Winter has it's up side

but am I ever ready for Spring!

Yep I'm counting down the sleeps & it's only fifteen more until SPRING!!!

However with the arrival of spring there are some things I will miss. Whilst other plants slowly realise that the ground has become warm enough for them to blossom & burgeon forth, the wonderful Viola's & Pansies that have bloomed all through the winter, giving me those spots of colour out on the patio will be winding down after their showy performance.

Hopefully these two troopers that were planted a bit later will last for a while yet  as they have to be two of the nicest colour Viola's I have seen in recent years.