When the sun shines in September the garden seems to burst into brilliant colours. The blossoms, ranging from the delicate whites of the apricot to the blushing pinks of the peaches and nectarines must be sending the bees crazy. The flowers I am so thrilled with are the rununculus and the tulips. Last spring I bought a punnet of rununculus seedlings and they did well. I stored the corms at the end of summer. I was not too hopeful when I planted the corms in autumn as some of them looked quite scraggly. They sprouted and I have been looking after them, placing the pots in sunny positions and feeding them seaweed fertiliser. The colours are astonishing. The deep red is stunning but the one I like best is the deep apricot. Then there is the white with purple trimming. Perhaps I shall buy more corms to plant in autumn. In the meantime I am enjoying the new growth that are sprouting up all over the place. I hope the two trees in the outside garden will reveal their identities when the blossoms turn to fruits. These trees have been in pots for at least seven years and I cannot remember if they were nectarines or peaches. They grew well last summer, suddenly shooting up after being in the garden for a year and for the first time they have sent out pink blossoms. I do hope the fruits will set. My flat peach tree does not have as many blossoms this spring. I will be lucky to get half a dozen fruits. I should have given the tree more attention after the bumper crop last year. It is still a small tree. Some organic dynamic lifter might be the solution.
