HIGHER MORWELL GARDEN DIARY
13th January 2019
The garden is showing signs of life again. Bulbs
poking through and the trees that leaf early
showing buds. January has been very dry so far
and not particularly cold so quite a lot of work
has been possible.
A new rose has been planted beside the
pagoda, the same variety as the climber
removed from the decrepit trellis next to the
oil tank. This area is being cleared to be ready
to move the tank to comply with current
regulations for spacing from buildings.
The hellebores are first
to flower and are
putting on a good show
this year after the
kitchen bed was
cleared for them.
This raised bed will get
some cosmetic
attention sometime,
the brickwork is fine
but the covering
cement screed is
crumbling away and
needs to be taken off
and the bricks
repointed like this end
done in 2017.
The fern-leaf beech bed is
now ready for planting up
with bulbs and ornamental
grasses, then covering with
bark mulch.
Work has also started on
removing the wretched
brambles from the north
Devon bank on the left.
Some overhanging branches
have been removed, and a
couple of spreading prunus
branches that were
interfering with the fern-
leaf beech.