Winter Clearing
Over the weekend, while the weather was almost agreeable, I took the opportunity to start the winter clearing. I am generally a very tidy person and I can’t tolerate the […]
January 2012
Waiting In Anticipation
As I was talking a walk round garden, being careful not to step on any more daffodils, I took a couple of shots for future posts and this one – […]
Amaryllis – Second Spike
Having completely failed to get pictures of the Amaryllis flowers from the first spike, I’ll try and do better with the second. Right now, the top of the spike has […]
Mis-timed Weather
I really, really hate it when the weekend weather is wet, cold and miserable and I can’t go outside and do something useful in the garden. Then, to rub salt […]
Camouflage Fail
While I was talking my weekly weekend walk around the garden (despairing at the mess), I spotted this little critter on a Cineraria. I actually spotted it a mile off […]
January Lull
It’s been very quiet on the gardening front. There’s nothing to do. It’s been very cold recently and the ground was frozen solid, the last place I wanted to be […]
Plumbago Auriculata
Or more preceisely, Plumbago auriculata var. alba. I saw this gorgeous little plant growing in a raised bed against a wall in the full, searing Indian sun. It was doing […]
Frosty Leaves
Over the weekend we had a rather cold night that led to a very frosty morning. While the sun was shining I took a couple of photos of some of […]
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Sarcococca Confusa
In the front garden there’s a very small and rather underwhelming evergreen shrub. It’s less than a foot high, has dark glossy leaves with pointed tips and for much of […]
Moses in the Cradle
Continuing with the exotic theme to keep us distracted from the dull weather, we’re still at my gran’s house in India, but now in the front garden. While I was […]