The wrong flowers
We have been having gales in Scotland and along the east coast, but here in Hampshire the weather is beautiful. I went out and pulled up some more weeds and swept up some more leaves. I admired my winter flowering jasmine in the new border by the side fence, which has just started flowering. I am really pleased, as not much else is supposed to flower at this time of year.
I use the phrase “supposed to flower” advisedly, because my primula and primrose collection has decided to have a go even though it is November.
Then I went through my bulb collection, which includes crocuses, bluebells, grape hyacinths and snowdrops, and pulled the weeds off the top, and topped them up with compost and some sharp sand. Grape hyacinths often start to sprout at this time of year, so I wasn’t surprised to find them doing some shoots, but I also found that the other bulbs were waking up.
Finally I painted the kerria and some of my seedling blackberries with pink stuff, since glyphosate seems to have had no effect on the blackberries whatsoever.