All my different types of hellebores are in full swing as the snowdrops start to go over. It's been so mild and wet that this display is early this year. I counted two buff-tailed bumblebee queens and several honeybees foraging yesterday (16 degrees centigrade temperature). Here in Nottinghamshire, England in the Trent Valley, my North-facing garden is mainly planted for shade. #ClimateDiary#Gardening#FloweringFriday#Hellebores#Snowdrops#Spring
Winter garden is on my mind because its stars -- like these #hellebores -- are looking so jolly now. Here with #salvia, #dianthus and the David Austin Crocus rose.
The pond corner. The barrel will hold #peas later, but now it's #tulips (starring the double orange Orca), plus purple honesty that I dug up from where it had self-seeded. Behind it, #hellebores obscure the tiny pond, which is tucked into the corner and supports a few #frogs and #newts. A neighbor offered me her Victorian fireplace surround so I put it here with a mirror tucked behind, a trick from garden designer Mirabel Osler.