It seemed like spring would never come, and now we seem to be hurtling headlong into summer. I’ve gone from willing everything to grow, to wishing it would all slow down a bit.
This patch of bulbs is just one tiny part of a 20m long swathe of bulbs that seems to have popped up overnight alongside a busy road in Cheltenham. The verge separates the road from the pedestrian and cycle lanes on the other side, and this delicate spectacle is definitely best enjoyed by those on foot or on bikes. It isn’t brash enough to be appreciated by car drivers whizzing past.
Someone has a put a lot of thought into this planting – it’s fresh, pretty and unusual – and keeps on going (the daffs, now going over, are being succeeded by tulips). The main road is usually my least favourite part of the walk to work, but right now it’s my favourite.
Just looking at it makes me want to slow down a bit
You do have to slow down, because there’s so much to see. When I last walked past, Tulipa clusiana were poking through…
Succession is difficult to do well
Looking forward to updates
We have a bulb guerrilla gardener on the grass verges by the double mini roundabout a few minutes walk away. For once, getting stuck in a traffic jam is OK. I’ll be blogging mine on Monday 🙂
If this is the work of a guerrilla gardener, they are very dedicated, with extremely good taste : )
I look forward to seeing the Chippenham version! x
very pretty. Our local council has gone in for a lot of wildflowers on all the roundabouts. It’s so much nicer to see flowers instead of mown grass. Hopefully they will also do the spring bulb thing….
Yes, I like the wildflower/annual mix roundabouts. It’s cheap for councils too, so it’s a win-win!
So pretty – particularly the two-tone muscari. They’re much classier than the common or garden variety (although I’m a sucker for them, too…)
Yes, I meant to mention the muscari! Lovely, aren’t they. I wrote an article on them a while back but can’t remember for the life of me what they’re called! x
*butts in*
Latifolium has two tone flowers
And can be a bit less rampant