February Gold

Weather was wonderful yesterday and is foul, as in rain and strong winds, today. This time last year we had covering of snow. Whatever the weather there are some stalwarts in February:

Winter Jasmine

The last flowers. Growing through the apple cordons.

Will try and see if it wll grow under the yew tree at the end of this year.

Euonymous foutunei

The colour shines through despite it being in a corner that gets very little sun.

February flowers

Mild at 10C. The front that has been feeding off the E Coast of US is throwing rain and wind across the midlands; we're getting just a bit of wind and very little rain. A touch of sun thrown in every now and then.

Snowdrops with the buds of Hellibore Orientalis in the background

November colour

Purple vine in late autumn colours and sunshine

October colour

Hardy Plumbago and penstemon 'Garnet'

The early fruits

A good year for currants. Red ones first

June - July 2010

Variegated Jasmine in June

Pernnial Salvia

Border against back wall

Eriginum

Oriental Poppies

I have two types of oriental poppies in the garden. I don't know the formal names of either. One is a bright red the other a salmon pink. (Neither colour is a personal favourite but they are far enough away from my pink flowers to not clash.) The former is behind the bird bath, the latter by the trellis around the oil tank.

With all types of oriental poppy, when they have finished flowering cut flower stems and leaves to ground level which should result in more flowers later in the year.