15/05/2026
I don't know where the year is going but I do know it's very hard to keep track of it these days. Spring fools us and then snatches the warmth away. Some flowers have been blooming early; the summer ones are likely to be late. It's a challenging year -again - for growers! The best thing to do is enjoy every moment and photo/memory, and today I'm re-living the stars of early spring - narcissi, in all their lovely shades and forms.
Each autumn, I plant more bulbs and varieties to add to my cutting stock, and they return fairly reliably year after year. The cheery hazard-yellow ones are the first to shout the arrival of spring; I love them in banks and roundabouts but in my own cutting patch and garden, I prefer to grow the softer colours and scented, unusual varieties for your bouquets and arrangements. They don't seem to mind what the weather throws at them and I have literally just harvested the last valiant few, which has meant a staggering 8 weeks of successive blooming!
