It was like snow in my garden this morning! White Pyrus petals were drifting, tossed here and there by the breeze, flurried across the garden and coming to rest, eventually, on the lawn. Almost overnight, it seems, Spring has really arrived, and I am in an unusual quandary: that of having many plants to choose for this…
Month: September 2018
Noble Narcissi: SoS, September 16
For weeks I wondered where all the snails disappeared to. During Winter, with the small amounts of rain we had, I sometimes went out into the garden to find snails, and to my surprise, they mostly eluded me despite searches under and around their favourite hiding places. However, one night last week, with warmer temperatures…
Furled
I apprecite tulips. I enjoy seeing colourful massed displays, but I’m not overly enamoured of them in my garden, partly because they need to be lifted each year and replanted in Autumn or early Winter. I admit I purchased my Tulipa kaufmanniana ‘Heart’s Delight’ from Lambley Nursery because the accompanying information stated that they can…
SoS: September 1: Still frosty.
Today is considered to be the first day of Spring in Australia, although technically speaking, real Spring doesn’t begin until the equinox on 23rd September. It seems, however, that Winter hasn’t quite finished with us yet here, in the Central Tablelands of NSW. We’ve had some rain, a good amount for us, and a cold…