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Spring creeping in?
About four days ago we were remarking that the snowdrops seem rather late
this year, apart from a sparse clump or two here and there. Now we see them springing up on the lawn and in all sorts of other odd places, too. I've even seen a primrose in flower but in the garden, not in the real 'wild'. It's not a cultivated one but still, I'm not counting it as a spring arrival. Some of the daffs I planted on the drive are now flowering. They're young and patchy but will clump up over the years and several things are pushing new leaf growth through. The thing we've noticed most particularly in the last three days is the lengthening of the light. In the winter, I'm accustomed to drawing the curtains and lighting the table lamps quite early and when I went to do that this afternoon I realised I was about to shut out daylight - something I really hate to do. Dreary rain and grey days we may be having but it's not cold down here and spring is giving winter fair warning. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Spring creeping in?
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... About four days ago we were remarking that the snowdrops seem rather late this year, apart from a sparse clump or two here and there. Now we see them springing up on the lawn and in all sorts of other odd places, too. I've even seen a primrose in flower but in the garden, not in the real 'wild'. It's not a cultivated one but still, I'm not counting it as a spring arrival. Some of the daffs I planted on the drive are now flowering. They're young and patchy but will clump up over the years and several things are pushing new leaf growth through. The thing we've noticed most particularly in the last three days is the lengthening of the light. In the winter, I'm accustomed to drawing the curtains and lighting the table lamps quite early and when I went to do that this afternoon I realised I was about to shut out daylight - something I really hate to do. Dreary rain and grey days we may be having but it's not cold down here and spring is giving winter fair warning. We did a bit of tidying in the garden today, and lots of things are showing signs of firing the starting gun. Bulbs showing everywhere, a crocus almost out, and one of the pink bubbles has managed to flower by hiding behind the shed where it thought we wouldn't notice :-) Our various cyclamen are doing better than previous years too. And down on the allotment, the rhubarb is going for it, despite lying in a puddle [1] all the time we've had this wet weather, the allotment is like a swamp at the mo. [1] It was supposed to be getting frosted, I dug it up in early Dec like Dermot said, all right, SWMBO told me to, but Dermot told her. Ever since then it's been chucking it down. Steve |
Spring creeping in?
On 20/1/08 23:32, in article , "shazzbat"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... About four days ago we were remarking that the snowdrops seem rather late this year, apart from a sparse clump or two here and there. Now we see them springing up on the lawn and in all sorts of other odd places, too. I've even seen a primrose in flower but in the garden, not in the real 'wild'. It's not a cultivated one but still, I'm not counting it as a spring arrival. Some of the daffs I planted on the drive are now flowering. They're young and patchy but will clump up over the years and several things are pushing new leaf growth through. The thing we've noticed most particularly in the last three days is the lengthening of the light. In the winter, I'm accustomed to drawing the curtains and lighting the table lamps quite early and when I went to do that this afternoon I realised I was about to shut out daylight - something I really hate to do. Dreary rain and grey days we may be having but it's not cold down here and spring is giving winter fair warning. We did a bit of tidying in the garden today, and lots of things are showing signs of firing the starting gun. Bulbs showing everywhere, a crocus almost out, and one of the pink bubbles has managed to flower by hiding behind the shed where it thought we wouldn't notice :-) Our various cyclamen are doing better than previous years too. And down on the allotment, the rhubarb is going for it, despite lying in a puddle [1] all the time we've had this wet weather, the allotment is like a swamp at the mo. [1] It was supposed to be getting frosted, I dug it up in early Dec like Dermot said, all right, SWMBO told me to, but Dermot told her. Ever since then it's been chucking it down. Steve I love that little Polygonum 'Pink Bubbles'. I know it's a menace for spreading around but it's such an attractive tiny plant. I'm told it can be tender, too, so you're lucky to have it. I may say that today is absolutely filthy - it's blowing a hooligan and chucking rain at the windows. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Spring creeping in?
Sacha wrote:
About four days ago we were remarking that the snowdrops seem rather late this year, apart from a sparse clump or two here and there. Now we see them springing up on the lawn and in all sorts of other odd places, too. I've even seen a primrose in flower but in the garden, not in the real 'wild'. snipped My wife and I saw wild primroses in bloom on the Camel Trail on Christmas afternoon. |
Spring creeping in?
On 21/1/08 11:39, in article
, "Peter James" wrote: Sacha wrote: About four days ago we were remarking that the snowdrops seem rather late this year, apart from a sparse clump or two here and there. Now we see them springing up on the lawn and in all sorts of other odd places, too. I've even seen a primrose in flower but in the garden, not in the real 'wild'. snipped My wife and I saw wild primroses in bloom on the Camel Trail on Christmas afternoon. I know that's practically the tropics down there but isn't that rather early?! We have two particular places where we always look out for them because they seem always to be the first. One is at the foot of someone's drive and the other is a bank beside the Dartbridge Inn just off the A38 turn off to Totnes and Dartington. We see great sheets of them there and nearly always before we see any number anywhere else. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Spring creeping in?
Paddling through the wet, I see that my quince rootstocks planted last
year are swelling, that tell tale yellow green showing through the brown buds! No snowdrops yet though. Clifford Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
Spring creeping in?
In article ,
says... On 21/1/08 11:39, in article , "Peter James" wrote: Sacha wrote: About four days ago we were remarking that the snowdrops seem rather late this year, apart from a sparse clump or two here and there. Now we see them springing up on the lawn and in all sorts of other odd places, too. I've even seen a primrose in flower but in the garden, not in the real 'wild'. snipped My wife and I saw wild primroses in bloom on the Camel Trail on Christmas afternoon. I know that's practically the tropics down there but isn't that rather early?! We have two particular places where we always look out for them because they seem always to be the first. One is at the foot of someone's drive and the other is a bank beside the Dartbridge Inn just off the A38 turn off to Totnes and Dartington. We see great sheets of them there and nearly always before we see any number anywhere else. There were some out before Christmas up on the North Coast, no sign of flowers here. -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
Spring creeping in?
On 21 Jan, 12:10, cliff_the_gardener
wrote: Paddling through the wet, I see that my quince rootstocks planted last year are swelling, that tell tale yellow green showing through the brown buds! *No snowdrops yet though. Our quince too and most notably our white ribes! Lots of leaves on it and flower buds well and truly on the edge of opening. It's too warm - bad bad bad ... |
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