A Winter Wander

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I have been for a wander in the garden – not much to see but maybe someone will spot something of interest.
First we start from the back door, past some rather bedraggled Primulas and some Auriculas, which I hope will come to something in the spring. Perhaps you can see my lovely Daphne Odora on the right, which has obviously come to the end of its days. No flowers this year, I’m afraid.

Then we wander along the patio, past some pots (Phormium and Pieris) and a Camellia which I hope will not be too affected by the north winds

To my right, I look across the garden to the north east. You will see my new birdbath – it’s not been very well used yet….

I have tried a new method of marking my perennials in the winter by painting sticks blue for delphiniums and green for lupins. We’ll see if it works!

Then we will stroll to the back of the garden, the only colour is the Choisya Ternata “Sundance” and a little Pieris.

Then on to the apple tree, which I call the bird canteen!

Then along the back border – the foxgloves are looking good.

The Heuchera bed is looking a bit the worse for wear – hopefully they will recover when the weather improves.

Now I have reached the greenhouse!

In front of the door are my parents’ garden tools. They were a wedding present to them in 1935. As my father had not been interested in gardening before they were married, his friend thought he would not be afterwards, so a lady’s set was bought. But he fell in love with his gardening as did my mother and the trusty tools were used till he was in his 80’s.

Now we’re inside – there are some soft herbs and winter salad

Here are some more Auriculas, a couple of Pieris plants and some everlasting sweetpeas which I shall be planting out soon.

Here is a collection of bits and pieces keeping warm in the winter. The heated pad is very useful and keeps the temperature up pretty well.

I took some cuttings from my Daphne in the autumn, but they are looking very poor I’m afraid. We’ll see….

I have planted some sweetpea seeds in rolled newspaper. This is the first time I have tried them like this.

Back outside is an Eleagnus waiting for a new home, probably to replace one of my two dead daphnes.

Next, a quick stroll across to the little rockery where the winter heathers are doing quite well.

Finally this is my pond area, which floods a lot and I am looking for moisture loving plants for this patch. We, or that is the HH (helpful hubby) have dug out as much as possible of the rampant bamboo – lets hope it doesnt re-appear……

So, this was a little look at some parts of the garden – I hope you didnt think it was too dull and depressing.
Lets hope we all have plenty of outdoor colour before long!

• 1 Feb, 2010
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