This old fruit tree is the first to flower in our garden - it blooms at about the same time as the Forsythia!

This fruit often sets well, it is the mainstream fruit crop that tends to fail - due to frost damage in April and May.

These are old bulbs which came, via my Father, from my Grandfather's garden in Forfar.

There used to be an all white flowered variety, but they seem to have been lost in the flitting.

These bulbs are naturalised on our site and grow in profusion everywhere.

The nice feature is that there are obviously several varieties, giving a flowering range from March to late May.

This plant gives a massive show, commencing in late March and continuing for about four weeks.

When this shrub catches the sun one really feels that Spring has arrived.

These bulbs are naturalised on our site and grow in profusion everywhere.

The nice feature is that there are obviously several varieties, giving a flowering range from March to late May.

Due to centuries of use as a kitchen garden our soil has had too much lime applied to it to suit calcifuge plants.  As a consequence the camelia does no always do as well as this. 

This good flower was the result of the application of much acidic peat and chelating agents, plus a good spring that year.