Berberis (cultivar not known)
Highdown Gardens near Worthing, West Sussex.
An early season stroll on a rare sunny morning, following yet another night of heavy rain. The gardens was muddy in places, and areas of lawn were roped off to allow the grass to recover from the relentless waterlogging.
But the birds were singing their hearts out. Flowering cherries and Malus were bursting with bloom. Staphylea trees ... some tulips ... Euphorbias ... Primulas ... spring Cyclamen ... Leucojum. It won't be long before the ancient Cercis blooms ... it's covered in buds. And I will be interested to see how their Eremurus experiment does (still under fleece wraps) ... Eremurus can be tricky at the best of times.
Berberis (cultivar not known)
Highdown Gardens near Worthing, West Sussex.
An early season stroll on a rare sunny morning, following yet another night of heavy rain. The gardens was muddy in places, and areas of lawn were roped off to allow the grass to recover from the relentless waterlogging.
But the birds were singing their hearts out. Flowering cherries and Malus were bursting with bloom. Staphylea trees ... some tulips ... Euphorbias ... Primulas ... spring Cyclamen ... Leucojum. It won't be long before the ancient Cercis blooms ... it's covered in buds. And I will be interested to see how their Eremurus experiment does (still under fleece wraps) ... Eremurus can be tricky at the best of times.