Spring has well and truly sprung now and we have loads of colour in the garden now, the Clematis Montana is wonderful this year after we gave it a huge hack back last year. (Excuse the grotty dove cot, I rescued that from an old garden years ago and it has finally met it’s end. New one being manufactured at the moment)
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One of my favourite shrubs this time of year is The Bride, or Exchorda:
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Of course the old crab apples come into their prime now:
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And the hellebores are still going strong:
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Hope you enjoy them.
Jerry