It’s been a topsy turvy couple of weeks here in the North West, it started to get warmer but we’ve been plunged back into 6 degree mornings with very strong winds. Some new arrivals in the garden this week, a very welcome appearance by something I thought was lost and a reappearance that has baffled me! Aside from the six below I have reported on I have also planted my first and second early potato crops this week. Mains are going in over the next week. All in bags this year while we figure out the best places for crops in the garden.
Six On Saturday is hosted by Jim, visit his blog here and why not join in with us and share six things from your garden this week.
Google tells me this is Pieris japonica “Forest Flame” and as this is our first year in this house, watching all the new plants bloom and come to life I’ll take Google at its word!
One of three or four pots of tulips that are just starting to show signs of flowers. As usual my numbering system when I planted the bulbs didn’t work and I have no idea what this will become. But I’m sure it will be glorious. I have them close to the house so I can see them while I’m working.
This has baffled me – I thought the hellebore was done but I noticed a flash of white in there this week and now it has two or three new petals on it!
I was so convinced I’d lost my hosta in the move last year but here it is! I was looking for a completely different pot so I’m really grateful I’d just left this one to one side and hadn’t emptied it out. There is another pot that contains shoots that look the same, but are not as well developed as this pot. Hopefully it will catch up.
My fern is on its way back to life. It seemed to give up the ghost a bit over winter, it died back more than I’ve ever seen it but the few days of warmth we had in March seem to have kick started it. Fingers crossed the current cold snap doesn’t upset it.
Hallelujah for my delphinium. This garden (knocks on wood and spits) seems to be a lot less of a slug haven than our previous place and I don’t think I’ve ever seen my delphiniums looking so strong this early on. Its companion is about three pots away and looking equally green and healthy.
Thanks again to Jim our host for Six On Saturday.
The Garrett Garden 
Looks like many of your plants survived the move! The delphinium looks really happy, and how exciting about the hellebore!
It’s good to have a peek into another ‘new’ garden. We’re moving this year – the house is being renovated now – and so are also still figuring out how to organise our new garden and where to put everything.
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We moved back in September so we’ve come though our first winter and it’s so exciting to see what’s coming in spring. We haven’t changed anything that the previous owner had yet – just waiting to see how everything looks.
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Sounds like there were already some things in place. Most of our garden was completely neglected when we took over. Either way, it’s exciting and fascinating to see what comes up.
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Your delphinium looks very healthy. I’m pleased you found your hostas and even more pleased the slugs and snails are elsewhere!
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fingers crossed they stay away 🥴
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Oh, I love ‘Forest Flame’! How wonderful to have Potatoes started. I don’t grow many edibles because of a lack of sun on our lot, but it would be fun to try Potatoes someday. Yes, that Delphinium looks very healthy. It’s been many years since I’ve grown them, but they have a special place in my heart. ❤
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We grow potatoes most years – sometimes in bags, sometimes in raised beds. This year it’s bags. We’ve been very lucky being able to have enough sun to grow a lot of veg in our previous property and hoping to carry that on in our new home.
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Lovely post. I have to admit among my happiest moments in the garden are spotting signs of life on something that I feared was dead. The first signs of leaf on a wisteria planted two years ago, so still a baby, was a recent one.
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It’s such a joy isn’t it!
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I do love your Forest Flame. I had one back in the UK. Took years to grow and then we moved.
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I have no idea how long it’s been in the garden. It’s in the shadiest part of the garden but seems happy enough. It has already had little white bell flowers before the pink appeared.
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the Pieris japonica is a lovely find and your delphinium look so healthy. I struggle to grow mine in pots but would prefer to as my husband pulls them out every year when they’ve gone dormant 🤦♀️
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My husband pretty much knows not to touch anything 😂😂😂 We’ve had “incidents” in the past – now he just brings things to me for checking 😎
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Haha…..I love it!
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