The weather in January was unusually mild this year and my garden woke up thinking that Spring had already arrived. A short burst of extra hard frosts earlier this month soon dispelled the illusion and many emerging blooms have been cut back. One that I am watching carefully is the rooted branch of a fig [...]
“Mild Weather Tricks Plants To Thinking Spring Has Arrived” is a headline I saw recently and is certainly true for my garden. In December there were only a few frosty nights and January so far is mild and wet. The camellias have clearly decided that spring is here. The first flower appeared a few days [...]
When I moved to my present house some six years ago there were two camellia bushes in the garden. I don’t know what varieties they are, but one has white flowers and the other white. They are the first flowers to appear each spring although the pink variety which blooms first is often damaged by [...]
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