Late January

Snowdrops are pretty where they appear, but they’re not increasing, and some clumps have died out.

Cyclamen hederifolium are doing well. Should I divide them and spread them around or let them get on with it?

I could do with some more ordinary Hellebores. The ones doing best at the moment are some pale picotee varieties which I don’t like so much.

I’ve seen a few frogs and one couple, but no frogspawn. Isn’t it rather late?

First real frost

Last night and the night before produced the first real frosts of 2019/20. The pond froze hard enough that I couldn’t push my finger through the ice (although the surface did move). But the leaves of the white arum in the pot at the NW corner of the back garden were unaffected.