This path is really rather too wide. The pots help, and I’ll try to plant some more overlapping edging this summer. If that fails I’ll enlarge the beds by making a new border, probably with rows of bricks. The metal edging would be hard to move, even though I’ve got some spare pieces, but it shouldn’t be difficult to get out.

Both my clematis montana plants are looking good. I’ll put up a few more wires on the front wall, and some ropes at the back so the plant can climb onto the back wall. The back clematis seems to have survived the heavy pruning last autumn.

The new bamboo in front of the garage seems to have survived the wind, snow and cold, to the extent that it’s thrown up new shoots which are growing a couple of inches a day.

This has a reputation as a bit of a thug. but I find it easy enough to control.

Perhaps a nandina would be a good replacement for the hibiscus next to the front door which is showing no sign of recovery.

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One of the new pots of tulips. Very successful. The arabis is nice too.

I forgot to cut back the old foliage a few weeks ago (the crazy weather didn’t help), but the flowers have come through well.

It’s been slow to get going, but the flowers are lovely, and very welcome, particularly at this time of year.

I thought this wasn’t doing well, and I still think it’s perhaps planted too deep, but it’s clearly still alive.

It’s always hard to cut back a plant that’s doing really well, particularly when it’s in full flower, but it really was getting rather big, and it should recover.