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Category Archives: snowdrops
Six on Saturday: Down to the Nitty Gritty
With our February garden opening and a visit to my Mum out of the way, there has finally been an opportunity to catch up on outstanding ‘winter’ tasks, many of which had been postponed due to the ground being frozen … Continue reading
Posted in composting, Gardens, pruning, seasonal tasks, seed sowing, Six on Saturday, snowdrops
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Reflections
This isn’t quite the view that visitors to our garden on Sunday afternoon were met with, as an overcast day meant the single common snowdrops were still mostly not fully out, unlike today. However, from comments made to the Golfer, … Continue reading
Posted in early spring, Gardening, Gardens, open gardens, snowdrops, Winter, winter interest
Tagged opening a garden for the NGS
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Six on Saturday: Gearing Up
With our open garden tomorrow, I wasn’t sure if I would have time to prepare a Six on Saturday post for Jim’s weekly meme at Garden Ruminations. However, I have been busy today with all the remaining tasks that can … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Fairy Tales
The Tulip Fairy on the cover of my copy of Cicely May Barker’s ‘Complete Book of the Flower Fairies’, the prop for today, looks as if she is just stepping down from it onto the stand holding the test tubes, … Continue reading
Posted in bulbs, corms and tubers, early spring, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, open gardens, snowdrops, Winter, winter interest
Tagged flowers in a vase
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Six on Saturday: When is a Snowdrop Not a Snowdrop?
…when it’s a snowflake, or Leucojum, probably L vernalis as this one is quite short in stature, unlike the taller and slightly later L aestivum. Often mistaken for snowdrops by those with more limited plant knowledge, they are commonly known … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: More Bewitching
I am fortunate to have a number of witch hazels in the garden and this year, for some reason, given the summer drought and severe pre-Christmas freeze, most of them are flowering better and more profusely than ever before. You … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, open gardens, projects, Six on Saturday, snowdrops, Winter, winter interest, woodland
Tagged opening a garden for the NGS, snowdrops, witch hazel
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Six on Saturday: Timetables
With only 3 weeks to go till we open the garden for ‘snowdrops, witch hazels, hellebores and other plants of winter interest’, it is still far from clear what plants of winter interest will be in flower by then. We … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: Itsy Bitsy
Try as I might, I just could not establish any sort of theme for today’s Six on Saturday, the meme kindly hosted by ruminating garden blogger, Jim, so it’s a real itsy bitsy hotchpotch, starting with the first primroses blooming, … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, herbaceous perennials, Six on Saturday, snowdrops
Tagged hellebores, witch hazels
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Six on Saturday: Observations
There is always something worth seeing in this garden, whatever month of the year it is. Observing the small changes not only brings a lot of pleasure but is a meditative process in itself, except on those occasions when inclement … Continue reading
Posted in bulbs, corms and tubers, Gardening, Gardens, greenhouse, Six on Saturday, snowdrops
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Six on Saturday, or Thereabouts
Rather than make a decision on which photograph to exclude from the selection I took for Jon the Propagator’s weekly meme, I have slipped in an extra one – perhaps if I zip quickly through this post no-one will notice…? … Continue reading
Posted in dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, Six on Saturday, snowdrops
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Rambling in the Garden 