Couldn't believe it this morning first a Humming Bird Hawkmoth feeding in the garden on Buddleia and Geraniums and then a Southern Hawker dragonfly spending 5 minutes hawking up and down the pond catching insects - no photos are they were both far too quick for me! The garden is also alive with Hover Flies and Bumble Bees which just love the Japanese Anenomies and Rudbeckia. Our rockery is coming a long well with the first of the plants to flower - a bit of a surprise as it is a white Gentian but it is suppose to be a blue one which should flower is April!
Gentiana Acaulis Rannoch - or not!
Arum Lilly
Japanese Anemone
Rudbeckia
Cosmos
As you can see the pond is beginning to clear of algae with just one central patch left - the rest is slowly starting to clear and we are starting to be able to see the bottom of the pond - clearly we need many more plants in the water to provide oxygen and we still have lots of marginals from the old pond to put back in but its slowly coming along.
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