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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Garden in March – a minor miracle

I’m sure that like me, and a lot of the rest of the UK population, you’re gazing out at a garden that looks like it’s been dragged through a hedge backwards. All you hear from neighbours and fellow gardeners is tales of snapped branches, broken shrubs, spring bulbs flattened to the ground by rain and gale.

But in one corner of my garden is a minor miracle – a tiny camellia that somehow survived all the wind and hail and storm and tempest and even carried its flowers, usually so fragile, totally unblemished, through the worst weather of the past twelve months.

It’s an amazing reminder of how resilient plants can be, and how swiftly they spring back from any crisis. It’s also a reminder of the fact that good can come from even the most difficult circumstances. Perhaps those snapped branches are an invitation to get on with some radical pruning that should have been done long ago. Maybe those broken shrubs are an opportunity to invest in replacements that will please you more than the old ones did and as far as the spring flowers are concerned, there’s no doubt that they will be back next year, brighter than ever!

Labels: camellia, garden recovery, garden storms, spring shrubs

The All Seasons Gardener at 12:34 AM

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