Slept so soundly after yesterday’s shenanigans that I clean forgot to aid the Easter Bunny with the Easter Sunday egg trail. As soon as I realised this huge error I had to prise my eyes open and come up with a very quick masterplan which basically involved getting Tom to barricade the kids in the lounge where they were already watching TV while I hid the eggs in the garden including one for me and him. I then crept upstairs to write some clues from the Easter Bunny that I then hid under our cat Nusch, who we all think might actually be the Easter Bunny anyway. Only problem was that as soon as I went to write the clues, I forgot where I’d hidden the eggs.
The rest of the day was spent working on my book and then getting my plant delivery bedded up in the front garden thanks to a random spot of warm sun and Tom who installed our new hose, a dream of a self recoiling device that makes me wonder how we’ve gone so long without one! Slightly disappointed by the size of my three Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ with which I wanted to create some structure but hoping they will grow fast with some regular sun and watering. Even two or three foot of stems and some foliage and flowers would make a difference. If not I may invest in some more mature specimens and move these to the back as happy to have them everywhere.
Also planted up small communes of three types of euphorbia, a low hedge of perennial Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’ (must look this name up) by the front wall to share the scent and colour with those who walk by or choose to sit and rest here, some regular catmint to tie in throughout the beds, more trios of various pink and white echinacea and some Polystichum evergreen ferns, yellow flag irises and a new, bigger water lily ‘Alba’ by and in the pond.
As I planted I also spotted the wood anemones coming up in the woodland area, which I thought weren’t going to show up, along with what looks like narcissi among the tulips. The second coming of my 2021 bulbs! The Hakonechloa is also making an appearance pushing up vivid green bamboo like shoots of grass under the trees and among the daffodils. The question is now, have I planted too much…? Time will tell but either way, it should be a feast for all the senses.