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Garden Notesby The Old MuckspreaderNayland with Wissington Community TimesOn Christmas Day, as well as the usual suspects such as Winter Jasmineand Iris Unguicularis (it used to be I. Stylosa), the OM/S counted a large numberof plants in flower weeks if not months in advance of their usual season. Now,writing in mid-January, here are even more, with Aconites, Snowdrops, Triteleia,the little Crocus ‘Tomasinianus’ and Cyclamen Coum; the Autumn-floweringCherry is still soldiering on!In the recent gales a large Balsam Poplar came down across his orchard,fortunately missing most of the fruit trees, though an Egremont Russet apple losttwo of its four main branches. Two of there poplars were planted about 30 yearsago to replace a line of Wych Elms which had succumbed to the dreaded ElmDisease; during the intervening years they had grown from 3-foot cuttings to aheight of about 60 feet. Intended to give shelter from the South Westerlies, theyended up shading a good part of the orchard from the ripening power of the sun,so maybe this loss may prove to be something of a blessing. We wonder if thesurvivor should be felled as a precaution.The mild weather gives us the opportunity to plant and/or move subjects,which will continue to make root growth and become established before theusual East Anglian spring drought. The OM/S bangs on about this everyyear, but when he neglects his own advice he subsequently regrets it.In horticulture, as in most other aspects of life, there are fashions. A recent one is Prairie Gardening, with itschief exponent a Dutch man by the name of Piet Oudolf. When Monty Don went around the world and showed aselection of his favourite gardens on television his was one of them.If you have the odd acre or so and don’t know what to do with it, and it’s dead flat like most of Holland, thenperhaps lots of waving grasses, intersected by paths and dotted with clumps of perennials may well be just the thing.But look out; some garden designers anxious to be in with the avant-garde, may well try to lay it out on the backlawn, where it will look somewhat out of place.WordSearch:K P A L E E T I N O C AV I O L A R E A J O V XP L A S Z C R A A I E LA U A O A C A M E L I AN T S C I S B O A A B IS Z C S J O E E A I E IY S S O Y C G A P H G AQ U S A X W O R O T O BS N B H T N I C A Y H EW U E Z C M O L J S A IO R G O U S A X L R A VE P O L R E S U C O R CS K A I H R E O N F W SACONITE HYACINTH PRUNUSCAMELIA NARCISSUS PUSSYWILLOWCROCUS PANSYTULIPFORSYTHIA PRIMULA VIOLAHORTSOC AGM &FUN QUIZ EVENINGTuesday 17 th April7.30pm - Church HallAll welcomeAnagrams:Hint: something you may see at the Spring Show!1234567LAMIECATHOLUPANSYMYCCLEANSINSARSUCLEBORHEELHINTACHYBURHBARThe words may be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal andforward or backwardsSolutions on page 37Page 26