Comments on: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – March 2008

By: Yolanda Elizabet

Yolanda Elizabet — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:59:16 +0000

How nice to see the winter aconites in flower in your garden, Nan. For some unknown reason not many garden bloggers have aconites in their garden. Your black pussy willow made me smile as I recently got a cutting when I visited the Hellebore nursery in Belgium. Speaking of Hellebores; am I right in thinking all those Helleborus X hybridus were born in your garden? They all look gorgeous but then I’m very partial to a nice Hellebore.

It appears that eranthis are best acquired as passalong plants (directly from someone else’s garden); perhaps that’s why they’re not as common as we might expect from their easy-care nature. Yep, the hellebores were born here (well, some of them were born in my previous garden), though they’re originally from good British stock. Best of luck with your black pussy willow, Yolanda Elizabet!
-Nan

By: shirl

shirl — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:06:14 +0000

Hi again Nan, I am loving your montages they look great :-)

I am methodically working my way down the list of GBBD posts so apologies for not getting here sooner. Oh, what a lovely selection of blooms you have in your garden – so hard to pick a favourite especially as I love the hellebores too!

However it was the black pussy willow that really caught my eye – I have never seen it before! I am looking at planting deep colours this year. Ah… but I am still enjoying the spring bulbs too :-D

Thanks to you for the montages, Shirl! I hope you can find the pussy willow for your garden. It started opening here just after mid-February, and I’d guess it would start even earlier for you.
-Nan

By: Curmudgeon

Curmudgeon — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:57:24 +0000

Hello Nan! We’re so glad that you found us and left a comment on our blog. We are most excited to have found your blog as Wing Nut grew up in the next county over from yours–Berks! We still have family & friends in the area. We love your boys. They are very handsome. The black pussy willow is amazing! We’ll be sure to visit again very soon.

Welcome to you both! Isn’t Bloom Day a great event? We get to go garden-visiting all over the world and make new friends along the way. The boys say thanks, too!
-Nan