Dreary January

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Both January and February can be such dreary months in the garden, can't they?  Especially, if like us, you didn't get round to tidying up the borders before the bad weather set in!  To be fair, though, I took these photos on Sunday and although it was chilly, the sun was shining brightly 🌞  

What dragged me out of the warmth of the house was spotting the flower on this rose ~ once again the lovely Eustacia Vye is putting out a bloom!  We'll ignore the thistle that's taken root in the tub 😉

Then I noticed that one of the rhubarb plants, Goliath, is also starting to put in an appearance.  I was a bit annoyed, though, when I saw that it appears one of the neighbourhood cats has been digging in the bed 😒  I think we will have to build a cage around the bed this year to keep the little buggers out!

On my way over to the other side of the garden, my eye was caught by the shining white flowers on this hellebore.  The plant label has long since disappeared, I'm afraid, so I don't know which variety it is.

I was sidetracked by the beautiful little hellebore on my way to have a closer look at the pretty pink flowers on this viburnum.  Although it does have a plant label, alas the lettering has completely worn away but I think it may be Dawn.  It's been flowering for a little while and seems to be starting to go over now, but nevertheless it's continuing to add a welcome splash of colour.

And back indoors I saw that this pretty pink-tinged succulent, the name of which I have absolutely no idea, is putting out a spray of little flowers too!  I suppose the motto is that even "dreary January" can have some little spots of loveliness 😊