Day 357: in the absence of frost

Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year

Crocosmia seedhead in the winter sun

Crocosmia seedhead in the winter sun

I’ve been holding out for a frosty end to the year. It looks like I’m going to be disappointed. And yet, now that it comes to it, now that the whole south east corner of the country has been subject to a daily deluge for over a week, I’ll happily settle for the festive season that’s just not sodden. I’ll count myself lucky if the days feel a bit fresh and able to muster up a little sunshine to highlight the long dead stems of perennial plants, paper seedcases splitting to reveal their precious contents, each fat, bright jewel containing all the information necessary to build a brand new plant, wrapped round with sufficient food to see the infant through the seedling stage. Frost  may come, or it may not, but magic is never absent from the garden.


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