It seems like spring has finally arrived here this weekend with both days being gloriously sunny and dry and temperatures rising to high teens in centigrade, very conducive to gardening!
Dasylirion quadrangulatum and Twinkles
The garden is waking and so have we. Still feeling in a daze and almost out of practice after a winter slumber, the process of 'waking up' started last weekend and continued this weekend. If the weather continues to be great as it was over the past few days and we don't get any more surprises (it's only March after all) then we should be fully awake by next week, awake to gardening.
Sun, glorious sun!
Do love Crocus, their blooms always looks so iridescent
Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla 'Gerda' (syn. Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace') - botanists do love their long names!
We were planning to watch a rugby match on Saturday afternoon but guess what, just like what happened last week instead of going the pull of the garden was too much to resist. And so we stayed.
Trachycarpus filifera? No, just fortunei it's just the leaves of this one got shredded as it rubbed repeatedly and violently against the nearby bamboo during the storms earlier this year.
A new variegated Fatsia japonica? No, just scorched from the fire last year. Wish it was real variegation though, looks unique!
Hydrangea aspera from Gong Shan
The Prunus serrula 'Tibetica' we planted last weekend, bark up close
We continued where we left off last weekend, sorting out the jungle area that was damaged by the fire. And did some more tidying and other chores on other parts of the garden. A bit random but fun nevertheless.
This Schefflera alpina that has been in a pot and living on the side passage since February 2012 has finally been planted out. It's the tallest potted Schefflera we've planted out so far.
And the fallen Dicksonia antarctica has now been replanted
Being only early March it's still too early to do any more plant shopping (apart from the RHS show last February) so the main focus for now will be clearing and tidying up. The next plant fair we're thinking of attending won't be until the latter part of March, that is if we actually manage prize ourselves from the irresistible grip of just staying and gardening!Mark :-)
