GALANTHUS 'WORONOWII'
My first little snowdrops, Galanthus 'Woronowii' are putting on a show, albeit a very modest one. I think there are less than a dozen of the pearly flowers, so far, in the pot that I planted last autumn. Still, all good things are worth waiting for and if I don't disturb them but let them grow and spread within the pot they should put on a better show eventually. One thing a gardener has to be is patient. If and when the snowdrops spread and start to fill the pot, then I will remove the whole lot from the pot in one clump and plant them in a border somewhere where I just might not accidentally dig them up. Memory like a sieve!
More detail about this little gem can be found here at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens webpage on Galanthus woronowii (snowdrop) and at the Royal Horticultural Society.
Meanwhile, in the sunny trough, the bulbs that I planted last autumn are growing strongly and healthily. They don't seem to mind that they've spent some time this year under freezing snow.
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March can be a time for pruning back roses but I am waiting. I strongly believe that if you cut back your roses too early, before severe weather has finished, then you can get dieback which can ruin the display later on in summer. I'm keeping a close eye on the weather. I am also hanging on a little while before I take the pelargonium cuttings. I do them every year, without fuss. I stick several in a pot of damp compost and they take without worrying about rooting compounds and sterilising knives etc. In a couple of weeks or so, I shall take them. The old pelargoniums that I have overwintered on my kitchen window bottom have become quite leggy as they seek the light in the east facing window. I'm afraid the south-facing window bottom, in my lounge, is the resident Ragdoll cat's domain and he has been known to knock things off it with his bushy tail.
Apart from the garden roses showing lots and lots of leaf buds, I am happy to say that the Lonicera periclymenum 'Scentsation', a wonderful climbing honeysuckle that attracts bees, is healthy and full of leaf buds, showing potential for another massive display of fragrant yellow flowers. That honeysuckle gives so much, I tell you. Not only do I get the lovely leaves, the way it rambles among the climbing roses, displays masses of flowers that seem to go on and on, and then in autumn I get the shiny red berries. What more can you ask of a plant? And it survives in a shady, north-facing border too.
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Meanwhile, in the sunny trough, the bulbs that I planted last autumn are growing strongly and healthily. They don't seem to mind that they've spent some time this year under freezing snow.
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March can be a time for pruning back roses but I am waiting. I strongly believe that if you cut back your roses too early, before severe weather has finished, then you can get dieback which can ruin the display later on in summer. I'm keeping a close eye on the weather. I am also hanging on a little while before I take the pelargonium cuttings. I do them every year, without fuss. I stick several in a pot of damp compost and they take without worrying about rooting compounds and sterilising knives etc. In a couple of weeks or so, I shall take them. The old pelargoniums that I have overwintered on my kitchen window bottom have become quite leggy as they seek the light in the east facing window. I'm afraid the south-facing window bottom, in my lounge, is the resident Ragdoll cat's domain and he has been known to knock things off it with his bushy tail.
Apart from the garden roses showing lots and lots of leaf buds, I am happy to say that the Lonicera periclymenum 'Scentsation', a wonderful climbing honeysuckle that attracts bees, is healthy and full of leaf buds, showing potential for another massive display of fragrant yellow flowers. That honeysuckle gives so much, I tell you. Not only do I get the lovely leaves, the way it rambles among the climbing roses, displays masses of flowers that seem to go on and on, and then in autumn I get the shiny red berries. What more can you ask of a plant? And it survives in a shady, north-facing border too.