THE FIRST DAFFODILS AND SOME PULMONARIA

It has been overcast the last couple of days so there was no lovely spring sunshine to enhance my photos this week.  We've had some dry spells so it's been possible to get a little gardening done, although it's quite muddy out there.

Spring is coming on and the daffodils are just starting to come out.  These 'February Gold' didn't quite manage to make it into flower in that month, although they are a little earlier than last year.

They are quite happy growing in this woodland border and have reliably come back year after year.

Next is Pulmonaria 'Sissinghurst White'.  This plant has been in a few years now and is still rather small.  I know I have a bad habit of moving plants around and possibly dividing them at the same time, and as a result they may take a while to settle back in and get a chance to grow, but nevertheless ....  

A little detour from this week's theme, to feature the Purple Sprouting in the Potager.  Due to the purchase of some stout hoops and netting, these have evaded the Cabbage Whites and the Pigeons which finished them off last year and I now have enough for a couple of small portions.  Due to the cost of said hoops etc, each portion probably comes in at £20, but this kit can be used for years to come etc etc.

Returning to daffodils for a moment, these are Narcissus Pseudonarcissus (I love that name!  It's like the Boaty McBoatface crew got to name a daf). Unlike their woodland growing relatives above, these ones get a sunny slope in the Orchard.  

I am quite positive that I have enough roses in the garden (over 100) and that I am not going to buy any more.  So how do I explain this then?

'Tis 'Gertrude Jekyll which will be a replacement for Rosa 'Louise Odier' which has been pampered and petted but has always looked a spindly mess and is a martyr to black spot.  Gertrude is a rose I have admired in many a garden, but unaccountably did not feature in mine. (Possibly because I thought it was a bit ubiquitous and I could choose something more interesting.  Lesson learnt!)

Don't you just love a simple little primrose?  I certainly do, but oddly considering this is a large country garden, there were none here.  My parents came to the rescue with a few from theres, which were left in their pots in the corner of the Potager until I planted them out.  They seem to have scattered a little seed about and now I have primroses popping up here and there in the gravel paths, which is lovely.

I ought to get round to moving them one day.

To finish with I have another Pulmonaria for you, the one that has been flowering for weeks, although I don't know the name.  It makes a lovely carpet with the snowdrops popping up through it.

That's all for this week from my garden, but don't forget to check out what's happening in other gardens around the world by visiting the Propagator who kindly hosts Six on Saturday.