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| Eranthis Tubergenii Group 'Guinea Gold' is the last to open here and perhaps the most spectacular. |
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| A really productive session working on the main border. A big clump of Nepeta was edited out. |
Today has been the first decent day of the year - far better than decent actually - very lovely. Warm and sunny, with the Curlews, Lapwings and Skylarks in voice all round, and the flowers wide open - pure pleasure to be outside and working in the garden. Shirt sleeves, and tea outside too - though I don't suppose winter has completely receded yet. However, with these temperatures the snowdrops and crocuses are going over fast, so this will be the last weekend to see a good show from them.
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| Narcissus'Bowles' Early Sulphur' |
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| Galanthus plicatus'E.A. Bowles' |
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| Galanthus nivalis'Susan Grimshaw' is just getting going, unfurling its large flowers for the first time today. |
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| The (mostly) Crocus Bed, where I grow selections that I'm observing or bulking up. |
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| This 4x4 white one turned up in one of my submissions to the RHS Crocus Trial a few years ago: it's rather good. It must've been an unflowered seedling in the clump I dug corms from. |
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| I was not the only one enjoying the crocuses today. |