" The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun." .... Robert Herrick
Spring has now arrived on the Sussex coast borne on cold northerly winds and overnight lows down to a most unwelcome minus two Celsius. And even in the daytime the strong sunshine whilst very welcome is not warming. As we get towards May there looks to be warming trend at least in the day but the very negative likelihood of frost. This air is dry. In fact since Christmas rainfall has been very slight and has usually come in a Wintery mix. By this definition we are in drought https://en.m.wikipedia.org/.../Drought_in_the_United_Kingdom But how wonderfully the bulbs have looked throughout. No strong winds, little rain and sunshine has protected and preserved their beauty. Daffodils are crazily appearing even before the turn of the year but in Home Garden they have flowered beautifully for weeks. More spectacular for me are Tulips. Glorious colours and goblet sized flowers are putting in a memorable display The greening of the large shrubs a trees is underway. We have a large elderflower astill and one very large buddleia left from the considerable clearance I have undertaken and although looking gaunt as a result of that are coming into their own. The Weeping Cherry is still buzzing with bees but the flowers are almost over. The large Flowering Cherry and " Wild " Cherry are coming into blossom. The reliable mature William Bon Chretien pear and Lanes Prince Albert Apple are a bright and brave blossom show Fruit trees planted a year ago are just coming into blossom, Apple " Bramley ", Plum " Czar " and Cherry " Sunburst " A fortnight ago I took delivery of two more half standard fruit trees, Apple "Santana " and Pear " Beurre Alexandre Lucas ". Height gives a sense of structure and beauty to a garden. The use of climbers growing through and up some of the trees mentioned above, trellis, archways and an arbour in the Home Garden will demonstrate that. Six Clematis have just gone in as well as three marvellous climbing/rambling roses from the Victorian/Edwardian era, " Zepherine Drouhin ", " Rambling Rector " and " Madame Alfred Carriere " Literally springing into growth now are the Mock Orange, Wisteria, Honeysuckles, Everlasting Sweet Pea, Foxgloves, Lupins, Catmint, Hollyhocks, Passionflower, Sweet Williams and numerous others. Spring is here ....
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AuthorI launched this website on 16th August 2020 to bring together my thoughts on gardening,, its importance for health and wellbeing and two projects running concurrently, a renovation of my own garden on the West Sussex coast at Lancing and a nearby allotment. But also to learn from other gardeners about the inspirations for their plots, about their gardening projects and enjoyment of beautiful plants and gardens Archives
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