False spring

Spring is in the air, these pots on my metal table are beautiful, I do swap the pots around, I like looking out and seeing colour here. I have pots below the table and along the decking at this time of year, so many bulbs starting to grow.

Snowdrops always flower for ages, again I love to see these dotted around the garden. 

Bigger pots along the neighbours half wall, which are in shade half the day are starting to bloom, I almost always mix bulbs in bigger pots. 

I have cut back all the old leaves on my Hellebores, the pink flowers are in the ground and the black flowers in a huge pot. I have the 2 plants I had inside over Christmas with white flowers to plant, but I can't decide where to pop them. 

I am thinking of digging out this small raised bed by the backdoor and if I do I can put the white Hellebores in each end. I would like the Fuchsia located to a postion where we can see it from the house.  

I have wild garlic to rip out of this side bed, a couple of years ago the whole bed was full of the stuff, now it's just here in the middle section. I got cheap bulbs years ago without realising these were included. They do have pretty white flowers, but they are a thug and spread everywhere. 

Colour in the greenhouse, these have flowered all winter, I popped 3 plants into this small long pot, I will need to cut them back soon, then I will start feeding them, ready for the coming summer. 

Everywhere you look, there are signs of spring, tender plants with buds, blooms on plants far to early, this is false spring, we have had warmer temperatures in the past few weeks and a couple of days of light rain. It's not been cold enough this winter for the ground to harden, we get colder weather in March, and if we see snow again it's in March. 

I am doing very little outside, the bugs need the old growth on plants to shelter from weather,  the garden is tidy, I do move the spring bulb pots around, after all the work of planting, it's nice to be able to watch the colourful booms when they arrive. I have not purchased anything, this year all I should need is some bedding plants, which I will get locally at plug plant size and grow them on. I'm not saying I won't purchase things for the garden, but I have no big plans. 

It's warm in the greenhouse, I do have an automatic window opener, which helps, but a couple times this week, I have had to open the door as well. 

It's a mean time of year, I am itching to get outside and grow things, but it's just too soon, the sun shines and it's been much warmer, but I sit on my hands and watch the birds feed, roll on April.