I’ve been lacking inspiration. I have been bored with the weather, the enforced incarceration, myself. However, this week I found some va va voom again or at least some voom. And it is all thanks to you.
The garden is so wet it would be foolish to even attempt working in it, and although admittedly I have done some rather foolish things in the past, I have so far managed to avoid this one. I squelched around the garden solely to take some photos and returned to dry land as soon as possible. The joys of clay soil. Then I had a quick tidy in the greenhouse, pricked out some prematurely sown tomatoes (are there any other sort?) and moved some of the hardier tenders outside for a bit of fresh air and some cleansing mizzle. All whilst wearing some white denim dungarees, well they had been white. See above for foolish things. Someone who I am sure is seldom daft is our Six on Saturday curator Jim at Garden Ruminations, pop over to meet with not only himself but SoSers from across the known universe. I have my suspicions that others may be from further afield. Let us proceed, forthwith.
Crocus, even though these are a little nibbled, are always welcome. A stalwart of the Harbingers of Spring gang, they definitely punch above their weight.
Some things that are easy for others seem impossible for me. Incompetence, ignorance, impatience, a curse by an evil warlock; all are possible reasons for my failure to successfully grow meconopsis. Today, the sight of Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’ shooting once more gave me a massive thrill and a smidgeon of hope. The other two I planted in the same pot have apparently rotted, they are dead to me. Literally.
I am slightly ashamed to admit that lungworts are not in my top ten, or even top hundred. Quite why this is the case is a puzzle. Both why I am ashamed and why I don’t appreciate them enough. Pulmonaria ‘Blue Ensign’ is doing its very best to change my mind.
Acacia dealbata ‘Gaulois Astier’. Joyful.
Here we have another unnamed but stunning member of my garden family. A random seedling, which of course we all are, some more beautiful than others. Some beautiful in less obvious ways.
And the punchline is: today I received a card from my SoS Sister, Noelle, sending me Miscanthus nepalenis seed heads. Again. The last time I failed to germinate them. There was no judgement, just “let us try again”. That is what it is all about. That is the inspiration. It doesn’t take a lot, but in my scheme of things it is vast. Never underestimate an act of kindness.
Off The Edge Gardening 
Pulmonaria are rad! I got four from Tangly Cottage Gardening; purple, blue, pink and white. Acacia dealbata is . . . more of a concern. Is it not a weed there?
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No, not at the moment, but with climate change who knows what will happen in the future.
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What a lovely photo of the crocuses, especially the one in the foreground with the little hole from nibbling. 😁
Speaking of the mimosa, it’s in a pot in your greenhouse, right? Lovely blooming and much more than mine.
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No, the acacia is planted in the garden. 😊
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ooh lucky you! is it young ? I had one that survived 4 years and died ( frost)
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I got it in the bargain bin of a garden centre a couple of years ago. It was in a pot for a season then went out last year. It is about 2m tall now 😱
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Will double in the year ! 😁
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😲
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Mine reached almost 5m in height, with long stems. I think the successive prunings didn’t help ( to contain) and the frost killed it.
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My new neighbours who know nothing and spend nothing on gardening, had their lovely mimosa cut down and killed…spoiled my spring for every year to come!
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How annoying! You can share mine x
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Lovely pictures, the acacia is stunning. The pulmonaria is beautiful, too, I’m sure I had at least one somewhere but I suspect they haven’t survived. Hard to tell because, like you, I’m not walking on my heavy clay soil just yet so maybe they’re hiding away.
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Hopefully it will be a nice surprise when it eventually dries up!
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Ooh, Fred will be envious of your acacia! That does look wonderful. Good luck with those grass seeds.
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Thank you, I am going to hyper vigilent!
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That’s very exciting about Meconopsis ‘Lingholm.’ My attempts at growing Meconopsis failed – not one made it to flowerhood. Everything is crossed for yours. White denim in the garden? I thought I was being devil may care wearing a brand new grey corduroy ‘shacket’ (a cross between a shirt and a jacket according to Mrs OMAGT) in the garden yesterday and got it all muddied!
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The thing is we “just pop out for 5 minutes” and then end up doing a total revamp. By accident. My OH also has a shacket (denim) but refuses to say the word. I say it often as I love it. Definitely not to wind him up. Definitely. 😁
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