after weeks of frost in february spring has finaly arrived. a lot of the plants had actually made it through the relatively mild winter with a few leaves. the severe cold in february has killed all the green off. the roses and raspberries got frost damage and had to be cut back. but now spring has made it and a properly winter bare garden is sprinkled with colourful spring dots.
the wild crocusses are smaler and not as showy as the fancy big garden varieties. they form amazing carpets that overgrow gardenbeds and pathways likewise and come out a good three weeks earlier than the garden varieties. wild crocusses do particularily well in places that are left undisturbed (not too much digging) like permanent herb beds underneath trees and shrubs etc. it is ever such a joy to have the better part of the garden covered in a sea of blue flowers when everywhere else is bare and boring.
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