The woodland garden has really filled out this year, and the weeding has actually become easier as the brambles are beginning to surrender their battle for survival. A huge pile of hellebore white lady spotted was salvaged from the original garden when we bought the house and split and replanted in the woodland garden. It has been joined by a native stinking hellebore from Sally-Ann down the road, a black hellebore from Hadlow College and a small double pink hellebore from Christine next door. We also have a mass of leucojum vernum (snowflake) and loads of dafodils, both also salvaged from the original garden. The bank has started to break out in primroses, totally by accident of nature, and I have introduced natives, pulmonaria, lily of the valley and red campion as well as non native snowdrops, tricyrtis and lamium. The foreground is carpeted in foxgloves, all of which have seeded themselves just because they like it here. And I have just sown a tray full of sweet woodruff and put them in the fridge to break their dormancy (much to Mab's disgust) and look forward to introducing them to this happy place. This is my favourite part of the garden today.
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