainly is - some plants have been very slow to reappear, and then, there they are! Wonderful! :-))

As the forecast is for a few warm days, other plants will put a spurt on, too. Great! Can't wait.

What a great blog, your excitement is just brilliant! I get like that and can hardly contain myself and speak at a rate of noughts!

isnt it great to see growth I love this time of year.

oh you have saruma. green with envy AGAIN!!!

Oh Sbg - I won't say I'm sorry I've got it, but you'll have to track one down. It's a lovely plant - it would suit your garden. :-)) It's got a flower on it today, too. :-)

bob brown was sold out of it again this year humph!

yes I know it would suit my garden thatas why I am greeeeen with envvvvvvvvvvy :o)

Oh dear. :-( Would he take an order for next year - early?

Crug farm have SBG, maybe one of the GOY members from wales might live close to nursery and would send it to you!

I agree wholeheartedly with you, Spritz! It is like a miracle when apparently dead plants surprise you with a little green shoot! :-))

I've experienced the same when I saw that one of my standard Fuchsias had survived the winter & was sprouting from lower down. It is one that is only a couple of years old which makes it even more surprising when much older ones alongside it on the table in the balcony appear to be stone dead!

I've lost more plants than I have ever done before this winter. Yet at the same time it is even more surprising when more "tender" plants survive where others, hardier, have died!

There's no rhyme or reason, is there. i am trying to think of the losses as 'opportunities' to try something new/different, but it's hard. That's why the 'miracles' are so important.

Hi, some nice pics there, and some lovely miracles.

I love the way you edit your blogs to make them extra special. You do not just see what is there you see the future and the hope in it. Lovely Blog. Thank you for sharing it with us. Well done on your streptocarpus seedlings too.

Thank you Julien, and Scotsgran for your lovely comments. By the way, there are 7 baby Streps now! :-))

Wonderful. Little miracles.

They are indeed! :-)

Another miracle to add, my Delta's Sarah is showing basal growth! My big beautiful acer in the planter looks as dead as a dodo, but today, at the fork of the trunk I espied some lovely burgundy fronds! I cant believe your Gerberas survived Spritz. Amazing!

Well done, Tetra. :-))

The Gerberas are the 'Everlast' ones, and they've done really well.

Ahhh! That explains it then! I wondered how it was possible for a Gerbera to survive in the garden over winter! LOL!

I've bought three of the new 'Garvinea' ones this year - they were plug plants, bit they're growing well. They've been advertised as being even more reliably hardy than the 'Everlast' ones. We'll see.

Birth and rebirth - wonderful stuff. We cant have a new child in the family every year (mores the pity) but we can have a new flowers in the garden every week. Fantastic. So pleased to see that someone actually does propagate streptocarpus - its always looked so unlikely.

Yes, it does, but I've actually done it - and it works! I was amazed and thrilled, Ss. :-)))

Hi Spritz, another lovely blog. I think we're all so buoyed up by the weather, that is a miracle in itself, that we keep finding more. Many moons ago I had a thing about african violets which are leaf propogated in the same way. I used to find it so exciting and miraculous too. I love uvularia, did you get it at the Malvern Show? I nearly did...wish I had now:-)

No - I found it at a GC! I was amazed, as it was on my wish-list. Maybe it'll be at Malvern this year. :-)

I used to grow african violets - ages ago now. I don't really know why I stopped! Oh, and I have 13 babies at the last count. :-))

I stopped growing houseplants all together. My first, late husband used to say he was afraid to go into the bathroom without a machete lol. Congratulations on the new arrivals:-)

Thanks, Ba. I really don't know what I'll do with so many Streps when they grow up! LOL.

Can you plant them out for the summer?

No - they're indoor plants. I think I know what the family will be getting for Christmas! ;-)

Good idea:-) Have you got a ride to Malvern yet?

I hope so. Fingers crossed.

Which day?

I think Louise said Saturday.....

think same day as my coach:-)

Would you like a trachelospermum j. variagatum? I think you said you were looking for one. Having bought one, I find it will be too tender here:-(

That's very kind, but I really, really haven't got space - no, not even with my trusty shoe-horn! ;-( (I wish I had, though...)

P.S I hope we can meet up!

Me too:-)

I've just planted the trach in a pot inside a larger pot lined with bubble wrap and its in the snuggest place I have in the sun agains house. He's sharing the small wall with Clematis Avalanche If he dies he dies...if not..bonus:-)

Good thinking. I lost my 'Avalanche' this winter. Sob, sob. I didn't replace it. :-(

Flori lost hers too. I bought mine last year after seeing a pic of hers, it covered with flowers, this year only some stems flowered, but it's quite healthy. Heat from the kitchen wall:-)

Good thinking! :-)