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April 10, 2021April 10, 2021

TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM

Well, not really from Amsterdam, I got them from my son. But tulips are known to come from Holland. They originally came from Turkey I think. But there was a time only the very rich could buy 1 or 2 bulbs, they were worth their weight in gold. I think at the moment they are the biggest exporters of tulips and bulbs of all sorts. As we live at the border with the Netherlands I go there often for shopping and flowers , food and clothes are a lot cheaper in The Netherlands. Alas alas in this covid era we are not allowed to cross the border just for shopping and I miss that a lot.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND !!

March 27, 2021

IT’S DEFINITIVELY SPRING !!

**MY AMELANCHIER IN BLOOM MEANS SPRING HAS ARRIVED**

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND ALL !

March 8, 2021

A BIT OF SPRING TODAY

We have a bit of Spring today, tomorrow will be Winter again ha ! But today is sunny and not too cold, when I have a walk in my garden with the dogs I hear a lot of buzzing from bees and bumble bees, I love that sound !! There are a lot of birds looking for nest material. The days are getting longer and I can smell it in the air. We are sure headding in the right direction.

**ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHRUBS ; SKIMMIA KEW GREEN**

When the flowers are open the whole shrub is buzzing, the buds appear in Autumn and soon the buds will open up. Very easy small shrub. Wintergreen and winter hardy, a gem in the garden. There are males and females, so if you want berries you need one of each.

Have a great week all !

February 24, 2021

PICTURE OF THE DAY

October 25, 2020

SILENT SUNDAY

**A REMINDER OF THINGS TO COME, WE CAN ONLY DREAM ABOUT IT TILL NEXT YEAR**

April 26, 2020

SILENT SUNDAY

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WHITE DIGITALIS (foxgloves) WITH DRAGONFLY

April 12, 2020

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL

yellow tulips in bloom — Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels.com

April 6, 2020

PROMISING

This morning I took a picture of part of my lilac (syringa vulgaris “beauty of Moscow) tree, look at all the buds !! I look forward to be able to smell the lilacs !

Take care and stay safe !

March 16, 2020

SPRING FAVORITES

As the garden is waking up and the crocusses, snowdrops and narcisses have gone, other plants are taking over. Three of my favorite Spring plants are starting to bloom.

THIS WHITE FLOWERING PIERIS IS ABOUT TO OPEN IT’S BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FLOWERS

EUPHORBIA CHARIACIAS IS ABOUT TO OPEN IT’S YELLOW BELL SHAPED FLOWERS

SKIMMIA JAPONICA KEW GREEN IS ALSO ABOUT TO OPEN IT’S FLOWERS

All tree of these plants bloom for a long time, but the skimmia already gets these flowerbuds in Autumn so I think this is a good small bush for small gardens, all it needs is a bit of accid soil. There are male and female skimmia’s, the males get the flowers, the females get beautiful berries in Autumn, usually red but sometimes bright yellow.

All 3 of these plants attracts bees !

If you have any questions about plants I’ll be happy to answer them.

Have a great week all !

May 1, 2019