Garden Snapshot - April 2014

I love April, aside from the weather being unpredictable (it can be anything from snow to perpetual showers to glorious sunshine) the last two weeks in April are when the countryside in Sussex really spring to life. Suddenly the trees that were bare for months have fresh vibrant green leaves appearing, blossom appears, and birdsong tumbles out of the trees and from rooftops.

And the same happens in my garden...

Garden snapshot - April 2014

The neighbours' new fence is finally up! It's a closed board fence which seems much more sturdy and resilient that the previous flimsy panelled fence. So my task this weekend will be to re-attach the clematis, blackberries and loganberries to the fence.

The cherry tree is in blossom, hollyhocks are sprouting, the 'Nelly Moser' clematis (currently laying on the ground) is in bud and the tulips are out in full glory. Everything is poised to spring into life!

Garden Snapshot - March 2014

A little late but still..

Not much changes from February to March, the neighbour's fence is still not repaired, I ripped what was remaining of the broken panels out - they were flapping around like flags and were about to either take out the cherry tree or fly off into the greenhouse.

Garden Snapshot - March 2014

The rose arch is repaired, the rose pruned back. The clematis (Nelly Moser) is starting to sprout and primroses have appeared in the bed behind the arch.

Garden Snapshot - February 2014

Here's the first garden snapshot of 2014 - and the garden is just re-emerging from a pretty gloomy and miserable state of affairs. The hellebores and narcissi bravely flower on.

Garden snapshot - February 2014

Two sections of the neighbours fence have been blown away (I had to remove some of the flapping panels before they took out the young cherry tree thats situated just the other side of the trellis fence. The rose arch has collapsed (just on the left of the shot) - I'm waiting on delivery of a stronger replacement but its been out of stock for a month, possibly there have been many replaced garden arches this winter?

Broken earthenware strewn across the patio, weeds everywhere - and that was after I had tidied up! At least the sun was out today...

Garden Snapshot - September 2013

Late again - here's the garden snapshot I took in late September at midday. Looking back at the previous month's snapshots its interesting to see the changing intensity of the light, and the longer shadows cast by the plants.

Garden snapshot - September 2013

Not much is flowering anymore in this part of the garden - a few remaining crocosmia, a couple of fuschia, you can make out the orange fruits of the physalis in a pot on the right hand side. There's also a small shrub in the middle that gets a rosy tint to its leaves - haven't been able to identify that one so far. Anyone have any ideas?

Garden Snapshot - July 2013

Here's the garden today. The dry weather means the delphiniums are wilting somewhat. The bindweed is starting to take hold and some self-seeded hollyhocks are starting to dominate the view.

The fuschias are just starting to open and the cream rose has passed its best, although a splash of colour is provided by the sweet williams and the pink rose on the rose arch.

Garden snapshot July 18th 2013

Garden snapshot - June 2013

Each month I'll be taking a snapshot photo of the garden from the same angle to show what in foliage and in bloom throughout each month. Part experiment and part my own interest.

Garden - 14th June 2013