Galanthus

Today's respite from the current occupation of grouting floor tiles was planting 100 little snowdrops 'in the green' to add to the ones from Cornwall that were planted 2 years ago. When we came here there were very few spring bulbs (apart from daffs), just lots and lots of ivy.

These are the ones from Cornwall that were planted 2 years ago, and are now quite established.

Peloric Foxglove

This is a link to a Peloric Foxglove - similar to the one we have in our garden this year. It's basically a genetic mutation, but can be re-grown from the seed. It's quite nice in a funny sci-fi sort of way.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8596060@N05/3264982367/in/photostream/