{"id":280,"date":"2021-02-20T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=280"},"modified":"2021-02-20T11:54:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T11:54:09","slug":"six-on-saturday-20th-february-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2021\/02\/20\/six-on-saturday-20th-february-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 20th February 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This has been a week of weather wash-away. Last week’s snow disappeared in less that 48 hours, under heavy rain, to reveal that most of the garden has survived, and that there is plenty of tempting late-winter growth. My first thing in the garden this week then, is the table and chairs (check out how they looked last week<\/a>), with awakening little plants mostly hanging in there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite a very stressful work week, I’ve managed to pop out into the garden and find quite a bit to get excited about. As the snow melted the aconites finally appeared underneath, with their little globe-shaped flowers intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WItch-hazel finally shed some of it’s gorgeous fragrance, and flowers are at their maximum now. They do look particularly lovely set against the last of the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elsewhere, bulbs are coming. These are probably tulips or trillium, could be something else. Whatever they are, I’m really looking forward to them, and the spring they herald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I just had to pick snowdrops for this week’s blog, again. I’d hoped to visit a local formal garden this weekend that has some non-open access via a public path, but with the forecast set for lots more rain, I may stay near home and spend more time with these little beauties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last, but not at all least this week. Oh WOW, what a discovery in the greenhouse. I acquired this stunning auricula as part of a village plant-swap during last spring’s lockdown. Such a lovely sight, I can see this might be the start of a collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That’s my six for this week. Warmer weather coming, so I hope there will be lots of spring promise coming very soon. Don\u2019t forget to follow #SixonSaturday on Twitter, and take a look at other sixer\u2019s contributions via the great Propagator<\/a> himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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