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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 19, 2014 9:15:32 GMT
How lovely Jasmine. I must take a good look at my daffs later on today. Interestingly, I planted 3 peach coloured Hyacinth in a container and only 2 of them have come up, wonder what happened to the other one. |
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Post by Auricula on Jan 19, 2014 9:42:48 GMT
My daffs are out.
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 19, 2014 10:04:17 GMT
How lovely Jasmine. I must take a good look at my daffs later on today. Interestingly, I planted 3 peach coloured Hyacinth in a container and only 2 of them have come up, wonder what happened to the other one. Oh dear LG - hope it wasn't lunch for some hungry little thing! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 19, 2014 10:13:40 GMT
How lovely Jasmine. I must take a good look at my daffs later on today. Interestingly, I planted 3 peach coloured Hyacinth in a container and only 2 of them have come up, wonder what happened to the other one. Oh dear LG - hope it wasn't lunch for some hungry little thing! Well I know for sure that there's a little mouse running around. I saw him/her again this morning.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 19, 2014 10:15:54 GMT
Maybe it's a well fed mouse LG! Although hyacinth bulbs are poisonous aren't they - or at least have something irritating in them  I am admitting defeat and getting poison tomorrow - there is a bloomin' great hole outside the backdoor - more rat size than mouse |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 19, 2014 10:22:11 GMT
Maybe it's a well fed mouse LG! Although hyacinth bulbs are poisonous aren't they - or at least have something irritating in them I am admitting defeat and getting poison tomorrow - there is a bloomin' great hole outside the backdoor - more rat size than mouse Oh dear Jasmine, that's not good. B&Q have a huge range of some new kind of rat/mouse poision in red and black packaging. You can buy anything from humane traps to very strong poisioned bait. |
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Post by Jilly on Jan 19, 2014 11:00:26 GMT
Just taken a walk down the garden, Quite a few Iris are out & I've spotted Winter Aconites in a couple of places, (not in as many places as I planted them unfortunately  ) & quite a few Snowdrops are showing colour, in fact I must pop out with the camera whilst the sun is shining. |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 19, 2014 15:32:21 GMT
What's up with aconites - where do they go? It was interesting that the Which trials had trouble with them Jilly. I took some pictures today! These are the first daffodil buds in my garden - January Gold. If the sun keeps shining like today it shouldn't be long til they open!  Galanthus John Gray - I love this snowdrop!  |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 20, 2014 5:47:13 GMT
OH removed the gate again yesterday - no flooding this time, thanks, ladies.  Jasmine - we've had rat trouble in our garden in the past, so we have a rat trap tucked away in case we get any more. I hate them!  They give me the shudders. My early daffodils are almost in bloom (Rjinveldt's Early) - I thought they might be out by now. Just another week or so, I hope. But I do have Aconites poking their little heads through the soil - thanks to Jilly! Yes, they've come up.  Not only that, but my Pulmonarias are just starting to open their flowers, and amazingly, my Chaenomeles is in bloom!   |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 20, 2014 7:42:40 GMT
 They really are like little drops Jasmine, lovely. Hopefully you'll get a pic of those lovely daffs when they open. You're way ahead of me that's for sure.  Well done getting the Aconites to bloom Geranium. It'll be weeks before my Pulmonaria even think of blooming. I do really like them too. |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 20, 2014 7:45:06 GMT
Thank you for the nom Ladygardener and well done with the aconites Geranium. I think aconites could become a challenge - I might get some and see if they come back for me! |
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Post by owdboggy on Jan 20, 2014 10:38:25 GMT
Eranthis hiemalis grow very well for us here. They are just beginning to open and they do self seed around. If you get the plants and try them from seed, you need to take it from them when it is still green and sow immediately. It has a very short life span. Bulbs sold in G/C's are dead so only buy them growing.
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Post by Barbara on Jan 20, 2014 10:41:11 GMT
I have 1 snowdrop in flower and 1 rose. |
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Post by Jilly on Jan 20, 2014 12:14:27 GMT
 What a welcome sight on a cold morning  I'm so pleased the Aconties have taken off for you Geranium, as owdboggy says I think they establish so much better if they're fresh. I'll get a clump for you when I next go to Mum's Jasmine, don't worry she's got plenty, all hers self seed, last year they were even trying to take over the lawn  I've got little yellow dots coming up too  The hundreds of new Iris that I bought last year haven't started yet, but some of last years Katherine Hodgkin have been out for about a week, they look a lot better now I've cut the surrounding foliage back & got some slug pellets down. Hellebores are coming out or have got big buds, this is one of the ones from the Hayloft collection we got last year.  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 20, 2014 13:20:12 GMT
Ooooo I wish mine were this far Jasmine, mine have only just broken the surface!!  RF |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 20, 2014 13:23:55 GMT
Such a lovely colour Jilly, I'm so glad you've taken pics of them. Hellibore are something I don't grow but I like to admire them in other folks gardens. They look so delicate and beautiful Jilly. I have several types but not KH. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 20, 2014 13:25:17 GMT
I couldn't decide whether I preferred this pic or the one on your garden thread but I think I like this one better Jilly... RF |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 20, 2014 13:27:24 GMT
They look so delicate and beautiful Jilly. I have several types but not KH. For your pretty little KHs Jilly. Thanks for the very kind offer of the aconites - I'd love some! Thanks for the noms Ladygardener and Rosefriend. You won't have to wait long as this rate RF!
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 20, 2014 13:27:56 GMT
Oops - that should be a then! |
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Post by Tig on Jan 20, 2014 16:16:44 GMT
I love KH - so nice to see yours flowering already, I know it won't be long before mine burst forth! Very pretty hellebore, I wonder if I've got one of those in with my Haylofts plants from last year? |
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Post by theinsidegardener on Jan 20, 2014 17:12:19 GMT
Photo of the month is going to be tricky again next time, those photos are all so lovely. I remember thinking Winter was going to last so long and the garden was going to be so bare for ages, and now the colour is starting to dot around, light at the end of the tunnel! We have been lucky with the weather here really. Jilly for your Hellebore |
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Post by Jilly on Jan 20, 2014 18:55:54 GMT
It's so lovely to see all the early things coming through isn't it theinsidegardener, another one of the joys of gardening you've got to look forward too, it's great to have something that will put a smile on your face at the end of January Thanks for the noms folks, Tig, if I've not mixed the labels up (which frankly is always a possibility ) I think the Hellebore is Double Ellen Red, but looking on Hayloft she's meant to be plain not spotty , I like spotty though |
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Post by Tig on Jan 20, 2014 19:50:57 GMT
Oh dash it! I think that is one that the cat dug up  |
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Post by Jilly on Jan 26, 2014 11:42:46 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 26, 2014 11:49:11 GMT
Beautiful Jilly! I've counted 8 now so only 242 to go! |
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Post by Jilly on Jan 26, 2014 11:57:15 GMT
 ... The KRs are last years Jasmine, this years haven't started yet, in fact by the look of it, all of last years have come back, perhaps I didn't need to buy so many after all   , they were a bargain though  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 26, 2014 13:22:23 GMT
That made me laugh Jilly - there is some sort of complicated mathematical calculation required now so I will just leave your irises to it! |
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Post by theinsidegardener on Jan 26, 2014 14:01:42 GMT
Jilly for your purple iris, very striking. That's great that last years have done so well for you, you can't have too much of a good thing!!
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 26, 2014 14:33:16 GMT
 They're both smashing Jilly, I just love them at this time of year. Unfortunately mine will be a few weeks yet but they're worth waiting for. I've no idea how many I'll have, like you two I just kept buying them. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 26, 2014 18:07:53 GMT
They're both smashing Jilly, I just love them at this time of year. Unfortunately mine will be a few weeks yet but they're worth waiting for. I've no idea how many I'll have, like you two I just kept buying them. Oh I do love that colour - mine never flowered last year, just shot up to a foot high and died....not sure whether they are still alive actually... RF |
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) & quite a few Snowdrops are showing colour, in fact I must pop out with the camera whilst the sun is shining.
They give me the shudders. 
