So, the Government has announced that we’re all to be locked up. No-one is arguing that decision – no-one in their right mind, that is – but in the first week of spring, it’s pretty depressing. My gardening groups have been denied their last week of term, and we may well not meet again face-to-face until the autumn.
So, let’s have a treat – thank goodness for gardens!
One of our members sent me some images, and a week later, sent some more of the same plant. Let’s take a look.
Here’s Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’, last week.
And again, from last week:
Definitely looking lovely.
But, a week later, despite frosts and biting winds:
And again:
What a wonderful thing Spring is!
And another note of Spring:
There are lots of things to enjoy during our incarceration…
The Pleasure Gardener 
I recognize that camellia. I just can’t remember the name. How nice that it is still blooming.
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I recognize that camellia. I just can’t remember the name. How nice that it is still blooming.
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I believe this was already in the garden, and nameless, when the owner moved in. I did wonder whether it was the x williamsii ‘Donation’. That was really popular at the time this would have been planted, available in every garden centre. But, I don’t know.
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I was sort of thinking something similar. To me, it looks like one of those hybrids of Camellia sasanqua and Camellia reticulata. Camellia X williamsii would make more sense (I think).
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