Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year
Glinting out at me, ankle high as I trundle a barrow past, a hint of blue – the first blue of the year. Jewel-bright berries cheer us through the winter, little pops of intense colour that punctuate the scene like abrupt accents, but we have to wait until spring is at least a vague possibility before cooler tones turn up in the borders, and it’s usually an iris that introduces the blue note. Perhaps Iris unguicularis, whose bonkers foliage you’ve been putting up with all year just for this moment or, a diminutive Iris reticularis. Back in my garden, the pots are still tantalisingly hovering on the brink, sheathed stems, blue in green, standing proud in a pool of gravel. So what? I’ll enjoy someone else’s in the meantime. It won’t be long before the forget-me-nots are out, and then it will be all blues.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
