The Wisteria is starting to flower in the garden. A very special time as the perfume greets you whenever you step outside.
(We have Wisteria in the front garden,too.)
We are going into our fourth week in confinement. President Macron made his announcement and explained the measures to be taken on Monday night, 16 March. We had realised France would follow Italy’s advice and we had started our voluntary confinement the previous weekend. In keeping with the spirit of the confinement we have only made rare trips to the supermarket for provisions during this period.
We content ourselves in the garden. The Victoria plum tree is in flower, or it was sold as a Victoria plum but the plums are not like the U.K. Victorias.
The large plum tree has already set a considerable amount of fruit. The mild weather was favourable both for the flowering and fruit setting time.
I saw this white butterfly on some Honesty. I thought at first a Cabbage White but seemingly the veined wings point to a Green-Veined White, even the veins are not green.
It makes a pleasing contrast with the Honesty for a photograph.
I was pleased to see clumps of this dark-leaved variety appearing, I received the seeds from a reader. They suite the garden well and I let them self-seed so I will never be without them now.
This fumitory has found a corner in the garden and will also do a bit of self-seeding. I hope I do not regret removing it because it looks so pretty.
The Bluebells have started flowering at the bottom of the garden, taking over from the Muscari which is just starting to set seed. The Stitchwort is very welcome as a wild flower that blends in well with my intentional plantings.
The bee fly is not so welcomed by me. It is on Thyme here and can forage for nectar in a large variety of flowers as it has a long proboscis and a perfect landing technique.
These little furry flies from the Bombylius are parasites of solitary bees and as I have mining bees in different parts of the garden, I know they will be on the look out for the bees nests to lay their eggs.
The garden is getting more attention than it ever has and we are having more coffee breaks than usual.
It never leaves our minds, though, of the people who are flat-out caring for others at the risk of their lives. We salute them and support them by adhering to the rules set out to protect all of us.
a french garden 