My Little Garden 1st April 2023
Well, here we are on April Fools Day. Will any of the SixonSaturday bloggers be tempted to share any suspect plants? Will we twig (excuse the pun) if they do? Perhaps an old favourite, the Spaghetti Tree, or a rogue flower in the garden, will crop up. Who knows, but for my part, perhaps I should have left the robot story until this week.
Talking of our little Starship robots, I nearly ran one over this week, when it was crossing the road on its way to a delivery. You have to look out for them in the same way as small pedestrians, and they’re not necessarily well-versed in the highway code. And on bin collection day, they get in a right dither navigating around discarded bins. I thought one was going to self-combust on Tuesday, and I was almost tempted to go out and talk soothingly to it. Apparently, they say thank you if a human has to help them up a kerb so maybe some bin day counselling would be welcome. This week there’s a competition on the Starship Facebook Page (yes of course they have their own Facebook page) to find the Easter Bunny robot, so I will enlist the help of my young granddaughters. That should keep them busy later in the week.
In my little garden this week, there has been lots of rain and not much sun. The tulips have buds, which is very exciting, but I’ll start with…
- Snakes
Snakeshead fritillaria or Fritillaria meleagris. These are developing into a nice clump at the bottom of the garden, so I’m sure the little red beetles will arrive shortly.
2. Snowflakes
Leucojum aestivum ‘Gravetye Giant’ has put forth its first flower of the year. I wasn’t sure these would survive because of the dryness of the soil last summer, so I’m really pleased to see them.
3. Chionodoxa
A bulb I had forgotten about as they were a bit insignificant last year. Good for brightening up a dark corner, but I prefer the blue ones.
4. White daffs
I think these are supposed to be Narcissus Toto.
5. Primula
A little purchase to brighten up the pots.
6. Wallflowers
Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’ is the best of the perennial wallflowers in my opinion, and the bees and butterflies love it. It will get leggy after two or three years, but you can take cuttings or replace very easily. I found some in a 13cm pot at a bargain price of £4.90 each, which after a 20% trade discount I’m very happy with. These are for clients and will guarantee a long summer of colour in the first year.
To hunt for more April blogs head to the site of Jim, our leader, who will be telling us all about his garden in Cornwall, and all the posts under the hashtag #sixonsaturday on Twitter.
https://gardenruminations.co.uk/
Have a great weekend, and I promise no more talk of robots now it’s April.
