Musa Ensete "Maurelii" - planning where to put them this year 🌿

 Beautiful sunny morning , blue sky , freezing cold Easterly breeze ! brrrr !

So a quick walk around the garden . Apple blossom now appearing .

Peony lutea that I grew from the lovely shiny black seeds my brother gave me  .

                           Enjoyed the heavenly honey fragrance of my Azara tree .

                                    The Gunneras  are also waking up .

I wonder who will be nesting in the birdhouse this year ? 

The cold wind was blowing too hard to get a good picture of the lovely red Acer .

                                         Out with the spade and dig a big hole .

I am trying to decide where to plant the Banana plants this year . I want it to look fab from several different angles . I put the post in there so I can walk away and get a better idea of it . 

The Azaleas and Rhododendrons will all be putting on their show any day now . The rose at the front needs to be cut hard back because I want it to flower later and I will need to cut off that Holly bough .

This area is on a slope , so I really have to be sure to plant things higher up the slope than I at first think . If you don't have a sloping garden, then you probably won't  understand what I mean .

There is a strange tendency to plant things too far forward .  I get a better idea from the upstairs windows of our cottage  . It needs to look good for me from my bedroom window .

The Bananas are still in their shelter zone and look dreadful at the moment due to the man not coming back to fix the new woodshed roof .

Anyway..... Musa Ensete "Maurelii" The gorgeous red leaved bananas .

 I am waking them up gently , watering them just a little bit every now and then and they are beginning to respond . I will be planting them out in about three weeks time . I like to get the hole dug while the earth is soft . 

And now I've had enough of this freezing cold breeze . I'm going in . I'm lighting the fire and am going to enjoy a nice cuppa tea and do some stitching .

                                           

     Little schooner embroidery update -Flower of the Fal - See over on my Cornish Needlework Blog .

                                                    Have a beautiful day !  🌞🦋💚 x