What a spring we’ve had here in Cornwall! What a spring we’ve had here at Ednovean Farm. What a spring!!
Throughout April and May, the glorious days of perfect blue skies have followed each other in a Mediterranean blur of loveliness. In fact it’s been one of the warmest sunniest springs for over a century.
Sub tropical season planting
Our Ednovean Gardens are mostly subtropical and so untroubled by the lack of rainfall. In fact they’ve relished the weather with one of the smaller agaves even shooting upwards into flower!
Here palms jostle, framing a view to Perranuthnoe, on the shores of Mounts Bay.
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April and May in the garden – the dress rehearsal for summer
April and May have been the dress rehearsal for summer this year, blurring the expectations in a delightful anarchy of the season.
Just as the daffodils retired to dream, so the Echiums have soared skywards to claim the garden for summer. I’m surprised that they didn’t wave to each other in passing – or perhaps they did!
Echium Pininana
The sub tropical Echiums have such intoxicating energy. It seems that one minute they’re a discreetly bushy shrub and the next a magnificent statement of flowery energy.
At Ednovean Farm we grow the magnificent Pininana variety, which is a native of The Canary Islands. In our garden here in west Cornwall, it self seeds lavishly. Over the years we’ve only once been reduced to a single plant when The Beast From the East struck. However there were so many seeds in the soil that be the following year we were back to magnificent abundance.
I bless the time that we spent in preparation here in the early spring.
Each day brings new diversions
Each day brings new diversions to the garden now – from the big blowsy poppies that cajoled the aquilegias to move over, to the rippling new grasses softening the more architectural plants.
The lower spring border has made the transition to ‘nearly summer ready’ The Russian Sage looks so much better for being pre pruned before starting into growth. Thank you Google!
Pheasant Eyed Daffodils?
The late flowering Pheasant eyed daffodils did appear, crouching amongst the grasses. They (well only a few made it) are much shorter that I thought they’d be when I chose their spot. However, they’ll be new friends to greet each year. A moment in time recorded when I choose and planted them. A spring memory of winter dreams, held season after season in their soft creamy petals.
As the final days of spring slide away we’re ready for the summer, cocooned in our garden beside the twinkle of the seas!
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