Gone by in a flash, as is always the case with Christmas. We did a lot of Zooming, WhatsApp videoing and eating. We shall be having turkey in various forms for a few days yet. I hope you all managed a good day yourselves.
Back to the Six-on-Saturday we have all been looking forward to.
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Here come the helibores. Very pretty but still a few leaves to be removed.
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Even more colour! There are geraniums flowering all year ar various places around the garden.
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These are usually the first daffodils to flower up our road – not that I am competitive.
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A rather nice allium head.
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Plenty of clematis buds. This is the one against the dead plum tree which has flowers from spring to early winter.
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The back garden on Christmas morning in the frost. I couldn’t persuade the cat to pose on the bird bath this time.
That’s it again. Very best wishes for a healthy New Year to you all and let’s hope for a better 2021.
Lovely frost, a good excuse to cuddle up and keep warm in the house. Much milder here, we have just been for a walk around the block and I spotted a flower coming on one of our hellebores, not as advanced as yours though. Enjoy your day x
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The hellebores are just great at this time of year, aren’t they? We have yet to have a frost like yours. Wishing you all the best for 2021!
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I’m sure I tried pruning clematis earlier or later last year, experimentally. Now I can’t remember, perhaps I used SoS as a reminder to myself, must check back. I haven’t looked at mine recently.
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100 km further north and you have a frozen lawn … Here, it’s still limited. +1° this morning.
Nice hellebores , and ahead of mine which are not yet in buds.
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I always enjoy a look at your back garden! There’s something I like about overlooking the cemetery! It’s moody!
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Best wishes to you and yours for a healthy New Year too. Your garden looked nice and Christmassy on Christmas Day. I wish some of my allium seed heads has made it this far – they’re just like fireworks.
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What a lovely neat and tidy garden! Mine is a mess at the moment, stuff blown all over the place. Glad you have had a lovely, if different, Christmas. And yes, get those blackened Hellebore leaves removed! The flowers are so pretty. I haven’t noticed any flower buds on mine yet, but they always seem to be later than everyone else’s. Hope you keep safe in the storm!
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Do I HAVE to go out in the sleet today remove the blackened leaves? Please may I leave them until it is drier outside? I hope you escaped any damage yourselves as we did, fortunately. Have a good New Year and let’s keep our fingers crossed that things will get better in 2021.
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Oh, go on then. Wait until you have to go out for more photos. I did check mine and my leaves aren’t as black, but then I don’t get frost, no buds yet though. I suffered a leaky conservatory, again sigh… and some broken pots. We’ll live!
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Your Hellebore is ahead of mine. Well, apart from a new one I bought a while back that was already flowering. That doesn’t really count I feel.
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