Showing posts with label Helleborus orientalis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Helleborus orientalis. Show all posts

Monday, 9 March 2026

Sunshine ! ☀️


                     What did I tell you  ? !!!  🎢🎡 There'll be Sun !!🎢🎡

I want to have a bonfire but can't because Jessie's incredible Giant Echium is too close !


That monster must be eight feet tall !  It should be flowering soon and then it 'll be twice as tall !

Then off to prune and tidy up my little Pear tree and make a start on the Apple tree .
  It's the Ivy that is the main problem here ....but  I will sort it ! 




There's something very therapeutic about ripping off Ivy...I should do it more often !



The Ivy has made such a mess , but now it can get some air in there and dry out . 
I will go back and pull out any Ivy that is growing around the base tomorrow .
It is a right pain . I need to get the Ivy off my tree fern too . 

           ⛈️🌧️🌧️🌿🐌 2026 Year of Ivy , Slugs and Snails 🐌🌿🌿⛈️🌧️🌧️


I lopped off the water-sprout shoots and a couple of branches that were crossing over one another .
 Branches removed , it looks much better and will grow better .
I like to prune the apple trees myself , I know what I'm doing and we always have beautiful apples . 
I am a little late but it had to be done .
 I made a good start on the apple tree but will do some more work on that tomorrow .  
The Pear and the Apple trees will soon be flowering . πŸπŸ’šπŸ


A few pics from around the garden . I am in love with Hellebores at the moment . 🩷


                                Musa basjoo   ( the Banoonaah πŸŒπŸ’πŸ€£)
 So far , it seems to have survived the worst of the wild Cornish winter weather  .
 This was it's first year left in the ground . In the end  I had a cloche over it to protect it while we were having the big storms . It had a vent which I tied open to let the air circulate . The beautiful red bricks are what I use to hold the cloche down with ...in case you were wondering .
 Musa ensete "maurellii " the red  leafed bananas are still under cover , and I have started to give them a little rain water . It's time to start waking up ......but very gradually .


Today I noticed the Arum Lily is starting to flower ...but of course this has really enjoyed all the rain .
 In a really cold winter , this will completely die back . It's been fine this year .

I brought the washing in off the line and did two more loads and got them dry on the line also ! 

I took the remaining tomato , cucumber and sweet pepper plants up to the shed . ..to join all the others .
The plant labels finally arrived from Amazon , so now I can label everything .
And more seeds arrived from Premier Seeds  Direct πŸ€—πŸ’›πŸ˜ƒ
 

I think we're off for a walk now while the sun is still shining ....sort of.....maybe clouding over a little bit now . ... who cares ...it's been a beautiful morning ! 

                                              ☀️🌀️πŸŒ₯️


                     p.s. They are saying it's going to turn cold again  ❄️πŸ˜’

Thursday, 12 February 2026

πŸ’ Spring is on the way ! πŸ’

                    Things are happening in the garden . Helleborus in full bloom .


                                          I must get more of these !  


Hyacinths and Dutch Bulb Iris are already coming in my big tub of bulbs !


❤️The Passion Flowers ❤️that I grew from seed lost their leaves but I 'm hoping they are just dormant and will come back . 


The one I saved , just in case , in the shed has woken  up and is beginning to grow away again . 

                           ❤️      Passiflora manicata      ( the red one  !  ❤️🌿)


Did I mention the lettuces and Curly Wurly Kale have all germinated ? 


 It will be so nice to have our own fresh lettuce for salads again very soon .


Oh and finally .... the thing in the porch ...

                                               Aeonium arboreum 

                                                      πŸŒΏπŸ’›πŸŒΏ

Saturday, 25 February 2023

Helleborus orientalis - The Lenten Rose

 

                                        Helleborus orientalis - The Lenten Rose

 In a corner of my messy , winter ravaged garden . This has been quietly blooming .


                           People walk past her ......only I know she is there  .