OH! TO BE IN ENGLAND

now that April's here.

Prunus shirotae

All coming out and we are praying the frost does not blight the damsons.

Victoria plum to the left, up the garden under the great white cherry (not yet quite out) to the right. That is always a couple of weeks later.

Magnolia stellata

We did have a xsoulangeana that Sue gave to us but it died in the winter - it was only small.

Blossom is not the only thing that is out - the gang is under the field gate and making a mess of my manure heap.

The daffodils still thrive on the upper banking and we do have the odd camellia flower, not many though.








The fritillaries are out in the top banking grass and R's favourite, the purple perennial wallflower Erysimum Mrs Bowles in the new rose and perennial bed.

Now the snowdrops are done and divided it is time for the snowflake, tall, white and delicate.

Lambs may be lovely but there is one inhabitant of the garden that R does not like -

Rattus Norvegicus

It is Saturday, the sun is out, the garden is exploding, 15C, birds singing, the cherries are full of honey bees humming, bumble bees buzzing, the ducks are on the pond, (we have decided to call the two drakes Frankie and Charlie), the moorhen is skulking in the ditch,  have mown the lawns, raked the rough banking, manured the roses by the Wendy House and the next blog will be full of more photographs of flowers and blossom - enough for now - time for a cuppa tea and a gluten free biscuit (or a piece of chocolate).