Not long now before all our Snowdrops are fully out. Our "Snowdrop fortnight" starts on Sunday, the 1st February and runs until the 14th.

We have 38 different varieties of Snowdrops throughout our gardens, mainly in the Woodland and the Winter Gardens. One variety that won't be part of this display actually flowers every September!

The Helleborus have recovered from minus -5 degrees. They hung their heads rather but all are coming out now and looking great.

The Chimonanthus praecox are in full bloom and the scent is wonderful quite a tiny flower but worth cutting a few sprigs and bringing them in the warmth of the office.
I planted 5 in the new winter garden two years ago and they are already in bloom.

A few of the Quince left over from last year have attracted the squirrels half eaten fruit left about.

The Hamamelis mollis is in full flower and such a sight and so scented. No garden should be without a plant.

No mystery the flowers were Jasminium nudiflorum I forgot to name it. I have just toured the garden and the most spectacular flowers in bloom are the five seedling Daphne bholua already 12ft in height the scent prevails all over the Cottage garden. Lovely to see the Bumble Bees working the flowers so I will have seed again this year.