18/19 April: It seems like the first flurry of Spring excitement has passed. There’s a much more sedate feel in the garden today. It’s a glorious weekend but the birds aren’t singing quite so loudly. Maybe they don’t need to, since courtship is over and they are busy building nests. The lawn is stripped of moss by their vigorous pecking and now its just the odd wood pigeon that’s rummaging around for small twigs. 
We’ve got a family of tits that use a tiny corner under the eaves at the back of the house every year. And every April it sounds like they’ve got the builders in remodelling the pad for this year. Over the weekend I've been watching this years family flitting in and out lining their new extension with moss and twigs ready for their new brood.
We’ve got a family of tits that use a tiny corner under the eaves at the back of the house every year. And every April it sounds like they’ve got the builders in remodelling the pad for this year. Over the weekend I've been watching this years family flitting in and out lining their new extension with moss and twigs ready for their new brood.
Around the garden, two weeks has made such as huge difference. The daffodils and pasque flowers have been in full bloom and are now starting to gently fade at the corners. The first virdiflora 
tulips have made a tentative appearance while the primula denticulata boldly strut their stuff across the garden with pink, lilac and white pom poms. 
tulips have made a tentative appearance while the primula denticulata boldly strut their stuff across the garden with pink, lilac and white pom poms. 
The primula offer a billiant and long lasting impact in the spring garden and multiply every year so you can spread them around.
Another great plant with a long season has made an appearance – the euphorbia. They come in all shapes and sizes and although they are poisonous they add interesting colour and detail.The trees have transformed from bare branches with tight buds and catkins to being clothes with vivid new lime green ruffled leaves. 
However, this is the week of the gean (cherry) tree. It’s smothered in stunning clusters of white flowers and like confetti, the blossom has already blown over the lade and vegetable patch. The birds have been helping with this process. It looks like they are sitting in the tree gleefully throwing the flowers around but they are feasting on the tasty bugs in the flowers.
The magnificent white fingers of the magnolia stellata flowers are now waving in the wind, while the other magnolia still try to produce buds. I was in London last weekend and reminded of the season differences across the UK by the fantastic magnolia trees in full bloom already. It’ll be another few weeks before we see them in Scotland.
The acers have also started to show their colours. “Orange dream” looks fantastic with its red stem and citrus feathery leaves.
However, this is the week of the gean (cherry) tree. It’s smothered in stunning clusters of white flowers and like confetti, the blossom has already blown over the lade and vegetable patch. The birds have been helping with this process. It looks like they are sitting in the tree gleefully throwing the flowers around but they are feasting on the tasty bugs in the flowers.
The magnificent white fingers of the magnolia stellata flowers are now waving in the wind, while the other magnolia still try to produce buds. I was in London last weekend and reminded of the season differences across the UK by the fantastic magnolia trees in full bloom already. It’ll be another few weeks before we see them in Scotland.
The acers have also started to show their colours. “Orange dream” looks fantastic with its red stem and citrus feathery leaves.
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