GARDENING
Officially Spring
We are very cold indeed
This purple beauty is developing more flowers. I love it, but cannot remember the name of it. My phone App doesn’t seem very helpful.
We are going through a very cold spell, the nights have hovered around 0 degrees and there has not been much rain. We did have snow at the weekend though. This means some self-seeding plants and a few perennials have been stopped in their growth, or given up the ghost. I will be watching with care.
This is my greengage tree in bloom. It is glorious every spring. That it has never fruited is a sadness for me. Birds love this tree though and several can be found in it at any time. I hang two bird feeders in it, but the birds often sit and sing. They communicate with each other in this way and it delights me.
I wonder if greengage trees are male and female. That might account for the lack of fruit. Or the birds eat them before there is a chance to grow…
