Moors Meadow Garden Nursery

This Month

May 2008 - Tuesday, 29 Apr 2008
I am very excited at the moment as it is the first time I have seen Grey Wagtail’s in the garden and there is now a pair nesting in one of the sheds. I am also seeing several hares around the garden and a lot of newts in the lake, and a few day’s ago I even saw a Moorhen wandering up the tracks well away from any water. There is a lot to see in all directions and when you are stretching your neck to see what is flowering in the highest canopy don’t forget to look at some tiny gem by your feet , and when you stand in one spot and look all around you, thinking you have seen everything do turn and look again and you are sure to see something you had previously missed. Some of the trees and shrubs flowering at the moment are the bright yellow Piptanthus nepalensis, the creamy Staphylea colchica, sweet smelling Pittosporum tenuifolium and the red fuchsia-like Ribes speciosum along with several different Berberis, Rhododendron, Magnolia’s and Viburnum. Soon to show will be the Japanese Lantern, the Handkerchief and the Foxglove trees. A good rarely seen climber is the tasty sounding Akebia quinata (Chocolate Vine). Under the shrubberies we are trying to cover any bare places with a huge variety of plants, some at their best now are the Trillium’s and Erythronium’s and a particular cutie showing it’s little brown body and tail among the leaves is Arisarum proboscideum (Mouse Plant). Mum has also been planting out hundreds of Cyclamen which she grew from seed. I have been strimming which will be a regular job for the next 5 months as will be the weeding which is one of the hardest jobs in the garden for me and my back. We are recruiting musicians to play in the garden on Sunday August 10th, there will be several individuals and bands playing in a variety of styles. PS. Please do not always listen to the weather forecaster’s as more and more they say we are in for rain when it has been lovely here. I have even heard them say that it is raining all over the Midlands when we have been bathed in sunshine, don’t they ever look out of the window! It may not mean much to them but it is the bread and butter to open gardens. All the latest equipment but I think they would do just as well with a piece of seaweed!

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