Six on Saturday - 8 March 2025

 After a fine week which started off with a walk along the coast, I've been able to do a little pottering around in the garden, and have more moving around to do this weekend.  However for this get together over at Jim's here are six spring topics from the garden.

1. On the table in full view of the kitchen sink, the small pot of Crocus heuffelianus 'Shock Wave'continues to delight me. Although they have been the most expensive crocus bulbs I have ever bought, from the number of flowers alone per bulb, and their resilience to weather, they have have an excellent choice.  Of course I did not know that at the time of buying but I had confidence in the recommendations of a grower such as Rob Potterton.

Crocus heuffelianus 'Shock Wave'

2. I noticed that there are a number of noses of little bulbs showing above ground, and I found a barely legible label which read Chionodoxa sardensis. I had failed to add those to my plant spreadsheet, but luckily I was able to search the blog and found that I had bought them as bulbs, grown them on in pots and then planted them out.  For me the fortunate thing is that these little plants are now known as Scilla sardensis.  The new label or list will bear that name.

Scilla sardensis

3. There is something about this garden that just does not suit daffodils, and despite this I could not resist picking up some pots ready grown from a plant stall in Dunster. They were in tight bud, but have been glorious this past week on the round sitting circle table.  The weather has been so good, we have had coffee there several times this past week. I think I am just going to keep these over and grow them again in pots next year.

Baby Moon Daffodils

4. And for several years, the Crocus minimus Spring Beauty is back again, for fancy pattern and delicacy this one has top marks.

5. This little primula is just starting its weeks of flowering. Its habit is very similar to the juliae group and must have been a natural cross and it has been growing strongly and just about the best flowering primula for around 45 years, even growing well in sunny situations.

6. And finally bud break on the Amelanchiers,

and just below the Amelanchiers the tight clipping on the balls of Golden Lonicera last year, has kept them much neater that in previous years.

I hope the weather continues to favour gardening, and until next week, Happy Gardening.