WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN JANUARY 2017

Here are some things in my little front garden at the moment

Jasminum climbing up a trellis :-



Primulas hiding under a shrub :-



A potfull of Heather by the front door :-




I took these photos on New Year's Day in the rain

 

Well I certainly appreciate the trouble you went to (passes a thick cosy towel to dry off those raindrops) because those heathers look gorgeous!
I'll have to Google heathers now because a pot of those on my front steps would look just the ticket to cheer a January day

 

Thank you @"M" That heather is many years old ... about 20 I think and never been repotted.
I love rain

 

Crikey, that is a long time. So, do you feed it then? If so, what with and when?

*snatches back the thick cosy towel and re-labels: "Surplus to requirements" *

 

I don't feed it @"M" ... actually I can't understand why it's still alive

Can I have an umbrella instead of the towel then please ?

 

Fussy, fussy, fussy!

Go on then, seeing as its you ...

 

Thanks

 

I have some of this flowering, didn't know what it was, thanks

 

You're welcome
Actually it's Jasminum nudiflorum - a winter flowering variety. There are others that flower in the summer.

 

Thanks Michael, I planted it in 2015, it never flowered last year, its nice to see a few plants starting to take hold

 

I suppose it is pushing the boundaries a bit to ask if you remember which type it is?

 

Morrison's have it in M, unsure what's its called, all mine died for some reason maybe my soil ?

 

I'll have a little peak in Morries (when Mr "M" is sleeping ). I've had great success with all the plants I have bought from Morrisons - I've found the quality, in some cases, to be superior to Garden Centres!
So, I'm guessing from that remark then that a heather is heather is a heather? So, they don't come in different varieties? I'm a total blonde when it comes to heathers

 

Nearly every plant I have is from them M, I know nothing about them but quite sure I've seen one that looks like that, also some different coloured ones like these here
coloured heather plants - Google Search