It has been a pretty wet year  in 2024 and not all the plants enjoyed it.  Towards the end of the year it was also very wet and it has been a struggle to keep my potted plants happy.  I have to hide them from the worst of the weather under the table on the patio and bench, or bring them indoors for a short spell.  My health hasn’t been great for the last few months so I haven’t been able to enjoy gardening much.  Sjogren’s, arthritis and Raynaud’s do not appreciate the cold damp weather and on top of that I have been having bowel pain issues so have been resting up.    We did get a short cold snap but it has actually been a very mild December.  The tulips are coming up along-side the snowdrops – which I don’t think I have seen before.

The  crocuses outside in pots are coming through but not quite in bud, and the ones indoors are a mixed bag.  I have one about to open and others are through but not open, and others that are only just visible.  Only one small narcissus Julia Jane is in flower but the rest just have leaves.  My amaryllis from last year is only leaves and no buds so I will have to wait till next year.   The indoor cyclamen are looking great.

There are still pretty things to see in the garden with lots of different evergreens, catkins, witch-hazel flowers, viburnum flowers, and some hellebores popping their flower buds up.

Even though we have had a very windy and dreich end to 2024 (even the Edinburgh Hogmanay Celebrations have been cancelled)  we have had a few lovely sunrises  so I will leave you with this sunrise from  December 2024 and wish you all the very best for 2025.