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News from the Nursery
Update on 2011
What an unusual year it has been for growing. After the severe cold and frosts of the winter, with many plants damaged, we then had a lovely Spring and the Disas did their utmost to grow rapidly and forgot the Winter. Some plants aborted the flowers, but the majority put on a magnificent flowering display. The early varieties D. Unilangley and D. Kewensis ‘May’ started the flowering season in early May and the flowering season finished off in August with D. Unflora CARMINE, D. Unflora PINK and D. FOAM.
We have had a lovely mild Autumn and December and most plants have made good growth. A friend from Sheffield has D. Unilangley flowering in Decemeber, the second flowering in 12 months, something that Unilangley is able to do in a favourable season.
We had a good breeding season for the birds, the blackbirds produced several late broods. The wrens are still in the greenhouses and chastise us if we get too close.
The number of grass snakes appear to have increased, they like some rough untidy areas to hide in.
Hedgehogs have been late to hibernate, feeding on cat food on our doorstep until early December, some nights as many as 8 paid us a visit. Frogs and Newts are still in the waterways.
January 2012-01-20
One of our Moorhens was killed on the raid during the Summer and its’ mate was looking lost for several months, but now we appear to have a pair again and we are looking forward to seeing chicks running around the lawns again, doing their impressions of Pom-Poms on clockwork legs.
January 2012
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