Favourite blossom this week. This is Prunus Shirotae which is looking absolutely stunning at the moment. It doesn’t matter whether it’s an overcast day as today or blue sky as it was at the weekend, it lights up the garden. On closer inspection the flowers are full of bees; at the moment as it is slightly chilly there are more bumble bees than honey bees, however care needs to be taken when having a closer look so that we don’t disturb the bees and get stung. Less welcome visitors to this tree have been pigeons who admire the blossom by pecking it off – so frustrating!
Around the garden a beautiful deep pink magnolia is now covered in bloom. On a smaller scale one of my favourite flowers, Primula vulgaris, is flowering along the hedgerow in the back garden and starting to spread. Another welcome sight is that of Peony ‘Molly the Witch’ whose proper name I can’t begin to pronounce. I’m glad to see it has survived another winter and it has one flower bud – maybe one year it will manage two, but it’s worth growing no matter how few flowers it has.
Tales from a Country Garden 