Saturday, 24 January 2026

The Garden in January

 

Today was the first time since the very beginning of December that I ventured out into the garden. It was a nice bright and sunny day although it was pretty chilly. The bulbs in the bedding border are already in bud.

Apart from gathering all the twigs that I had piled up in the borders, the main job today was pruning the roses. I tried to cut them into a vase shape as recommended. Here are some below.



Some of the winter flowering shrubs look good.

This year I planted wallflowers instead of bulbs. Not great at the moment but will see in the spring.




I topped up the compost in a pot of iris. Those in the borders also look fine.


Some nice snowdrops.


I removed all the Asters from the border under the living room window that had struggled to flower last year. A nice space for something new in what looks like some decent soil between the Echinacea and the rose Blue for You.



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