sighs all round

well after going away during the hotest 2 weeks last year, we decided to give up!! Everything dried to a crisp except the beautiful vine weed!
So new year, new start. IF only it was not for all this bloody rain we have had so far this year. On looking back at blog last year i see we was pottering in the garden in feb, it's almost mid march now and we still can't even get near the bog of dead weed and grass.
A few plants survived the heat last year and have started sprouting and such. My budleja got huge, as soon as i can get outside to chop it back i'll take a pic of it's size. My hebe produced the most beautiful flowers at the end of the year which surprized me. And it seems my hydrangea lived through it's cripsy period and is sprouting out fresh new growth for the year ahead.
I wonder what else survived? Pleeeease let me have a few dry days so i can get out to clear up and see what the spring is bringing me.