'twas New Year's Day
Well, I knew it wasn't going to be good, and it wasn't!
Although the paths were clear, last night there was still 2-3 inches
snow lying elsewhere. And last night added about another cm to re-cover
all the paths. The ponds have been frozen ever since the snow started.
The big surprise for me was several wallflowers.
Otherwise, it was the usual suspects:
Winter honeysuckle
Winter jasmine
Viburnum tinus
Viburnum bodnantense
Winter flowering chrry
Hamamelis - red
Hamamelis - yellow
Heather
Hebe - a big tall one with purple flower spikes
Primrose
Polyanthus
Viola
Brompton stock
A rather sad looking rose
An even sadder looking rudbeckia.
In the greenhouse (heated, but dropping to 30deg C regularly since the
cold weather started)
Butterwort
Scented pelargonium
Ordinary pink pelargonium
Jasmine - the indoor pinky white scented one
Linaria
Kleinia articulata
Mammillaria spinossissima
Mammillaria schiediana
--
Kay
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