Given that so many people are holed up in their homes, many without a garden to delight them, I thought I’d share some views of mine. I’ll do something similar every weekend to show the growth and development of various plants. Stay well, stay safe, stay home, until the present health risk has passed.
After a very wet February and cold March, the blossom on fruit trees is slow to emerge. This is a young Greengage which is the first to flower this year.
Near the front boundary is a bed I reserve for tulips, in spring, and dahlias in high summer. Right now the early varieties, with their shorter stems, are in full flower, the taller, later flowering ones yet to openDainty Jonquils are among several different varieties of narcissus in my garden
Keria Japonica is one of the first shrubs to flower but, like much else, is late this year
The small herbacious border is dominated by daffodils at this time of year, but many perenial plants are starting to shoot, notably the tall red spikes of Peonies in the centre of the picture
A bright clump of Aubretia on the rockery
Plump buds of Marsh Marigold on the pond marginPretty snakes head fritillaries, a new addition this spring.
Glad you like it Rosaliene. I intend to repeat it every weekend, showing how the growth of plants/flowers progesses through the summer. I’ll also include a paragraph or two about the history of the garden.
Mine, too. Thanks for all the ‘likes’. I’ll be delighted to welcome you into my garden (virtually) every weekend throughout this difficult time. Stay safe, stay well, stay home!
Don’t be misslead by the colour, Sha! That is the preservative treatment. If it was yeallow cedar I would not need to recoat it every couple of years! (Cheapskate!)
I look forward to seeing your garden blossom week by week! Thank you for this post. Life remains quite gray and rainy in the Boston, MA area, but that seem to encourage our flowers to bloom slower and last longer…
Thanks Will. “Gray and rainy” is the norm here in Ireland, too. This April has been exceptional right up to the last couple of days. Made the lock down a lot easier to bear for those of us with gardens.
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You have a lovely garden Frank. I shall escape there every time this prison becomes claustrophobic. Just eleven and a half weeks to go,
Hugs
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You are welcome, David.
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Looking lively Frank hope you and your’s are all Keeping safe and well 🎈☘️
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We are thank you Max. Hope you are too.
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Love your garden, Frank 🙂
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Glad you like it Rosaliene. I intend to repeat it every weekend, showing how the growth of plants/flowers progesses through the summer. I’ll also include a paragraph or two about the history of the garden.
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Beautiful garden … thank you for the lovely tour. You have several varieties I’ve never heard of, most notably the snakes head fritillaries.
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Happy to welcome you in, Jill. This garden will be virtually open every weekend at least until autumn.
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I will look forward to it! 🌺
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Gardening is my Joy..Helps my mind and body. Nothing blooming yet except the hellaboris ..love your garden.
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Mine, too. Thanks for all the ‘likes’. I’ll be delighted to welcome you into my garden (virtually) every weekend throughout this difficult time. Stay safe, stay well, stay home!
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Lovely garden, sweet flowers. Off topic, the wood siding on the shed, is that by any chance yellow cedar? Curious, that’s all.
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Don’t be misslead by the colour, Sha! That is the preservative treatment. If it was yeallow cedar I would not need to recoat it every couple of years! (Cheapskate!)
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Enjoy your garden in this lovely lock-down weather, Frank.
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Thanks Stevie. I assume you, too, have a garden over there in Suffolk.
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I look forward to seeing your garden blossom week by week! Thank you for this post. Life remains quite gray and rainy in the Boston, MA area, but that seem to encourage our flowers to bloom slower and last longer…
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Thanks Will. “Gray and rainy” is the norm here in Ireland, too. This April has been exceptional right up to the last couple of days. Made the lock down a lot easier to bear for those of us with gardens.
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