We had a lovely day of sunshine today. It felt like spring after many days of rain. It’s apparently a small reprieve as the rain is due back again at the weekend.
We decided to visit a nursery near us. They only open at certain times of the year and they specialise in hanging baskets, both summer baskets at this time of year, and winter baskets in autumn.
I was amazed at what good value their baskets were. We bought two at seven pounds fifty each.
Hanging basket at the front of the house
Hanging basket at the back of the house
I put the one I liked the best at the back as that’s where we will see it the most. I liked the unusual combination of plants with the pom pom daisies and tulips including a snake’s head tulip. The great thing about these baskets is that all the plants can go into the garden when the basket is finished.
It is cheering to see a splash colour and to feel the sun for a change.
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Lovely touch of spring,We are going to buy the plants for me to do my basket tomorow.
It is so nice to feel like spring even it is going to be short lived. It really makes you want to get out in the garden. We want to make changes in the garden as the pulmonaria has taken over and we have lost lots of other stuff. We bought some delphiniums and lupins yesterday to try to get back to a cottage garden feel. We always had them before but they disappeared.
Lovely baskets! Great value. The Snakes Head Tulip is Fritillaria meleagris. Wonderful plants. You should be able to transplant it to the garden once the basket has passed its best and it will come back year after year. They often self seed and spread. They grow from bulbs so easy to plant more and enjoy in the spring.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/7403/i-Fritillaria-meleagris-i/Details
We had snake’s head tulips in this garden for a few years (we planted them when we first did the garden) and now they have disappeared. So many of our bulbs disappear. I blame the squirrels which are abundant in our garden. It will be good to plant them again and see if they stay this time. We have to keep replacing bulbs or give up on them in the end. The dwarf daffodils, snowdrops, bluebells and grape hyacinths are the only bulbs that don’t disappear. We have lost miniature irises, tulips, hyacinths and cyclamen many times over. The squirrels must be discerning!
Ah yes, squirrels will happily munch on bulbs. I always say to put a layer of wire mesh over the top of the bulbs. You can bury that under some soil so you can’t see it and the bulbs will just grow through the gaps and the squirrels can’t dig though. We have the same issue with Crocuses.
Ah, I forgot to mention the crocus. They too have disappeared and I have recently planted some new ones. The wire mesh is a great idea. I will try that, thank you.