Kelli's Northern Ireland Garden

Saturday, 23 February 2013

Perennial Peek-a-boo

The perennials are starting to show growth. There's much tidying and clearing needed in the garden; leaves brushed up, moss cleared and old stems cut away. Below are photos of plants are emerging from their sleep (now photos) and what they'll look like later (then photos).

Above (Now) - Sedum Autumn Joy showing growth. Below (Then) - The plant will look like this in September.

Above (Now) - Aquilegia/Columbine. Below (Then) - It'll look like this in June.

Above (Now) -lupin begins to grow.
Below (Then) - come May/June they'll be in full flower.

Above (Now) - Crocosmia pushing up from the ground. Below (Then) - It will look like this in Sept/October.

Above (Now) - Centaurea Montana, an old fashioned cottage type plant. Below (Then) - It will flower in May.

On the downside, this means the weeds are coming up too! Lots to do!

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Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Carrots Pulled

Carrots finally pulled from the veg box this week - hooray.
I've been eating them (clean) au naturale.
Only a few with slug damage.

Saturday, 16 February 2013

Spring Colour

It's about a month until the official first day of Spring.

It's nice to see more colour starting to appear in the garden. The crocuses are just starting to show colour... I keep waiting for more to appear but they seem to be lazy. Whereas the Heather shrubs and snowdrops are full of flowers and showing off a bit.

We've more cold, frosty days forecast. And I'm secretly hoping for a little more snow before the end of February. We've really only had one decent snow in Northern Ireland this Winter (which caused a bit of havoc for a few days - but it looked lovely) and I'm ready for some more (snow, not havoc).

Here's what's in flower at the minute...