Garden Time Thursday

Hi Everyone

After the hard snowbound winter that we endured, it has been time to tidy and sort out the garden. As I have mentioned before we have a few losses in the garden – primarily the palm tree. (I will show you some old pictures of the palm tree in its prime.) We have now sawn down the tree leaving a stump which my husband has now nailed the ornamental crow/jackdaw to. And we had decided to leave a small part of the garden to become naturized by planting wild flowers in front of the shed.

Those flower heads were huge and the bees loved them. RIP Tree

Really not sure what all the flowers are but there are definitely poppies.

Another disaster was my beautiful and prized Pieris Forest Flame. Here is a before image

and this is how it looks now. It is showing promise of new growth but I think I will reduce the height.

We have planted up a colourful flower garden this year. There are petunias, marigolds, lobelia, roses and dahlias which will bloom later. Also for the first time the lily plant by our wooden bench has flowered.

My husband has just cut back the little round bush that has golden yellow leaves. Camellia looks a little sick but I have fed her some iron so hope that helps.

Well that was a photo heavy colourful explosion.

Bye for now

Daisy