My Gardening View #17

There’s no doubt my garden goes through waves of colour and this month my gardening view is definitely one with a yellow theme.

The daffodils are now in full flow both in the borders and in the collection of pots by the front door.

‘February Silver’ missed its deadline and didn’t start flowering until March but is more than making up for it now.

Two that are particularly pleasing me are an old favourite and a newcomer. N. ‘Rip Van Winkle’ always makes me smile with its ‘bad hair day’ appearance. It was one my children used to grow for the local horticultural society spring show and I decided to bring it back into the garden a couple of years ago.

N. ‘Eaton Song’ is something I picked up at my local nursery when I was hunting for things to fill a big pot in front of the kitchen window. (The bamboo pot was given to me free to trial by Woodlodge Products.) I’d never come across it before but rather like the dainty multi-headed flowers and two-tone colour.

The winter planting in the pot (it had Ipomoea lobata or Spanish flag last summer) has been a huge success, starting with purple crocus which were followed by Iris reticulata ‘Pixie’ and now the narcissi. The final bulb will be a yellow-orange tulip.

For once, the pansies have flowered all winter – I often find they bloom for the first couple of weeks and then stop until the spring. I’m rather pleased with the way the narcissi pick up the yellow in the pansies.

There’s a yellow and blue theme to another pot in the garden. Like the big pot, this was given to me to trial by Woodlodge Products and is made of bamboo. Again, the violas have flowered all winter and are now being joined by hyacinths.

Of course, it wouldn’t be spring without primroses and they are everywhere – including the lawn. I love these tough flowers with their soft yellow flowers.

Another self-planter is this muscari which has appeared in the gravel by my greenhouse. I have no idea how it got there but it’s a rather cheerful addition.

The greenhouse is crammed with sheltering pots, seedlings and seedtrays. So far, I’ve sown a few annuals – cobaea and ipomoea – along with sweet peas, tomatoes, chillis, aubergines and peppers. There’s a lot more to do.

Probably the most exciting thing in my gardening view is this – the first signs of rhubarb. It’s long been one of my favourites and I can’t wait for the first harvest.

What’s looking good in your spring garden? Do let me know in the comments below.

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