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[CLKD]

Hazel catkins opening where they get all day sunshine
First aconite peeping through  . 5 years ago I planted 50 

1 snowdrop up, not open.   Yet 

[Ju]

Tidied up bit of the garden the other day, which feels good once I made a start on it....looking forward to see tulips just starting to sprout out, love seeing tulips! So beautiful and colourful, but that won't be until around March time, something to look forward to... weather has been bit grim with showers but when we do get the odd dry day, it's good to get outside, walking the dog and tidying the garden...

Hope everyone is doing ok, what with the pandemic, perimenopause and winter, we need to do things that make us happy 😊 thinking of you all out there....🥰🥰🌿🌷🌷🌷🍃

[CLKD]

 

I have blue bell leaves showing - already 

Every morning, somethings new ;-)

[Gracie]

First time since being diagnosed with VA I did some gardening today. Tidying up ready for spring and first time in a long time that I didn't have any discomfort from lifting and bending down. Before I would come back indoors burning like hell and extremely uncomfortable.

What a blessed relief, Vagifem is working!

[CLKD]

It makes a huge difference to quality of Life!

I've pottered today - mainly clearing very damp/wet leaves where I found snowdrops leaves coming up 

[CLKD]

I've been advised over the years to cut off hellebores leaves between November and Jan., at the weekend I read an article by an 'expert', to leave them    .  When I pulled leaves last week there were a lot of slugs hiding as well as snow drops peeping through :-). 

[CLKD]

Hellebores - still have leaves to remove 
Snowdrops every where 
Out of 50 aconites planted a few years ago, 5 plants have grown so won't bother with those again
Pulonmaria in flower,  Hopefully the others will struggle through the ground
Signs of growth on the clematis so have cut them back. Hard.

[CLKD]

Sounds pretty Minusminnie  .  Are Bergenia known as 'elephant ears'?  Where is you Camellia, in a pot?  I have one of about 25 years old that is slow growing in the ground, it opened it's first flower 3 weeks ago.  The 1 in the pot sulks.  Both in the same area of the garden, out of the early morning sunshine.

[CLKD]

I believe that many are slow growing, after all, they are the original tea plant.  DH bought mine for £18.00 - it was 3ft tall then.  It has a mix of white/white pink/deep pink and pink - it can't remember which colour it should be  .  I put cold tea/leaves/coffee grounds round the roots as well as keeping them well watered through the year, which helps maintain bud growth.  On Gardeners' World last week, we were shown a plantation of them, some really, really tall.  And he knew the names 

Do U get honey bees in the heathers?

[CLKD]

It's a new series of G World.

Not early for bees.  Today we've had 5 large - in various sizes of large  - flying around between the various plants, though no honeys today. 

[CLKD]

Our pots have dried out due to heavy winds last week.  I gave them a good watering with the hose yesterday, this morning there were 20 small daffs, up :-).  Waving their heads in the   

Spring has sprung 

[C.C.]

My tulips are up but the bunnies are snacking off the tops of the leaves, no blooms yet. My peonies have sprouted and are up about a foot, time to bind them.  I took out a potted hibiscus that had been wintering in the garage. It looks very sad so I've put it in the sun to perk it up and gave it some fertilizer and a good watering.

[CLKD]

In the last couple of years I have split a peony, oh they hate it  so are putting up plenty of leaves.  If they never flower at least they fill a gap in the border with pretty leaves.

Fortunately bunnies aren't a problem here for tulips.  Sparrows however will peck the yellow polyanthus and crocii   

[C.C.]

The tulips usually bloom the first week or so of May and last a couple of weeks. The squirrels tend to grab the bulbs in the fall but past few years they have left them alone.  I guess I'm fortunate that my peonies flower every year  The problem with the peonies is in the summer they get powdery mildew and I have to spray fungicide as soon as it appears.

[CLKD]

Powdery mildew is apparently due to lack of water 'at the right time' when ever that might be  .  Our grape gets it too.  Foregetmenots too, as they end their flowering season.