Friday 31 March 2017
Thursday 30 March 2017
Hardwick Hall Gardens in Spring
The seasons and their plants
come and go so quickly in Britain that you have to grab every
opportunity you can to see the flowers when they appear. I do think
that is one of the benefits of living in this country that nature
provides us with ever changing varieties of flowers. Despite daffodils
being in abundance at the moment and my trip to Renishaw
Hall Gardens last week I still wanted more. I hadn't been to
Hardwick Hall since Christmas so I decided a visit was overdue.
The best display of the
daffodils are the end of the gardens. The long border provides the
perfect stretch to show off the mass of golden trumpets.
When you see so many
daffodils about it seems strange that within weeks they will all be
gone and something else will have sprung up in their place.
One of favourite areas is
always the Herb Gardens. It is looking smart and tidy with some early
signs of the new season coming through.
One delightful addition to
the gardens this year is turning the Ornamental Orchard into a
wildflower haven. The grass has been cut in order to allow the wild
flower seeds to be spread.
Other wildflowers have
already been transplanted in this area so there are now cowslips of
various colours plus snake's head fritillaries.
The grass was being freshly
cut in the other orchard. It has produced some very smart lawn
stripes.
Another welcome sight in the
gardens was a bee. It wasn't the first I have seen this year but all
the ones I have seen have been huge. This one was obviously attracted
by the brightness of the pink of the flowering currant (Ribes
sanguineum).
I somehow resisted the
goodies on offer at the nursery shop. Maybe I'll save them for
another visit.
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