Anticipating the burst of colours

The plants in the garden are all busy making buds and I'm eagerly awaiting for it all to burst into colour. On the top is the clematis which is now just under 2 years but is growing well to cover the climbing frame or rather one side of the frame. Try as I might to encourage it to climb the other way, this plant has a mind of its own.

New to bloom this year are the chives, this is a £1 pot of chives which I bought 2 years ago for cooking and then I decided to plonk it into a pot outside because I saw a roundabout in town filled with chives that were blooming and I loved the look of the flowers. At least I thought they were chives! But was sorely disappointed last year when I didn't get any flowers and proceeded to chop the tops off and ate them! This year though, I'm glad I didn't yank the whole lot out, it started to grow again and I'm seeing buds ..YESSS!!

Chives, see the tiny purple buds?

Ok, I will ramble on about one more, the giant oriental poppy is also 2 this year. I have two plants, they didn't look like they were going to survive but produced one flower each. Hmmm..maybe that's what you get with the giant variety. This year though I'm seeing at least 5 buds each, growing fatter and fatter..so again YESSS!!

Giant oriental poppy

 

 

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The fruity ones

It's time to start working on the garden again. But first an inspection of new growth, these are the fruity ones. The good old raspberries are coming along and I think I've got these ones in hand, the canes have been going on for almost five years now. The gooseberries are showing some flower buds too, it fruited for the first time last year so this year will be proof that I've pruned it correctly if we get fruit again. The one on the left is the one to watch this year, these are black currants, they are now 2years old and so hopefully will start to fruit...fingers crossed for lots of delicious fruitiness this year!

 

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