snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 22hAutumn tints in the evening sun. #fairviewyearround 010
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Autumn gentian troughs, these have done well this year, but they were not allowed to dry out in the drought. #fairviewyearround 010
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A new acquisition this year from Oron Peri. Narcissus deficiens OP214138. Lovely scent, especially when the flowers first open. #fairviewyearround 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I use it for all the snowdrops and other bulbs in this raised bed. 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala, Hamamelis virginiana and Euonymus alatus in their autumnal finery. #fairviewyearround 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A purchase last week from Ashwood Nurseries. The label says Cyclamen mirabile, but I think it’s a lettuce because it’s a little gem. #fairviewyearround 042
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Galanthus reginae-olgae 5034-2 in flower on a raised bed (about 50% grit sand and 50% garden compost). 120
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The lower, basal leaves should be roughly cordate. 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026View from the conservatory this evening. #fairviewyearround 010
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I think it is. It used to be called Aster macrophyllus ‘Twilight’. 111
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Arum pictum ‘Primrose Warburg’, named after the renown galanthophile and more recently nicknamed by another distinguished galanthophile as the horse shit plant. Smelling is believing. #fairviewyearround 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Galanthus reginae-olgae 5034-2, a lovely green-tipped seedling from Anne Wright. This is the earliest that I have had snowdrops in flower. #fairviewyearround 110
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The iris-flowered crocus, Crocus banaticus on a raised bed, hopefully the mice and voles will stay away. #fairviewyearround 010
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026G.reginae-olgae usually starts in October with me, it’s never been this early. 110
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The tunnel was watered a week ago with quite a few things already starting to flower in response to the cooler nights. #fairviewyearround 120
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Fascicularia bicolor under the pergola. #fairviewyearround 010
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You have to feel sorry for wood pigeon squabs, not only do they lack the cuteness of most other chicks, but they have to sit all day on a pile of sticks. For some reason wood pigeons never evolved the skill of nest building. These two fledged this week. #fairviewyearround 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A silver-leafed Cyclamen hederifolium in one of the raised beds. #fairviewyearround 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The excitement is building, I have never had a snowdrop in flower as early as September before. This will be a first if the mice, slugs and pheasants don’t spot it. Do I stop on guard all night? This is a G.reginae-olgae 5034-2, a green-tipped seedling from Anne Wright. #fairviewyearround 174
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The diminutive Narcissus cavanillesii is a primitive daffodil that lacks a trumpet and looks more like a Sternbergia. This pot was watered a week ago just as a few buds were poking through in response to the cooler nights, however it is now in full flower. #fairviewyearround 140
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Most of the Virginia creeper is over a pergola, some is on the front of the house. 110
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026One of today’s tasks was to treat the primulas and other susceptible plants for vine weevil larvae. I noticed some on a Saxifraga fortunei last week and so ordered some nematodes online (like many biological controls it has a short shelf life). #fairviewyearround 210
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Various ferns in a trough. #fairviewyearround 012
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s feeling distinctly autumnal in the garden. #fairviewyearround 170
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A relatively new planting of colchicums having split some clumps last year. Colchicum ‘Rosy Dawn’, speciosum ‘Album’ and ‘William Dykes’. #fairviewyearround 010
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026More Colchicum speciosum ‘Album’ on the grass verge. #fairviewyearround #fairviewverge 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Gentiana sino-ornata ‘Gorau Glas’ again with still a lot of flowers to come. The other cultivars are later. #fairviewyearround 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Two beauties in the garden at the moment. Colchicum speciosum ‘Album’ and a good form of Sternbergia lutea subsp. sicula. #fairviewyearround 020
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The highly attractive, late flowers of Aloe jucunda 3N x dawei x elgonica 4N. #fairviewyearround 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The attractive and distinctive seeds of Paeonia mascula. #fairviewyearround 020
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Rather pleased on how well the autumn gentians are doing in this stone trough. It has a humus rich compost and the trough is in quite a sunny spot, but never allowed to dry out. The gentian in flower is G. sino-ornata ‘Gorau Glas’ from Aberconwy Nursery. #fairviewyearround 011
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Sternbergia lutea subsp. sicula flowering in the new raised bulb bed. This early clone was a kind gift last year. #fairviewyearround 020
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Cyclamen hederifolium in various parts of the garden. #fairviewyearround #fairviewverge 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I removed the shading from the greenhouse at the weekend. The external blinds are excellent, but expensive and so elsewhere I use Coolglass which has been invaluable this year. #fairviewyearround 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Colchicums and cyclamen on the roadside verge. #fairviewyearround #fairviewverge 052
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The drought and holidays has delayed cutting the box this year, but recent rains and a dry afternoon today seemed to provide the ideal time to undertake the task. We have a garden club coming next weekend too and so need to look smart. #fairviewyearround 010
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Colchicum x agrippinum amongst the bearded iris tubers. Interesting to see so many bees on the flowers. #fairviewyearround 010
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Acis autumnale in one of the troughs. #fairviewyearround 010
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A lovely little cactus with very soft spines, Sulcorebutia patriciae. #fairviewyearround 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The wood asters (Eurybia sp.) are starting to put on a show. They have stood up well to the drought and so I intend to plant more. #fairviewyearround 010
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Who doesn’t love a hummingbird hawk moth. This one even had a little rest. #fairviewyearround 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Happy days, lots of naked ladies popping up in the garden. #fairviewyearround #fairviewverge 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The first Cyclamen hederifolium are starting to poke through. #fairviewyearround #fairviewverge 020
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Rhodophiala bifida in the greenhouse. #fairviewyearround 000
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A pleasing combination of Crinum x powellii and Agapanthus ‘Navy Blue’. #fairviewyearround 010
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Arum italicum ‘Pictum’ has totally changed colour now and the berries gradually disappearing. #fairviewyearround 010
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A couple of ‘lost label’ colchicums currently flowering in a sunny raised bed. #fairviewyearround 020
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Just back off holiday to be welcomed by the first colchicums. This is I believe Colchicum ‘Prinses Astrid’, although it is said to be synonymous with ‘Autumn Queen’. Always the first to flower here. #fairviewyearround 161
snowdropman.bsky.social @snowdropman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The rather lovely, if short-lived flowers of Echinocereus viereckii subsp. housteonensis. 000
