When I see this I get fed up. Piles of earth, stuff lying around and weeds, lots of weeds. It gets overwhelming and I get frustrated. I know enough about how to overcome frustration and procrastination but time and time again I get a down moment.
Then I turn around and see something else. Something that cheers me up and something starts to ignite an interest, a delight. Something I read about in books and magazines and see others have but I haven’t before.
I know, it’s a flower. To be precise it’s Cistus Purpureus ‘Brilliancy’. And, for the first time in my garden this flower has come out to delight. It’s so cute and colourful it really brightens things up at the front of the house. This was this first flower insitu a couple of days ago.
Here it is again a couple of days later.
Nice job eh! Can’t wait to see the other 5 bushes in action it’s going to bring a riot of pink to the blues in the rest of the flower bed. Looks good close to the Echium Fastuosum.
Around the corner at the side of the house the Rhododenron ‘Princess Alice’ are flowering away and the Hosta ‘Emerald Gold’ are growing daily to bring there glory to this spot. Mental note: need slug pellets!
The Crab Apple Tree (or rather twig) is starting to bloom. This took my breath away when I saw it. It’s encased normally in wiring to protect it from the dogs and rabbits.
Just in case you missed it first time!
Have to say this was the most exciting sight. It’s a Silver Fern with a new frond (lovely word that!). I though these had been killed off during planting but seems not. Phew that’s a relief.
Flowers are lovely, no doubt about that. Here’s the next growing challenge. Vegetables and herbs. And here’s where they’ll be going in a week or so. I bet you can’t t wait to hear about about those growing pains!
So how does your garden grow?
I was wondering what those lovely blue flowers were. Isn’t it exciting to find new flowers each day. I find spring the best time in the garden because there is just enough growth to hint at the glories to come and I can imagine how wonderful the garden will look in full bloom, editing out the weeds and intruder damage of course.
Re rabbits- what about keeping a cat? Our valley is full of rabbits but I have never seen one in the garden.
Just a little note about slug pelllets (& liquid) – they are toxic to birds and small animals but they also turn the slugs toxic and the local RSPCA lady told us that each year she is brought a number of hedgehogs dying in agony through eating dead slugs. I have a MAJOR slug problem here and my solution has been to grow different plants and only have annuals in hanging baskets. I have used pellets sparingly to get plants established but I always feel guilty.
Yes I have also been told the same about slug pellets. A friend of ours had a close one with her cat when it turned ill, after telling the vet that she saw her cat ‘spit up’ a snail before she fell down proved it was that that had caused it.
Apparently small bowls of sugar, beer or anything sweet will attract them away from your plants, if you make it deep enough with the liquid in then they should drown too.
Your garden looks lovely, its so wonderful when the flowers start blooming xx