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Well there are several plants around here which I did not expect to see again after the snow we had this winter and after the second cold snap caugtht everything in March time but they are here and I am truly amazed.
The plants I am most amazed by are in the third half-barrel from the back door and we pass them everytime into and out of the house. I guess this is why I am most amazed by these - because I was most aware of the problems they had.
This is the Dusty Miller plant and the Delta Sarah Fichsia whixch I have blogged about several times and given up on several times too. As you can see below they are both really flourishing under the new hotter winter that we have decided to implement around Aberdeen.
There will be more about Dusty Miller tomorrow so I won't labour the point here.
Another one I spotted today is the return of the dalo - a perennial favorite of mine which I thought I had finally destroyed by overcrowding them with chrysanths - I'm going to get the chrysanths out this year. The first leaves are just poking out of the tub among the flower stems.
In the front - well the hebe that was destroyed by the frost is still hanging on but, to be honest, I can't see it lasting through another winter.
And finally for this quick round up - the carantions (florist's carnations supposedly) in the front barrel have returned. I thought the slugs and snails had finally finished them off but they are popping up all over even in the tubs at the back and the pinks that have been transferred out into the the fenced off corral. Amazing how some things cling to life and never give up fighting - amazing and quite inspiring to me.
