It’s not much but I love looking at it.
It is so very cold outside but the sun is shining and I wanted to bring a bit of Spring inside.
BLUE HYACINTH
JUST ANOTHER VIEW
FOR THOSE WHO LIKE FLOWER ARRANGING.
For all of you who like to do some flower arranging with things from your own garden : Corylus avellana contorta, the cork screw hazel.
Do not confuse it with the Salix babylonica tortuosa, the curly willow.
So I bought a cork screw hazel because of its beautiful curly branches you can use all year round for your flower arrangements, they are beautiful in Spring with the long yellow catkins and all Winter long it looks like you have a sculpture in your garden. If I need them in Summer I remove the leafs.
HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY CURL
AND HERE
This tree is very winterhardy, even in zone 4( that is down to 30 -40 ) F°in the US and you can plant it up to zone 8. Elsewhere it can take temperatures of -25 C° and even lower. It is happy in all sorts of soil, doesn’t mind sea wind and grows up to 3 to 5 meters (10-16 feet ) high and 3 to 5 meters ( 7-15 feet) wide, it is slow growing and you can keep it “small” by cutting off the branches regularly. It even gives you hazelnuts if you have another hazeltree nearby.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE LONG YELLOWÂ MALE CATKINS AND THE FEMALE FLOWERS ARE THE TINY PINK DOTS .
For me this is a really good strong tree for my garden who gives me lots of branches I can use.
Have a great day and thanks for visiting.
THERE IS HOPE AFTER ALL !!
Finally we are getting some real Spring weather , in between the rain, but when the sun is out : what a feeling , it is warm enough to sit outside for a while !!!
The crocusses in my front yard are so beautiful at the moment and when the sun is out they are buzzing cos of the the bees who seem to love them !
CROCUS
Have a great Sunday and a great week ! Thanks for visiting and enjoy your garden !!!
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MY GARDEN.
Nothing much I’m afraid. We are in the middle of a cold spell. We have had frosty nights and cold days for a few weeks now and for the next few weeks too I’m afraid. It is sunny during the day but cold! So nothing is really growing in the garden, the growing we had before the frost has come to a standstill. But I took a few pictures for you to see.
THE BUDS OF MY SYRINGA AGAINST AN ICE COLD BLUE SKY
THE BUDS OF THE HYACINTHS ARE WAITING TO COME OUT WHEN THE WEATHER WILL BE WARMER
VIBURNUM TINUS
I DON’T CLEAN UP MY GARDEN IN AUTUMN AS THE LEAVES AND OLD STEMS GIVE A BIT OF PROTECTION AGAINST THE COLD AND THE BIRDS LOVE TO TURN THE LEAFS HOPING FOR A BUG TO EAT, THIS IS SEDUM WAITING FOR WARMER WEATHER
SKIMMIA ENJOYING THE SUNSHINE
DWARF RHODODENDRON
NORMALLY THE LEAFS OF THE BUDDLEIA (BUTTERFLY BUSH) FALL OFF IN WINTER BUT THEY ARE STILL ON THE BUSH AT THE MOMENT
Have a great week and enjoy the sun if you can !
HAPPY EASTER
Happy Easter to all of you !!!
WHAT’S IN BLOOM IN MY GARDEN TODAY
Not much but it is a start. We had a long cold and wet Winter and it is not over yet but plants are starting to grow, buds are getting bigger, unfortunately weather forecasters say we are not going to get nice Springweather for at least a forthnight. I hope they are sooo wrong about that !!!
I have only 2 Â bloomers at the moment.
MY WHITE HEATHER
AND MY CROCUSSES
Have a great Sunday all and thanks for visiting !
NOT LONG NOW
ent for a little stroll in my garden today and there is life in some plants again so I am pleased but it is early days yet. We’ll get some Spring-like days this week but our weather is really unpredictable, so we take it one day at the time.
Our new neighbours asked to remove our 35 year old conifer hedge between our garden and theirs. With pain in our hearts we said yes you may do this as the hedge was nice and green on our side but totally brown on their side. But the possitive about this is that I get a bit more garden where I can plant new things…..
Here are a few pics I took this afternoon.
THE HYACINTHS ARE COMMING UP
THIS CLEMATIS IS BUDDING
AND SO ARE THE ROSES
AND MY SKIMMIA IS ABOUT TO BLOOM
It is not much really but enough to make me smile…..
Thanks for visiting and have a great week !!
GWENNIESGARDENWORLD 
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