is summer here???
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Wow after a balmy week with temperatures well into late 70s here in sunny Mansfield, i did have to ask myself “is summer here?”. Today is more like May, with clouds and a little promise on sun peeking through from time to time, but before you tell me to write this on a weather forum id have better digress………
Clematis(nelly moser) is in full bloom now and trying to protect it from the full sun has been a challenge to say the least.
All tulips have given me a display to be proud of, and well worth the effort in planting them last autumn, being a lazy gardener, i am going to leave them in…..results same time next year anybody??
My woodland anenomes have really come on well despite them getting more sun than i had hoped for, which hasnt done them any harm, bluebells are establishing well too and hope that next year they will be thriving.
I inherited some free Hostas from Mother, and they are doing well and my Monarda is cautiously peeking around the garden in the 10 different places i have planted the 10 different species…..
Thanks once again to all those who take the time to reply and sens such encouraging emails too, i do try and reply but sometimes i cannot think of anything constructive to say, so apologies.
Hope to blog before i travel to Sunny NEC and this years GW live.
13 May, 2008
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I leave my tulips in - so far they've got better each year - I now get about 3-4 flowers per original bulb I planted :-)
13 May, 2008
Are your wood anemonies the wild ones? If so could you tell me where you got them. I can't seem to get them anywhere. There were lots in the hedgerows this year but I don't want to dig them up. When I've gone to look for the seed heads I can't find them.
13 May, 2008
My Nellie Moser opened her first flower today - but she is in the shade. It sounds as though you have a lot going on in your garden! Why not leave your tulips in? As long as you leave the leaves alone (ha ha) they should flower again next year.
13 May, 2008