What a nasty way to start spring. Do not worry though, we often get snow in March and it will do no lasting harm.Wildlife and plants know how to cope. The worst damage will only be to flowers which had already opened before the snow started. Nature just knows how to cope a lot better than we can! With such nasty weather all gardening has temporarily stopped so I thought we could show some happier photographs to remind us what will be coming.
Back to a brighter day and our very own Japanese Maple.We call it "Sylvan Seedling"
This is it's spring 2017 leaves.It starts the year as a smoky pink, then may develop some green before turning rich purple and then the brightest red in Autumn. Year round colour. Maples tend to like woodland conditions so will thrive with a good mulch of leaf mould,well rotted manure and they love composted bark.