I have been taking a very close look at the snowdrops we have in the garden and on the bank. I have found four different species and have brought an example of each into the cottage to see if I can put a name to them.  Goggle images is very useful in this area.

Great excitement on Tuesday as the Yellow Book arrived.  This, for me, really signals the start of the gardening year good and proper.  It has also been accompanied by some mild weather, which is most acceptable.  The Under Gardener is busy servicing different pieces of lawn and hedge equipment and will, with luck, soon be busy again clipping hedges and wielding the chainsaw.  We have "lost" a small tree in the woodland garden and this needs chopping down, in fact the list of things to do is just getting longer and longer. 

I have pruned the wisteria.  This is always something I do with great trepidation as I never truly believe that I am doing it correctly.  We have a wisteria tree as well and one trained up a half pergola.  The tree variety does very little of course in the summer so I am considering training a clematis through it to give a bit of interest mid summer.  What do you think