Garden Diary – Tomatoes in, pears on the way & yet more tulips!

Monday 20th April 2026

Anemone ‘bee surprise’, a hybrid created by my little flying friends 🐝❤️💙🩷 Isn’t it gorgeous 😍

#magentamonday #bloomscrolling

Tuesday 21st April 2026

Yeh, tomatoes planted 🤗 This always feels like the proper start of the kitchen garden 🪴🍅🍅🍅 #tomatotuesday

Friday 1st May 2026

Morning, my orange Azalea ‘Gibraltar’ has started to bloom in this week’s beautiful warm, sunny weather 🌿🧡❤️🌿

#FlowersOnFriday #Azalea #bloomscrolling

I’m over the moon that these beautiful, long lived tulips have come back! Bought from wilkos years ago, called ‘big blue’ they didn’t turn up last year & I thought they’d rotted. Hurray 🌿🌷💜🌷💜🌿 #FlowersOnFriday #tulips #bloomscrolling

Saturday 2nd May 2026

Do you remember the photo I posted a month ago of all that pear blossom? 🌸🌸🌸 well mix that blossom with a garden full of pollinators 🐝🐝🐝 & what do you get 🍐🍐🍐🍐🍐

#kitchengarden #pears #pollinators #bees

Best gifts for us gardeners? Plants of course 🤍🪴🤍 Especially unusual ones!

You won’t be surprised to hear the name of this white chrysanthemum…. ‘firework’ 🎇 Isn’t she fab! #plants #chrysanthemum

Sunday 3rd May 2026

The 17th March my first tulips bloomed & this week these beauties opened.

I think this is my longest tulip season ever 🌷🤍🌷🤍🌷🤍

I’m afraid I don’t remember their name 🤔

Wishing you a lovely bank holiday weekend, let’s hope it only rains at night 😁💦

#tulips #bloomscrolling

Seven tulips still flowering in the garden yesterday 🌷🌷🌷

I’m afraid this rain will probably see the end of them, but we desperately needed it 💦💦💦 Shame it couldn’t have waited until after the back holiday! #sevenonsunday #bloomscrolling