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At last we are getting some cold winter weather, nice and sunny today as I write this, a welcome addition.
As I put our Christmas tree outside, it had started to struggle with the heat fom the woodburner, I noticed a flower on a clump of Iris unguicularis. This such an amazing winter flowering plant. The leaves are evergreen and quite robust, but the flowers are so fragile looking with a spring like freshness. There are also snowdrops showing white in a tub. I remember reading that snowdrops don't like being in a container - obviously no one told mine!
Some plants have really got ahead of themselves, because the weather not long ago was so mild. I have a few Pulmonaria Redstart on the nursery coming out in flower and the Carex elata Aurea have yet to die down. In the early part of the year this grass is a lovely sight - bold gold foliage and black flower heads.
The plants that have not really toughened up would benefit with fleecing in this cold snap as it might come as a shock to them, especially if they are on the tender side.