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Ice Follies daffodils are one
of the first to flower at Greystone. The naturalise well and are untouched by the animals
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Pulmonaria bursting in to color . I took
this picture outside the garden shop. These lungworts will look pretty amazing in a few
days. When the flowers finish, you have the interesting leaves to look at.
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Chinoidoxa in bloom on our
woodland walk. every year our carpet spreads.
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Siberian Squil (Scilla siberica) growing in the
rock garden surrounding our pond. One of my favorite little spring bulbs
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Everyone likes to see an early
spring. I took this picture in Switzerland in late February. Bulbs and primroses can take
frost. I tend to dig up bulbs from the garden and put them in containers. The forcing is
already done! |
| On rainy spring days it's worth visiting your
local garden center. See what's available and get some new ideas. remember rainy days are
very beneficial! |
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| Remember late snowfalls are not
a problem. They actually protect plants from cold temperatures that still can occur and
provide a much needed spring watering! |
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Our pussy willows look spectacular at the
moment. We
have a great specimen of the weeping form known as weeping Aunt Sally. It's a great little
tree especially around small ponds. |
| This is the Black pussy willow at the garden
center. Its quite a big plants and we have it planted next to a yellowtwig dogwood. |
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A lovely group of galanthus commonly known as
Snowdrops...Planted like this they look very attractive - picture taken 8th March. |
| Pulmonaria (lungworts are one of the first to
flower....It won't be long now. |
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Petasites japonicus. This aggresssive plant has
sent up flowers already.March15th I took a picture of it today but I can't remember where
I stored the file...will find it soon. The flower got a little damaged by a severe frost
last week! |
| The little and lovely Tete A tete daffodil.
Here appearing on on our woodland bank |
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It is well worth exploring now. Here, I
discovered a lovely patch of snowdrowdrops growing in carpet of sweet woodruff. |
| This little shrub has been flowering for one
week already. It's the daphne mezureum and has an absolutely wonderful fragrance. |
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