I think it is fair to say that December was rainy. Gosh so much rain, rain that has continued pretty much unabated into the first days of January. I never expect to be in the garden every day, but it has been so hard to get into the garden at all in December. The rainy weekends in particular, the main time I have to garden, have thwarted my gardening needs.
The cypress trees in the front garden would like a without prejudice conversation about having their tops cut off to make sure they do not grow too big. I have already had to do this once to them and luckily they recover their shape very well. Fond of them as I am, I cannot have them towering over the house and cutting out mine (and possibly my neighours') light.In the front lawn the first of the crocii are starting to emerge. I wonder if these are the ones that have evolved the ability to breathe under water? It might be useful if they did.The Smell me and Dye Garden is looking wet. There has been some cutting back and pruning and I am looking forward to developing this part of the garden further this year. I really have to finish off the gravel paths, there is still a large bag of gravel waiting on the drive.In the Courtyard Garden all is mossy and damp. The Camellia rosthorniana 'Cupido' has moved to further back in the Courtyard as I think she needs a little more shade than she was getting. She is also desperate to be repotted in the Spring and I have promised her this will happen. The little Christmas Tree has moved back to the side and is half relaxing/half sulking that its time in the spotlight is done for this season.
and the Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Red Dragon' is fattening up its buds and getting ready to flower. I bought this shrub last Spring and it lives in a container for now. It needs to get bigger before I risk it in the ground.We are about to hit a frosty few days so this mild mild December will soon be forgotten as we move into the colder days. A few cold but dry days would be welcome as they would enable the ground to recover a bit from the rainy onslaught. We can but hope.
Oh, I know how frustrating extremely rainy times can be. We seem to fluctuate between too little and too much rain from year to year, and not as many "normal" precipitation years recently . Your garden looks very happy and healthy, though.
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