At last the weather started to improve after the cold and wet winter. April was unusually dry and the sun did make an appearance so that gardening could finally start in earnest. The greenhouse was tidied as best as possible and seeds sown. Soon young plants were sprouting and needed transplanting into pots. As usual there were far too many tomato plants and the market among friends and colleagues was flooded. By the end of the month, when the temperature reached 20°C for a couple of days, we could finally have lunch in the garden.
Daffodils and hyacinths (03/04/10)
Daffodills (03/04/10)
Bergenia, otherwise known as elephant’s ears (03/04/10)
White hyacinths, the remains of past potted gifts (03/04/10)
Primroses (13/04/10)
The flowering currant has survived the butchering by George last autumn. (13/04/10)
Tulips (13/04/10)
Primroses and grape hyacinths under an old apple tree (13/04/10)
Pear blossoms (13/04/10)
Inside the greenhouse: potted up plants … (18/04/10)
… and others waiting for warmer weather (18/04/10)
More weeds than canes in the raspberry patch (18/04/10)
Mahonia (18/04/10)
View from the back of the garden (18/04/10)
Dogs-tooth violet (18/04/10)
View of main garden bed (18/04/10)
The side border (18/04/10)
Tulips and primulas (18/04/10)
Kerria (18/04/10)
There are plenty of flowers on the redcurrant bush (18/04/10)
Violas (18/04/10)
Celandines – the most prolific weed in our spring garden … (18/04/10)
… closely followed by grape hyacinths (18/04/10)
A cluster of honesty growing in the raspberry patch (24/04/10)
Coronilla (24/04/10)
Yellow tulips and deronicum (24/04/10)
Euphorbia. This is a giant variety. (24/04/10)
Japonica on the west house wall (24/04/10)
A bee visits the japonica. (24/04/10)
Greengage blossoms (24/04/10)
Purple sprouting broccoli. George gets fed up with this vegetable at this time of the year. (24/04/10)
Our Acer (24/04/10)
Acer leaves and flowers unfurling (24/04/10)
A collared dove on a nest in the pergola (24/04/10)
The first garden lunch of the year (24/04/10)
A double daffodil (26/04/10)
Unruly hops … (26/04/10)
… although those on the west side of the house are behaving. (26/04/10)
The first wisteria flowers (27/04/10)
Flowering cherry blossom … (29/04/10)
… and the flowering cherry tree (29/04/10)
Apple blossoms (29/04/10)