May

Hello!

Just to keep you up to date, here are the same plants photographed today. I think the Indian cress is doing well and the lupine has also grown:

In fact, the lupine is starting to flower! Yesterday I thought the colour was blue, but this morning in the sun it turned out to be a light purple:

Those of you have looked very closely at the photos will have noticed that I’ve taken the two flower bulbs next to the lupine, out of the pot this week. This is because my mum gave me te following tip for flower bulbs:

Once the blossoms of your flower bulbs have faded (in the UK this is around mid-May), take the bulbs carefully out of the soil without damaging the roots, and put them into a shoe box. Place the box with no lid, into a dark, dry but not too hot place until October. (You can keep the soil that sticks to the roots on the bulb).

Over the course of the summer while lying in the box, the plant will retract all the energy from the green leaves back into the bulb. The leaves will dry.