Growing in the Garden at the Mo!!!

In no particular order

Pulmenaria, the bees love this and I have loads of it.



Helabores, I do love these and threaten to get more every year but have still to do so!



Winter Onions... doing well



3 tubs of tulips all doing well but at slightly differing stages, due to their placement...





Frogspawn




No comment about all the 'dead' plants in the greenhouses




Theres alot of work to be done this year, as last year we had sooooooooooooo much rain that alot was neglected!
Should keep me out of mischief though!!! lol!!

Growing!

I planted the Amaryllis on the 17th January expecting it to flower in March, it has exceeded my expectations and flowered now. I am going to have at least five big blooms on it!



Around the garden we have clumps of lovely snowdrops



I also have some lovely yellow crocus, but I didn't manage an 'infocus' photograph!
The Hellabores are coming through too...



and wherever I am in the garden Sassy comes too!



she is half burmese puss cat and great company!

Rescue Operation!

I know this probably should have taken place abit sooner, but I had to wait till hubby could go and get the bark chippings for me.



This is the banana that has flopped and it was soft all the way down, so I cut it back and scarily it was soft in the centre as well.



So covered it with a good layer of bark chippings.




The same down by the pond




this was even softer when cut back as you can see from the pic,



but we try and you never know!?

Although I am relatively confident the gunnera will be ok



I gave that a layer of chippings too. Now all we can do is keep our fingers and toes crossed.



Surprisingly my Cordyline



and the bamboos




are doing really well. I do love the bamboos as they sway in the wind, they make a very pleasant rustling sound.

The new Caster Oil plant, which if you remember I bought for £5 last year and is currently in a large pot on the north side of the house, has collapsed occasionally from the very low temps but is currently looking very good as you can see.



Again I like this plant but can see it may very well outgrow this spot!
I wonder if maybe I don't care enough for my plants, but I believe I must be realistic, especially with my back being as bad as it can be. If I lose the banana on the patio will it be so bad, not really as I will get to see the trachycarpus abit better.



The one by the pond wound probably get too big for where it is anyway, so maybe fate or should I say mother nature has other plans!

Planning!

This isn't all I will be growing, I still have peas and French Beans and potatoes and aubergines...............



Hehehehehehehehe!
and then I found this at the Garden Centre reduced from £9.99 which I wouldn't have paid, to £3 which I paid



I'm not sure I like them but I wanted a flower in the house in March!

Bees

As you know, I have a passion for the Hardy Tropical plants. Last year I had decided to extend my Tropicals to the beds at the bottom of the garden. But then autumn winter came and I had to dig up and lift into the greenhouse alot of these plants. Which proved to cause a few problems with my back.

Well now I have come to a decision. Sit down and take a deep breathe and read on please.

I was watching 'Its Not Easy Being Green' on BBC2 at 8pm on Wednesday, I was/am a huge fan of the first series and in fact it was watching this programme that got me into veg growing. Anyway I digress. I was watching this the other night and Dick Strawbridge was talking about the humble 'Bumble Bee' and how its struggling and what is said may happen if they die out. I have also enjoyed Cheryl's Blog and her many happenings with the bees in her garden.
Bearing this in mind I shall keep the jungle at the top,



it helps keep the patio cool in the summer and I have decided to return the bottom plot of land to plants for the Bumble Bees. Which I believe will look very pretty and be better for my back. I will keep a couple of my 'Large Leaved Jungle ' plants but I will plant alot more flowers.
I shall also improve the flowerbed up by the Veg Patch.



I shall join Bumblebee Conservation
and if I had the space I would have had a go at a bee hive.
But the good thing as far as I am concerned is I still get to grow my Brugmansias, as I know from past years the Bees love these!

Cold Outside!

Today was the third day I hung washing out, blue sky, sunshine and bitterly cold, but it all lightened and my bathroom, where I air it all, smells gorgeous and fresh!



The ground is all covered in frost.



The pond has been frozen at this end for awhile.



The winter onions seem to be doing well.



The Hellabores are just popping their heads through, whether they will flower this year or not I don't know as I was rather ruthless cutting them back.



The tree ferns hardly seem bothered by the cold weather



All seems fine in the greenhouse, no disasters yet!



The cordyline seems to get ever bigger, I think this would look good at the front of the house actually.



The bamboo seems happy on the patio.
Right nipping back inside now to thaw out, till next time, TTFN

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How Many Plant Pots does a Girl Need

I spent an hour in the Garden yesterday, it was beautiful sunshine but oh! so cold, my tootsies got frozen! Anyway I decided to tackle this area

I cut back the neighbours plant above the water butts, cleared up all the plant pots, raked up the leaves and generally tidied up

Look space, I plan to put a couple of compost bins on the earth once the two shrubs have been destroyed. But look what I have been left with.........

lots and lots of plant pots. Do you think I have too many????