"Sacha" wrote in message
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Daffs are out and coming out in hedgerows here; primroses at the bottom of
the slope of Cabbage Hill, which is shady and slow to give up its
treasures,
are *juuusst* beginning to bloom; some bright pink violets that we have
never seen before are showing their heads beneath the Atlantic Cedar but
the
daffs, which are diseased are NOT doing too well. Better than last year
though but only just. Just wish we could remember the name of the blasted
disease.
Mimosa is like a great golden lantern as we head up the lane towards
home;
Alliums are romping out of the soil, tulips are more than beginning to do
the same; the smallest polytunnel smells like heaven with all those
primulas
in there; the Rooks are thinking about lurve and so are the Call Ducks ( 3
pairs free to a good, fox proof home!)
I don't know what the weather centre thinks but much of our little bit of
Devonshire seems to think spring has arrived.
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Sacha
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South Devon
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Dwarf Siberian Iris providing a nice splash of colour for the last week or
so, also crocus, primroses, snowdrops, cyclamen, japanese quince. Daffs
looking ready to open, tulips a bit behind but coming on strong. Also,
flowers forming on the laurel which I've never had before :-)

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Martin & Anna Sykes
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