Not a morning walk but a morning drive, as we decided to pay a visit to the Troodos Botanical Garden to see how things had fared over the winter and wet spring.
My wife was pleased to see that the Salvia 'Anthony Parker' that she had given to the Forester in charge last year had survived being covered in snow and was beginning to regrow. Hopefully some of the other salvias will have been just as resilient.
I took a few photos of a couple of the plants that were in flower.
Viola sieheana is a scentless violet that is fairly common in the Troodos above 800 m.
Paeonia mascula grows in the pine forests above 1,300 m.
It looked so tempting that we drove to the Forestry Department nursery, further down the mountain at Platania, to see if they had any. They did and we got 2 to see if we could provide them with a semblance of the conditions they need at our much lower altitude. Time will tell. While there we also picked up 2 more Salvia willeana, a Cyprus endemic, to join the one we already have growing, and a Viburnum opulus as a back up to the one we acquired last year.