Tag: Cheering up Mondays

Dahlia dreams for today’s cheerful flower. This is ‘Wizard of Oz’, which I was given a couple of years ago . . .

The first rose I’ve seen this season – not in my garden but at the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair. . . .

The cow parsley is in full bloom now and lifting my spirits every time I see it. I know it’s . . .

Beautiful wisteria to start the week. Sadly, this is not mine as it’s been very badly hit by frost. Unlike . . .

Something a little different for today’s flower. One bulb in a batch of Tulipa ‘Louvre Orange’ has produced a flower . . .

Some beautiful aubrieta that I spotted on a recent visit to Daglingworth House. It’s a familiar sight in the Cotswolds . . .

I’ve been thinking ahead to summer and planting out the sweet peas. They’ve been going in and out for weeks, . . .

These may be tiny but they are well worth growing for a splash of early colour. Another of those rare . . .

An unexpected joy for this week’s piece of floral cheer. This flowering currant suddenly appeared when some overlarge conifers were . . .