It’s that time of year when you can certainly do what it says below! And I’m smiling as I look around the garden, which has well and truly woken up and is enjoying the sun here in South Devon.
And so here are the things in the garden that make me smile today:
1. A pot of Borage, especially when you’ve grown it yourself…and it’s so easy to grow! The bees love it too.
2. Dodecatheon ( or Shooting Star) These plants are so lovely; they die right back in the winter and then surprise you in April! I planted one in each sink, last year…and left the labels just to remind me where they were…otherwise, I know what would happen!
3. Erysimum…’Paintbox’…one of the best for lengthy flowering; Honesty, about to bloom and Primroses, popping up here and there.
4. Comfrey…a garden must have! Say no more!
5. Primula Auricula.
I bought these a couple of weeks ago…
’Alice Haysom’ ( Burgundy with a white eye) and ‘Rachel Kinney’ ( Purple with a white eye). I’m looking forward to seeing these in bloom.
6. White Honesty; a clump of Foxgloves; Rhubarb poking through and a gorgeous Marsh Marigold.
7.Pulmonaria…(one pale pink and one ‘Raspberry Splash’); Hellebore and Brunnera.
8. A closer look at that gorgeous blue of the Brunnera; Violets and Primrose.
9. Skimmia Japonica…a lovely fragrance ; a young Magnolia Stellata; Forsythia… and a sink full of loveliness.
10. Cowslips and Aubretia; Lewisia going strong; parsley and not forgetting a yellow Viola…and its friends…
And talking of smiles…this sits neatly on my desk…
I hope that everyone is having a happy weekend!
