The first of the year

Lone flower, hemmed in with snows, and white as they

But hardier far…..

 

Nor will I then thy modest grace forget,

Chaste snowdrop, venturous harbinger of spring,

And pensive monitor of fleeting years.

 

Lines from William Wordsworth sonnet “To a snowdrop”

 

It has certainly got a fair bit colder in the past two days . Nevertheless the garden is beginning to awaken I took these snowdrops , hellebores and violas yesterday . It is always good to see the first flowers of the new horticultural year.

 

I expect someone will come out with that old chestnut that the cold weather will kill the flowers off, actually it won’t . I have been cultivating this little patch of earth for almost thirty years plants always begin to flower in late January and even if they are hit by very cold weather and inches of snow they will stay well and flower away when the thaw comes . I planted the hellebores over 25 years ago they have coped with severe winters and hot and dry summers without a problem I think they are probably indestructible ….and an annual joy

 

 

THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH. ANYONE MAKING MULTIPLE FAVES WITHOUT COMMENTS WILL SIMPLY BE BLOCKED

 

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