the last of the tulips
dead-heading the tulips
The wind and rain of the last week has really finished off the tulips and cherry blossom – but they have been lovely this year. Here’s a selection of photos:
Abu Hassan
peppermint stick
Apledoorn
Ballerina, Doll’s Minuet, Jan Reus with Euphorbia Griffithii
Ballerina
China pink, White Triumphator, Jan Reus, Muriel
China Pink, Muriel, Jan Reus
White Triumphator, Jan Reus
White Triumphator, Ballerina
Doll’s Minuet with Euphorbia
Doll’s Minuet with Giant Quaking Grass and Pendulous rush
Doll’s Minuet, China Pink mix
And the cherry blossom:
cherry blossom
But the bluebells along the river are lovely now.
bluebells on our riverbank
more bluebells…
and there’s more water in the river than there has been for a while, hence better waterfalls on the opposite bank.
waterfall
And the dandelions are doing really well .
dandelions
dandelions going to seed
I was congratulating myself the other day in eradicating all the dandelions from between the paving stones on the patio ( I mean to call it the ‘terrace’ – sounds more grand – but it was the ‘patio’ when I put it in 20 years ago and the name has stuck) laboriously on hands and knees with a clever be-spoke tool when daughter number two called out ‘look Mum there are two goldfinches on the path’. Yes – they were feeding on the dandelion seed-heads. My excuse now for welcoming dandelions into my garden.
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