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 .
Have a beautiful day ! 🌞🦋💚 x
