Spring is Even Springier This Week!
Japonica, bergenia, ceramic candlestick, hopscotch …
The Japanese quince, Chaenomeles japonica, is one of the first shows of colour in the spring in this neighbourhood. It’s also a favourite flower of mine and of many other artists for its clear and clean design. Lovely.
Some of my neighbours also make quince jelly with the resulting fruit.
Another splash of colour out now is the Bergenia — an evergreen herbaceous perennial with leaves whose shape give it the common name of ‘elephant’s ears’.
These plants are low maintenance and thrive in a wide range of conditions and their flowers are a welcome source of early nectar for pollinating insects.
This week’s garden-wall find is this Grecian column ceramic candlestick — (I’ve mentioned before that, in this neighbourhood, we put things we don’t want onto the garden wall so that anyone passing who might want it can just take it) — I managed to leave this one behind…
