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In the garden, February 2011

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Tulip Overload

Bulbs, bulbs, bulbs

Bulbs, bulbs, bulbs

Whoops – done it again –  gone and ordered far more bulbs than reason dictates.  So that’s my work mapped out for the next few weeks – removing the summer plants from pots and preparing them for tulip planting in November.  I will also plant out the narcissi, alliums, iris reticulata and other temptations I succumbed to while perusing the Peter Nyssen catalogue.  Although I’m feeling a bit overdosed right now, I also know that I won’t regret my profligacy come the spring.

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Spring is here

Top Left : A pure white camellia (name long forgotten) has a gently weeping habit which adds to its charms

Top Right: Crocus Ruby Glow is a cultivar of  tommassinianus with richer colouring

Mid Left: A  carpet of Crocus tommassinianus – in this morning’s warm sun it was humming with bees

Mid Right:  Pots of iris reticulata tucked in to sunny cormers of the garden are now in full flower

Bottom Left:  After weeks of inactivity, the gutter-sown peas are on the move

Bottom right: In the greenhouse a pot of Anemone Mr Fokker has sent up its first bloom

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In the Greenhouse

I’ve moved some of the pots of Iris reticulata from the coldframe to the greenhouse to bring them in to flower a bit earlier. The prettiest will have pride of place on my desk.

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