My Little Garden 15th Jan 2022
This week has been very frustrating, with various minor issues cropping up that necessitated me staying at home and waiting for people to turn up. Perhaps it’s been just as well that our childcare duties have been minimal thanks to (perhaps not quite the right words to use) our triple jabbed younger son and daughter in law having Covid for the second time. Fortunately, it’s been no worse than a cold for them but obviously they’ve still had to isolate and we haven’t been able to see them or the two youngest granddaughters.
When I’ve not been chasing up various workmen (if only they would ‘work’), I’ve been enjoying the pleasant weather at the latter end of the week. We’ve had a bit of frost and quite a lot of sunshine, which has been lovely. The bulbs are peeping through in the garden and I’ve been poking around looking for signs of life. It’s early days but it’s always exciting to see something new emerge. I also took advantage of an ‘earlybird’ discount offered by Farmer Gracy to make a couple of purchases including Lamprocapnos (Dicentra not so long ago) spectablis ‘Cupid’. I missed out on this plant last year because I left it too late, so I’m feeling very organised this year.
And as I can’t really put off getting to the main point of this blog for much longer, I need to tell you that the only flowers with photographic potential in my garden at the moment are the hellebores, so I would like to apologise for featuring them again this week for my Six on Saturday choices. Actually, I’m not sorry at all…….
- Double hellebore
I really don’t remember where this one came from so have no idea what it might be called. It must be an earlier variety than my other doubles which are only just starting to bud.
2. Bulb progress
The crocus are emerging. I was a bit worried I might have accidentally dug these up when I was rearranging this border last year, but at least some of them have survived.
3. Winter stems
A close up of Cornus ‘Midwinter Fire’. This shrub is due for its first big trim this year to maintain its bright orange and red stem colour.
4. Foliage
A few evergreens in the garden ensures that the fences and the birds both have leafy colour all year round. I like this Photinia ‘Pink Marble’ much more than the common ‘Red Robin’ variety.
5. Hydrangea
Still looking quite pretty in its old age.
6. Another hellebore
And let’s finish with another hellebore, complete with melting frosts.
In a week that’s seen a number of apologies, that’s about the best that my January garden has to offer. The snowdrops are coming along very nicely so I have high hopes of including them next week.
And in the meantime, I’m looking forward to catching up with the rest of the regular Six on Saturday blogs from around the world including that of the #SixonSaturday boss himself.
https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/
Have a great weekend and see you next week.
