My Garden - February 2003

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At the end of January it snowed. It didn't last long (although long enough to snarl up the traffic completely here in the home counties - you'd think we never had snow, wouldn't you!) but the garden was pretty while it lasted.
To the left is the view from upstairs, to the right the raised bed with Muehlenbeckia astonii in the foreground.

Viburnum plicatum 'Snowflake' in bed 5 (left) looked more interesting with a light frosting. The water feature (right) was frozen solid.

Despite the snow, Clematis cirrhosa balearica flowered with enthusiasm (left) but Viburnum fragrans 'Nana' and Hamamelis x intermedia "Arnold Promise' in bed 5 (right) had finished flowering.

The Clematis cirrhosa (left) climbing up Amelanchier canadensis was flowering, but is always less exuberant than its relative in the tub. In bed 5 (right) Galanthus 'S Arnott' was perfectly happy...

... as was Cyclamen coum 'Abschaticum' (left) while Lonicera x purpusii (right) had its usually scattering of small fragrant flowers.
Two weeks later, after a lot of dull days, the sun shone. Hellebrous orientalis Ashdown garden hybrid flowered happily in its pot, while Galanthus 'S Arnott' held its flowers much more open in the sun.

Galanthus 'Mighty Atom' (left) has not increased much in three years, while Galanthus 'Wendy's Gold' (right) is beginning to multiply quite nicely.

The Galanthus variety (left) with beautiful large flowers, bought at the same time, has hardly multiplied at all.
In bed 3 (right) Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane' is flowering well this year - and I can actually get close to it now, with fewer brambles around.

Scilla tubergeniana (left) has almost finished flowering in bed 4, but Rosmarinus 'Fota blue' on the patio wall (right) was not put off at all by the snowy weather.

Galanthus nivalis, both single and double, and Leucojum push their way through the ivy, bamboos and Vinca round the patio.

The Daphne in the pot is flowering well (left) but although sold as D tangutica it looks more like Daphne laureola. Clematis cirrhosa balearica is as exuberant as ever, enjoying the sun.

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	At the end of January it snowed. It didn't last long (although long enough to snarl up the traffic completely here in the home counties - you'd think we never had snow, wouldn't you!) but the garden was pretty while it lasted. To the left is the view from upstairs, to the right the raised bed with Muehlenbeckia astonii in the foreground.
	Viburnum plicatum 'Snowflake' in bed 5 (left) looked more interesting with a light frosting. The water feature (right) was frozen solid.
	Despite the snow, Clematis cirrhosa balearica flowered with enthusiasm (left) but Viburnum fragrans 'Nana' and Hamamelis x intermedia "Arnold Promise' in bed 5 (right) had finished flowering.
	The Clematis cirrhosa (left) climbing up Amelanchier canadensis was flowering, but is always less exuberant than its relative in the tub. In bed 5 (right) Galanthus 'S Arnott' was perfectly happy...
	... as was Cyclamen coum 'Abschaticum' (left) while Lonicera x purpusii (right) had its usually scattering of small fragrant flowers.
	Two weeks later, after a lot of dull days, the sun shone. Hellebrous orientalis Ashdown garden hybrid flowered happily in its pot, while Galanthus 'S Arnott' held its flowers much more open in the sun.
	Galanthus 'Mighty Atom' (left) has not increased much in three years, while Galanthus 'Wendy's Gold' (right) is beginning to multiply quite nicely.
	The Galanthus variety (left) with beautiful large flowers, bought at the same time, has hardly multiplied at all. In bed 3 (right) Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane' is flowering well this year - and I can actually get close to it now, with fewer brambles around.
	Scilla tubergeniana (left) has almost finished flowering in bed 4, but Rosmarinus 'Fota blue' on the patio wall (right) was not put off at all by the snowy weather.
	Galanthus nivalis, both single and double, and Leucojum push their way through the ivy, bamboos and Vinca round the patio.
	The Daphne in the pot is flowering well (left) but although sold as D tangutica it looks more like Daphne laureola. Clematis cirrhosa balearica is as exuberant as ever, enjoying the sun.