Garden Snap Shots!

TDA. This thread provides a nice diary of the year progressing. I have been outside doing some weeding, the problem is I start to notice more weeds, the "nice" background greenery is sometimes big dandelions and nettles hiding away in the wrong place. 

Two shrubs & a flower giving me pleasure in our garden at the moment...shame you all can't share the fragrance of the skimma 

Beautiful impy. I planted more Snakeshead Fritillaries this year, as I seem to have lost some. We have a Quince as well, bit darker than yours. I had to give mine a hard cut back last year, after it had flowered, as it was getting a bit straggly. I rewarded me with another lovely set of flowers, but no fruit. Didn’t mind, as I don’t use the fruit. 

I am not well up on shrubs, but we have cleared quite a large patch this year, barked it over and I am looking for a few things to give colour all year round. Not easy as it’s prone to shade later in day. Did put two nice Broom plants in though. And I have a variegated standard holly planned.

TDA, take a look at Elaeagnus "Maculata", it has green & yellow leaves, is evergreen & has small/tiny white fragrant flowers & doesn't mind some shade 

Thank you, will do👍

Some more garden colour.

The frosts have continued so lots of seedlings are being protected in the greenhouse. Some of the hardier veg have been planted, peas, beans, leeks & shallots etc. An old Canary Bird rose is tough and is out early as usual. Lovely rose with a nice scent.

Still bitter cold up here overnight, daren’t put anything out☹️ I have got all my bulbs and tubers into pots now, and some flower seeds sown, but not as far on as yours brue.

I am fighting a running battle with our squirrels at the moment, anything outside and in a pot is being dug up every morning, have taken to putting pebbles and tiles over unplanted bits of earth. Goodness knows what they are after, they have five feeders to go at, and the lawn is pock marked with dug up nut holes😡

I’ve trimmed the hollys-& used the cuttings, they’re keeping everything away right now, I was getting a lot of soil digging, 4+” of holly does a grand job😂😂

👍 Brilliant idea🤩 I need to trim our holly. Hawthorn as well....ouch.