One afternoon the boys came running in to the house. Mummy, you have to come and see this, we’ve found an Easter egg bush!
To be fair to them, the berries do look rather like Cadburys Mini Eggs…
Our garden continues to surprise me. Each week there is something new to see. As I stomp around in my wellies, wading through the unkempt grass, it is fascinating. There will be gorgeous flowers or interesting seed pods, new berries at every turn, changing leaves and colours. As we come into fall the character of the garden is changing again and it is wonderful.
My sister bought me a fabulous gardening book for my birthday, and I wander the garden trying to identify the plants and trees; what is it, is it a weed, should it stay, how on earth do I take care of it?! My saving grace is that this mature garden seems to be taking good care of itself at the moment, so other than keeping it tidy, I can leave most of it be until next spring.
I will keep my projects small until then, starting with clearing the kids new play area and planting some bulbs… After all, give it another couple of months and it could all be covered in three feet of snow :)
Joining in with Annie over at Manneskjur for the wonderful How does your garden grow?
This is beautiful. It really does look like easter eggs. How beautiful. Luckily to have one in your garden. Things in our garden aren’t growing at the moment even after I just redid it all. Boo. Stunning.
Thank you, I just wish I knew what it actually was!
Your garden is like this magical realm! I’m loving it! X
It really is! We’re loving it too, although it is ever so slightly daunting!
Wow, yes I think I would describe it as an Easter egg bush as well – looks very pretty :-)
It is pretty, love the colours of the berries x
What a fascinating plant! It must be fun for the kids to have a big garden to explore.
It really is, the boys are absolutely loving it x
Your photos have given me a hankering for Cadburys Mini Eggs. If only they grew on trees. Love all the pastel tones in your photos, very pretty :)
I love the colour of the berries too, and wouldn’t it be fab if they were chocolate :)
Lovely to see this, never seen these before!! Whoo they do have me craving for chocolate eggs now :)
Me either, wish I knew what it was called :)
They really do look like mini eggs don’t they? Kitty would have been crushed to find it and then learn that they were not in face made of chocolate!
Sounds like a wise plan to keep the jobs till after the snow (is it nearly that time already ?! Seems like only last month you were snowed in!) Great that you have a book to read up and help with planning, your sister is very thoughtful.
Thanks for joining in again. Now where did I put that chocolate…
I know, I can’t believe I’m talking about snow again already! We had a landscaper around today to look at sorting out some drainage issues before the winter, but that’s about it for us until spring!
Wouldn’t it be great if they were chocolate :)
Gosh yes, I keep forgetting that about where you live-there’s a lot of snow! Doesn’t that plant look so cute :)
It is a lovely plant! I’m hoping the snow won’t be too bad… but I suspect it will!
Just saw these on Google Plus and they really do look like little eggs! Amazing. I need to start thinking about getting involved in the garden and doing bits and bobs now I am off most of the week and my girl is in pre-school and my boy is growing up. It is all changing! xxx
I have my work cut out with this garden! I’m going to start small :)
Those are amazingly like Mini Eggs, which being my absolute favourite, I’d want to eat all the time! Can you get Mini eggs in the States? My mum always sends some to France for me to get my fix at Easter.
We do get mini eggs at Easter time, I tend to go a bit mad and buy a ridiculous number of bags :)
oh wow that easter egg plant is amazing, i have never seen anything like it before what a fab thing to have in your garden
It is fab, isn’t it :)
What a pretty plant! I’m sure it’s fun to be surprised by all that’s growing there!
It really is, I keep discovering new things :)
What a fabulous plant, it’s exactly what an Easter Egg plant would be.
The unknown of a new garden, such wonderful surprises to come
I know, it’s great fun wandering around and seeing what I can find :)
How funny! They do look just like mini eggs- but Don’t eat them!
I know this blog post is 7 years old, but for those visiting it now or in the future, this plant is Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata, or more commonly known as Porcelain Berry. I saw lots of questions about it, so I thought I would share :)
I greatly appreciate that followup because I learned about these today.