This morning, before the afternoon wind got up and rain came down, Jackie and I weeded and removed more leaves from the rose garden, in readiness for the application of compost.
We still have flowering snapdragons
and geraniums,
whilst winter cyclamens emerge from hibernation.
The pink rose stands sentinel on the Oval Bed,
and, showing signs of age, Margaret Merrill still blooms.
The honeysuckle rising from the blue arch flaunts its longevity before the falling beech leaves.
This afternoon I inserted the last of the pictures into the garden album.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s luscious lamb jafrezi and choice chicken tikka with mushroom and onion rice. She drank Hoegaarden and I quaffed Old Crafty Hen.
The cyclamens are a lovely splash of colour against the brown of dead leaves.
Thank you, Pauline
How special to have multi seasonal plants sharing this warm spell Derrick! We are going out to eat Indian tonight … jalfrezi sounds good!
Thank you, Val. I hope you enjoyed the meal
Just back Derrick. It was delicious! I had salmon cooked in the tandoor. So good:)
Garden looking good! We’ve just had a cyclamen appear in the middle of a raised vegetable bed! Tough plants despite their exotic looks.
Thanks Quercus
I haven’t seen snapdragons since I left Long Island, 45 years ago! I used to like them!!
Thank you, GP. Ours are going on forever this year
Like Pauline I liked the splash of cyclamenimous colour. (And my first dahlia out yesterday – a red one!)
Thank you, Bruce
Beautiful colors, Derrick! I love the snapdragon.
Thank you, Jill
What amazing colors! Beautiful flowers, Derrick 🙂
Thank you, Monica
Love the honeysuckle’s defiance against the coming winter 🙂
Thank you, Mary
I loved that too Mary.
I always think of Snapdragons as flowers for children because they bite little kids fingers off.
Thanks, John. They do, indeed
I’m in awe of the beech tree!
Thank you, Adrienne. It is rather splendid
Glad you made progress in the gale.Your flowers are still lovely. I have always like cyclamens and have never been able to grow them.
Thank you, Lisa. They don’t all come up again, but, in Newark I had some lovely big ones that kept on returning and lasted right through the winter.
Wow. Maybe I should try them here, but I think it would be too hot.
It’s an internet fact that more men than women suffer from color-blindness, so maybe you could be forgiven for thinking that’s a pink rose? Because, dude, that’s a (beautifully photographed) red rose. Ask Jackie. 🙂
Actually, I think it’s magenta 🙂 Jackie, by the way, agrees with you. Thank you, Johnna
Definitely pink, albeit a salmon pink.
Fine, side with the man who loves you. But I’m still saying that’s red. 🙂
Isn’t it too cold for all the floral splendour?
It is unusually warm here. Thanks for reading and commenting, Mostly
Wonderful photos, I loved the cyclamen in particular. 🙂
Thanks, Becka
A beautiful garden Derrick, lovely variety and beautiful colours.
I have potted Snapdragons this year, so will be interested to see how long I can have them.
Cheers.
Thank you, Ian. Good luck with them
Refreshing place indeed, when tempers get frayed, one unable to comprehend what to do, I opine this place is the best for a positive change. :)) Regards
Many thanks, Habra’s
Thanks sir. :))
So much colour! And glad that those cyclamen came back again
Thanks, Geoff
Beautiful!
Thank you Nana