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15 May 2020

 26/04/2020 / Margot Caldwell / Foxrock Garden & sea

At the left is the white Iberis sempervirens, near the Dutch Iris, which is increasing in number:  and see the loving couple of wood pigeons sitting on the rock?

 26/04/2020 / Margot Caldwell / Foxrock Garden

These tulips are around 8 years old  and  the number of flowers is increasing.

Those two pictures are like details of the one below, but taken from different angles.

  I have noticed a huge amount of bird song this month.  In fact, it is so loud, you could not fail to be aware of their happiness.  

Have you noticed a very abundant array of primroses?  They are so big and happy looking in this warm

bright weather.

                                                  -  Margot.   

The allotment is where I grow most of my flowers. I had raised beds made specially for growing daffodils and tulips.  I put a layer of stones at the base for drainage and the soil I used to fill with was a sandy top soil topped off with John Innes manure and my own compost mixture.

• This is one of my newest daffodils, a Narcissus: Division 2 – Large Cup, called Altun Ha (in honour of an ancient Mayan city in Belize). It is a beautiful soft yellow with a reverse bicolor cup, which gets whiter with age.  It grows to 40 cm and I believe it is a real show stopper!

In this photo I had tied the leaves down to help me get a nice photo, and the garden ornament was from my father’s garden.                                                               -  Emma

 25 April / Emma Box / Narcissus ‘Altun Ha’

Emma’s gardening was inspired by her father and uncle, Sean and  Seamus McCauley - yes, our Daffodil Supremo himself - and she’s agreed to tell us a bit about how she set about it on her allotment.