Sunday, 20 September 2020

Three Fucias


 Looking round our garden these three fucia bushes caught my eye. Two of them are small container bushes, while the middle one is in the ground  and grows quite large, but they are all different and i have googled for the names but finding it very difficult to find the exact name of each.




The top one looks a bit like  fucia snowdrop.     
The middle one looks like shrimp cocktail or lady thumb.
The bottom pic i think could be tom thumb but i wouldn't like to put money on any of them, as there are so many, but if anyone can throw some light on the subject please feel free in the comments or tweet me.

Sunday, 6 September 2020

Hello Mr. Hedgehog


 Yes, our first visit from  a hedgehog since the late icy spring a few years ago. We used to see them every night in the summer wandering the grounds at dusk, sorry sounds posh, but we live in sheltered housing, the wife was manager & i was gardener/cleaner, so i was very much aware & interested in the nature & surrounding area. They used to come into our own private garden to drink at our pond, which went & became a lawn , so it was quite a surprise when we saw one the other night, I'm so glad they are around again.