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February 2, 2025

ALMOST SPRING

It is still Winter but there is also a little bit of Spring. I went to the arboretum near where I live and there were already plenty of flowers, ofcourse all those flowers were winterhardy.

And the bravest of all flowers over here in Northern Europe is the snowdrop, they are not bothered by snow or ice they always are the first to show their blooms.

Cyclamen coum is also winterhardy and performs year after year after year in white, pink and purple flowers.

Hammamelis, there were many hammamelis bushes, the flowers always look like they need a bit of ironing, they come in many colours.

Pieris japonica is preparing to bloom soon but they are already looking pretty.

A couple of black swans were having fun in the big pond , they couldn’t have choosen a better place to raise a family, they will be well protected in the arboretum.

Edgeworthia or paper bush was ready to open their flowers.

Not everything was ready to open their buds, like this prunus species. Maybe next time I visit the arboretum again.

In January we got twice as much rain as normal and very few hours of sunshine but that is about to change, light frost at night and sun during the day, we are all longing for a bit of sun here and we hope to have finally a nice Spring and a lovely Summer. Fingers crossed !

Have a great week and enjoy the beginning of a new year in the garden.

May 21, 2024May 21, 2024

MY GARDEN IS LUSH AND GREEN

What with all the rain we have been having for many months my garden looks lush and green now, most flowers are far behind.

On the left you see a viburnum, on the right is my rosa guirlande d’amour

In the back you see my goatsbeard, it is not in bloom yet, the garden geraniums (macrorrhizum) are performing well.

The biggest green spot is from viburnum tinus, on the right is a laurel, on the left you see a bit of my syringa meyeri, a small lilac bush.

This is sedum spurium, winterhardy and makes a lovely green carpet.

This is our pond, completly overgrown, the plants just exploded, they seem to love all the rain.

Another garden geranium, geranium sanguineum, a small geranium that performs well.

They are not expecting good weather any time soon, the snails are having a party every night, for me that is the biggest worry, they have ruined a lot of my seedlings. But there are worse problems in the world, I feel for the people who’s house and everything in it is ruined, for the people who are trying to survive in the many wars all over the globe, who lost their kids and relatives….

Take care and enjoy your garden.

June 19, 2022

SILENT SUNDAY

May 11, 2022

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

October 12, 2021

AT THE MOMENT IN MY GARDEN

I took a few pictures of how my garden looks at the moment, there is not a lot of beauty left but that is normal for October. The weekend was sunny and warm but now it is raining very hard. Not that I mind as we need this water for the garden.

**THIS IS A SMALL BUSH CALLED**: EUONIMUS EMERALD N’GOLD

**SKIMMIA KEW GREEN, READY FOR BLOOMING IN MARCH !!!!**

I find it always sad to see all the flowers going, the leafs falling and most of the garden boring and brown but as you can see, the skimmia is already ready to flower in Spring, isn’t that amazing !!?

Have a great week and thanks for visiting.

June 9, 2021

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021

RANDOM PICTURE

I took a picture of this iris when we were on holiday in the US, we were walking in a nature reserve and there it was, in a bog. I loved it so I tried to paint it.

Have a great weekend all and keep safe !

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020

BEAUTY IN THE POND

Sorry for posting so little lately but there is so much work in the garden. I never clean the garden in Autumn as it is better for the plants, for the soil and last but not least for wildlife !! So Spring is very hectic and I just don’t know what to do first at the moment. I have a lot of repotting to do, garden plants as well as house plants. Everything is growing like mad at the moment and it is time to finally put some annuals in the windowsills. Last week we had a few days with night frost so I kept my annuals in the greenhouse. Also the plants in the greenhouse grow like mad, several tomato varietes, courgettes, grapes, peppers….

But here is a picture for you that I made today of a flower in our pond.

MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA (bog bean)

More pictures will be posted soon, I hope 😀

Have a great week !

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020

WE HAVE A LODGER

This water hen (coot) has been living in our garden for several weeks now. And she feels very much at home in and near our pond. It is a young female and I hope she’ll make a nest in our garden and get chicksn (hopefully she’ll find a husband soon ). We can do what we like in the garden, she isn’t bothered, nor is she bothered by the dogs we have.

As you can see our garden is a mess at the moment, we leave the cleaning up till Spring, we don’t want to do it in the Autumn as that isn”t good for wildlife. Today was a sunny day so I did some work in the garden. But for the rest of the week they are expecting rain, and lots of it.

It feels so good to be able to do something in the garden and you can see that most of the plants are comming to life except for the late starters.

I can’t wait for the Summer to start .

I hope you’ll all have a brilliant week ! Have fun !!

June 17, 2019

WATER SOLDIER

Water soldier (STRATIOTES ALOIDES) is a fast growing, fast reproducing pond plant that helps keeping your pond water clean. This one has very sharp leaf edges but a pretty white flower.

After a period of heavy rain and thunder storms we finally are have a nice sunny day, not that I minded all the rain as we need every drop we can get. But my roses looked so pretty a while ago and now they are all rained out. And so are some of my other plants, but they’ll be beautiful again soon.

Have a great week you all !