New Year’s Day 2017 Flower Count in papi Jo’s garden. Choisya ternata Erica x darleyensis ‘Silberschmelze’ Daphne x transatlantica ‘Eternal Fragrance’ (no longer scented but constantly in flower since the month of May!) Erica carnea Sarcococca confusa Helleborus orientalis Erica lusitanica ‘Great Star’ ‘Le Vasterival’ Skimmia Japonica ‘Rubella’ Rosa ‘Pierre…
In the past few years I have not had much success with sowing sweet peas in the ground in the Spring. As I had a good crop of white sweet peas this year I decided to try a new method this season. I am using the well-known “toilet paper roll”…
Nothing much to do in the garden these days. So the gardener put on his programmer hat and made a couple of quizzes for you to test your knowledge of plant names. Try it! Click the thumbnail image below to go to the Quizzes page.
Following on to the plantation of Chionodoxa last October, a number of varied Spring bulbs have been added to Papi Joe’s garden recently. Firstly we made 3 moss balls à la Kokedama and planted them with a selection of the following: Crocus chrysanthus ‘Blue Pearl’, Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica and…
Just bought this assortment of bird food to hang from my Malus ‘Evereste’ tree. Found out that it has a BEST BEFORE date… for birds who can read. Anyway, judging by those sparrows’ appetite, those balls will be finished long before the limit date.