Our lovely daphne bush near our back door is in full bloom at the moment and the fragrance when you step outside is divine.
Yesterday, I picked just three blooms to pop in a little vase and initially I didn’t really smell it. However, when I came inside after being out today the room was definitely daphne scented. Who would think that just three little flowers could be so strong. Mick said that it stinks, but he was joking. He loves the daphne as well. We have planted a smaller cultivar near our front door recently, so we hope it grows half was well as our first one.
Being daphne time means that it is also hellebore time.
I do love these gentle colours that appear in late winter.
All our different violets are blooming away, along with the polyanthus.
We have several jonquils, but the daffodils are a little way off.
We divided some very crowded old fashioned frilly daffodil bulbs in summer. Mick has been popping them in here, there and everywhere, yep even throughout the vege gardens. I don’t think they are going to flower this year. Hopefully they will be back to their usual selves next year.
The garden at the side of our shed was getting very overgrown, with some of the things we planted being lost as a result, so it was time to get in and tidy it up, ready for spring.
That looks a lot better. The irrigation has been moved to the back and Mick will add some more micro jets at the front, once he gets to the shop. I’m sure some of the things we dug out will come up again to fill the blank areas. We have taken a hydrangea out of a pot and planted it here, where it should thrive. The day after we did this a good friend gifted me a rose in memory of Mum, called “Mother’s Love”. It has now been planted in this garden as well.
While Mick was digging things out, I was planting seedlings and runners into little pots for the church fete in the middle of October. That should give them plenty of time to either settle in or die. I hope they settle in. I potted up 40 pots. We have some other things in various garden beds that also need thinning, so there will be some more pots prepared soon.
It is currently raining gently, which is always good for things to get growing, coming into one of the nicest seasons of the year.
9 comments:
Nice to have some rain after clearing that bed as it will help everything to settle down again. Lovely to see your spring flowers and I do love hellebores. xx
Lovely blooms in the garden.
Hope all you pots take ready for the fete.
What a nice gift from your friend.
Good time of the year for garden clean ups.... I do love Daphne but no success with it here...
Hugz
Your garden is looking very Spring like. My Daphane is not happy, lots of missing leaves and very few flowers. I wonder if she is feeling old?
You made a huge difference to that garden bed Janice. I have 2 Daphne plants here and the perfume as you walk down the garden is wonderful. Nice to see the flowering bulbs. Your violets are looking good, we have a few white ones here.
I enjoyed seeing the variety of your flowers.
And I am impressed with how you spiffed up that garden bed. Wish I could hire you!
Love the spring flowers....sadly daphne doesn't grow here, it's just a bit too warm. Last time we visited Walcha, an hour north-east of here but much colder, there was a hedge of daphne alongside the council building - all in bloom, it smelled divine.
Are those white violets I spy in your side garden. I saw some on my recent trip but was too far from home to take a root. I have lots of varieties of violets but not a white one.
What beautiful things you have in your garden. I can almost smell it.
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