Tete a Tete – Notes From My Garden

Five Favourites | March 2026

Published on March 22, 2026 by Catherine6 Comments

Again this month I’m joining Cathy from Words & Herbs with her monthly Five Favourites! Perhaps you would like to join in too.

It should have been easy to select five favourites for the month of March, but after a nasty winter and a very wet start to Spring, the garden has a limited photo-worthy selection. But the sturdy survivors have been glorious.

Narcissus ‘Tête-à-tête’. In pots, beds and borders throughout the garden, little Tête-à-tête is a miracle of nature. They withstand the winds and heavy rain that will break or bow down their larger cousins, and their bright sunny colour is a cheer-me-up tonic on the gloomiest of days.

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Six on Saturday 2020-22-02

Published on February 22, 2020March 14, 2020 by Catherine25 Comments

This week’s Six on Saturday has been a challenge! I don’t know what the weather’s been like in your part of the world, but although officially, Storm Dennis is over, the wind has continued to blow and the clouds have continued to drop heaps of rain on us here, along with substantial amounts of sleet and hail.

I spent Wednesday morning in the greenhouse, potting on a few cuttings from last September and October. I stopped at lunchtime Continue reading “Six on Saturday 2020-22-02” →