Thursday 30 March 2017

Magnificent magnolias!

Spring has finally sprung - well, it has been on it's way for a few weeks, but there are bright colours everywhere now to lift the spirits! 

In bloom in our garden at the moment, we have:

muscari (grape hyacinth)
primroses (have flowered all through the winter, but everywhere now)
kerria (lovely bright yellow pom-poms)
violets of every shade from white to deep violet
daffodils
a pot of anemones which has flowered for weeks
rosemary covered in its small flowers
forsythia

Blossom on
wild cherry
pear trees
appearing on apple and cherry trees


And going over:
hellebores
crocuses (II?)

About to show:
tulips
buddleia
passion flowers
Peruvian lilies


And in neighbouring gardens and all over this area: 
lots of magnolia - absolutely magnificent
quince
forsythia
flowering currant

Roses are doing well, even the two planted new late October

Leaves on corkscrew hazel
Lavender looking healthy

And just appeared in the last couple of days in our garden and all over the fields - dandelions and dandelions.  Still, they do keep the bees and other insects happy at this time of year.

We have had high temperatures all week, after early morning temperatures of around 2 or 3 degrees.  Today the temperature was about 22 degrees  - shorts, sun lotion and sunhat or cap weather.  Temperatures plunge to 16 and lower at the weekend, so no planting out yet.  Local wisdom is not to plant out any veg  or delicate plants until after the Saints de Glaces which this year are from 11 - 13 May.  These are the dates dedicated to three particular saints (not sure what they did to deserve this negative image!)  when there is still likely to be ground frosts, so a long way to go yet.



©  Marie Tyler, 2017

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