In flower now

A lovely sunny day! The allotment is at its most colourful just now with patches of brilliant yellow, mauve and crimson around bed edges and under trees. The sweet peas […]

Thursday was a day of April showers so some time needed to be spent sheltering from the rain.  Some useful weeding done, deadheading of the flowers now over and daffodils […]

Thousands of poinsettias were bought for Christmas. They can stay as colourful additions to a room until Easter with care. They have been developed from a wild species Euphorbia pulcherrima […]

Early Iris are a wonderful group of hardy plants which have flowers that rival orchids though they tend not to last as long. The genus shows a wide variety of […]

Crocus are now brightening up many public open spaces.  They  like well-drained soil and sun. But do watch for mice as they like crocus corms. Unlike snowdrops crocus come in […]