The leaves of my 3 pots of Zantedeschia from Hart’s have started to wilt in the cold. Bring them in to the garage, without cutting back for the moment.

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These large daffodils regularly come up strongly. My plans seem to be silent on what variety they are.

Apart from ‘Ice Follies’ to the back of B1 these don’t look much like the varieties I thought I’d planted in these two beds. The dwarf daffodils, probably ‘Tête-à-tête’ have come back strongly in B2 and elsewhere.

These started rather inauspiciously on the ground at the front with a chicken wire cover, but after this was removed and they were put on the wall at the back they looked fantastic.

This pot has been going strong since 2019. It’s brilliant for a couple of weeks at this sort of time and then dies down completely for the rest of the year. Well worth keeping while I’ve got space in the service area.

Iris reticulata do well in pots for a short time. Much shorter than crocuses. They have to be covered with chicken wire, and look much better on the wall. I have two pots of iris ‘Pauline’ one flowering for the second year. It may not be worth keeping them after flowering. ‘Purple Hill’ actually had at least one bulb of something else, which looked a bit odd.

The earliest flowers, apart from snowdrops in the beds, and possibly some iris reticulata. They have to be covered with chicken wire to stop the cats messing with them, which is rather unsightly. After they are in flower they keep going for several weeks. They look better on the low wall at the back round the pond.

These were new bulbs planted last Autumn. Even just the leaves are worthwhile.

Two of these bowls were planted with sprouting bulbs in winter 2021/2. They’re just as good this year

Quite a few, in fact 5-10, terracotta pots have been cracked over the last winter. Mainly around the rim.