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[Perki]

Been out in the rain and cut back the rest of the dead perennials they were getting on my wick , with the snow / rain it flattened them which ended up over the lawn , I've decided I am not a fan of letting perennials die back gracefully but for a couple I'll be cutting majority of them back in future .

Smashing more concrete / brick up yesterday for the sub base at mum garden , My brother turned up with sand yesterday surprisingly and the Indian stone this morning so that should keep me busy for a while , not particularly looking forward to doing not really into landscaping. Its turning out to be a expensive Christmas present .

The hellbore 5th down looks like its going to be a nice one .

 

[alp]

On the contrary, we had a lovely day yesterday. It was warm, bright, albeit raining very heavily 8am in the morning. The warmest day so far. It's a shame I forgot to do my laundry as there was quite a bit of wind as well.

Did you use a drill to brick the concrete. Did it cost a lot or are you renting the tool, Perki?

I need to get my act together before it's too hot. I need to fetch all the rubble lying around to fill the garden to raise it by 3 or 5 inches. No easy task.



The fifth is Spring Series Anja Oudolf. I love Spring Series, flower early, clump well, and quite pretty. I also have Lily (one with pink veins) and Mary Lou, a red one with patches.

My woman-made photographic prop made the flower stand out very well - a Greatorex - big, blousy and tidy!

Wonderful Diggory with its embossed texture and unique piched up tepal ends, is a must-have snowdrop! Big and distinctive!

I didn't see the insect whilst I was taking the phot. Quite possibly a Madelaine

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Ding Dong!

Selbourne Green tip

a most intriguing Heffalump! My addiction with snowdrops was started by a photo of this snowdrop -- the overary is full of green x markings, very pretty.

From someone else with a better camera!

A dying Godfrey Owen with its distinctive 6 tepals

Ding Dong?

To add to the confusion: I have quite a few yellow ones with their labels "going for a troll, never returning!"

I do know what Wendy's Gold look like!

The yellow snowdrops all look similar with Sandersii being very small and Bill Clark is a Sandersii as well. To add to the horror, the plants walk - the seeds could be dispersed by ants who have a perchant for its stringly element. Ants like my garden - snowdrop seeds and hellebore seeds! What don't they like?

 

[Perki]

Wet day again , more work at mum garden moved all the wood ready for burning and buried the concrete post in the path area, nearly there now just need to lay out the flags to see where and what pattern they are going to be.

Its my dad SDS drill my mum had one as well but I killed that off, They not expensive around £50 -60 . I wouldn't use rubble to lift a garden you'll be curing it to the ends of days when you dig a hole . I'd only use rubble for something that need a firm base ( shed - path - greenhouse ) more ideal for a sub base then something on top like a flag or gravel .

 

[alp]

We are raiining now. What a bore! Just when I can go out .. Well, this is England and I should be grateful that I don't live in Cornwall. Yesterday wasn't that bad - weather was being silly: mostly cloudy but occasionally would tease me out by strong sunshine. When I looked up at the moudly lean to, I saw strong bright sunshine, with a very pleasing warmth inside. One could be forgiven that spring would be around the corner. The problem is "around the corner", and not yet here!

I'd rather take in the rain so that some of UK people are going to suffer more floods. Heart-breaking looking at those pictures, not to say living in the misery!

From bigger camera

Diggory

Trymposter

My Aeonium

A yellowish pink double inside the greenhouse

Baked some potatoes on my cornus controversa Variegata! Meal ready probably in July or August!

Farmyard nursery sent an email, but there are too few plants to justify £10 delivery. I won't buy them in season. It's like letting blood! Thank you, Farmyard, for nothing!

 

[alp]

Good morning to all: Apparently, the cold weather continues. And it rained the whole day yesterday.

Bought some irises and potted them up straight away. GCs were very quiet.

There were quite a few of these and it was very pleasing to be able to buy so many combos at a good price. So many different flowers to choose from: geraniums, osteospermums, petunias, I had bought 2 lots at £7.99 each. I didn't buy any more yesterday. Running out of room. Imagine March comes and big sowing will be underway.

See the 0c in the temperature on 6 Feb? Not going to be warm!

 

[alp]

It was flooding very badly at the back! Flooded fields of about 7 or more football pitches, running parallel to the road all the way to ..

A lovely camellia: nearly £20!

Some Wheeler!

I am going to layer this one. NOT air layering, but probably layering 2 or 3 branches into the peat.

£20 of cornus controversa variegata.

This hellebore is rather expensive. Can't remember the price. About £14
This is the only and prettiest hellebore I found yesterday. All the same. Potato seeds dominated the isles. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

This flower looks like a deformed one! Should have been very pretty and unique!

I bought this one and it more or less arrived yesterday! The inner segments flare open and the tepals curl up. Miss Prissy is her name!

Swan song For Trump

The upskirting of Trump! Very distinctive!

I don't know where these flowers are from - not very pretty and I don't remember buying them.

Greatorex double - could be Desdemona, Dionysus, Hippolyta ...

Apparently, Greatorex's father was a member of society of Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist. So he had to be a botanist. Greatorex must have loved Shakepeare as he named many of his great creations after Shakepearan characters. I love Shakespeare, too; and at that time, one of these were cheap! Now, did he store his pollen in a jar and went around hand pollinating his babies? ...

I have at least 3 of these Spring Promise Series - very good as they are prolific - a good solid clump for both Anja and Lily! They are both very distinctive.

This is Wendy's Gold. They all look similar and there is no way for me to tell the difference!

 

[LouisFerdinand]

@alp, It is extremely encouraging to see all the beautiful pictures of the snowdrops.

 

[alp]

Saw people in the Isle of Man without masks! Amazing and I wonder what life is like later this year. Masks always ON, I guess. The most horrible things is healthy fitness fanatic had his leg amputated. One lady limbless. All very frightening. And now there are variants.

This is a rather strange snowdrop, a long yellowish pedicel and double nectary. Very strange!

I have never seen such a long pedicel

Wendy's Gold with its distinctive leaves.

The weather is still so cold and wet and this really has put a damper to my seed sowing scheme. I have done several punnets of salad leaves and this Thursday, I should start another batch. but looking at the temperature and brightness level, ..

I saw this strange or rather exotic lily for sale. £4.99 and the corm is smaller than a chestnut.

Ferraria Crispa £4.99 for a small corm!

 

[alp]

If you have time, please read this!

The castle photo is like a fairly tale. A sunny day, and I will make hay whilst sun shines! Have a nice warm day!

Good morning, Zenj! I bought a red eleganz?? Lantern like dainty red flowers.. I bought it last year, it has never said yellow. Now, I am potting it up indoors. My Prima Vera peony is already showing a bud whilst those 2 from last year are NOWHERE to be found. I want to kick myself.

By the way, Orlena, don't come here!
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[Perki]

Well it dumped quite a bit of snow down last night / this morning so I haven't been out . Its been raining all evening though so hopefully its all gone by tomorrow , I can crack on and start laying some flags in my mum garden. If I don't get most of it done tomorrow I dunno when I get another chance the forecast look are chilling with more snow . Its felt more like a winter this time round the previous winters have been quite mild .

I've consider ferraria Crispa before they look fascinating but I can't make my mind up whether the flowers are nice or horrible.

 

[alp]

Found in Scotland. Is this an April fool prank?

'Look at the size of it!' Shocking moment a 14ft SNAKE is found on Scottish construction site - after a 6ft one was found dead nearby amid fears MORE could be on the loose

Do people really keep these in the UK? They would be so expensive to feed and probably hence the dump!

Haha! This last sentence has really brought out the funniest of you, Perki! Exactly what I thought! Very strange looking concoction. If it hadn't been so expensive, I would have bought it. Farmer Gracy asked for £9.45 for 2 corms.

Yesterday was drizzly, but in between there were some bright spells. I decided to take my yellow snowdrops in to take some picture. Shame that by the time I took them in, the sun had travelled to the other side of the house. Now, I really wish I had a better camera!

diggory

Pollen from Diggory

Another Diggory

Ecusson D'or - a most unusual yellow snowdrop with yellow patches outside.

Sarah Dumont

Primrose Warburg

Wandlebury Ring - a much taller yellow snowdrop

Spindlestone Surprise

Wendy's Gold

Wandlebury Ring

Wandlebury Ring

Wandlebury Ring

Primrose Warburg

Wendy's Gold

Ecusson D'or

Ecusson D'or with stunning raindrops - I never thought this kind of 3D water droplet was not achievable. They are simply magical. Shame about the flower though. Just not enough sharpness. I so miss my Samsung PL70

 

[Perki]

Wet start to the day and a wet end to the day as well .

Been laying flags down today in mum garden . Cracked the second flag I were laying so throw a strop and chucked my mallet and refused to do anymore for around 2 mins . I am about half there now heavy rain stopped play, hopefully I'll get all of them down tomorrow but for the two steps I'll have to do another day .

They'd be nice in the garden the yellow snowdrops alp especially with some aconites , bet your a bit unsure whether its worth the risk yet though. One day they will be nearly the same price of the more common varieties . Just had a quick look at the price of some it might take a while

 

[Zenj]

Morning all well after all the frosts and snow we have had 2 days of rain ,but still cold certainly not gardening weather , deciding to widen the rear garden borders and dig a few plants out spring when it finally drys up I hope .That means I can buy more plants method in my madness.

 

[alp]

A big hello to my friend Anna in Wisconsin! You could private message me or even join the forum.


This year is very, very sad for my hellebores, all showing covid symptoms. I don't know where they are from; suffice to say, nice to see some variants.

An anemone hellebore

harbinger of Spring

I shouldn't have been so flippant with iphone camera as it shows up more details and lets in more light.

 

[alp]

Wet start to the day and a wet end to the day as well .

Been laying flags down today in mum garden . Cracked the second flag I were laying so throw a strop and chucked my mallet and refused to do anymore for around 2 mins . I am about half there now heavy rain stopped play, hopefully I'll get all of them down tomorrow but for the two steps I'll have to do another day .

They'd be nice in the garden the yellow snowdrops alp especially with some aconites , bet your a bit unsure whether its worth the risk yet though. One day they will be nearly the same price of the more common varieties . Just had a quick look at the price of some it might take a while

Can't blame you for being stroppy. This kind of weather was just not nice. Show us your handiwork though!

Snowdrops can be pricy, but somehow, I have about 7 Diggory, 4 or 5 Godfrey Owen. I have 2 Ecusson d'or from last year. Just need to make sure they naturalise. My son's heirloom. My money is my money and his money is my money! Jokiing! Some people paid £100 on ebay for one plant. Happy time for Anne as she has worked very hard and she is famous for her snowdrops. Buy them low season or from someone cheaper. There are always some who sell £5 or even £10 cheaper. NOT £100 for me though. Son's heirloom.