WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN May 21

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    Could be one of the multitude of Iris sibirica.
     
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      Anyone for Lilacs? We have seven or eight that are well over 50 years old but still doing well.

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          They're lovely Shiney, always like lilacs.
           
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            A few of our Hebes (think we may have over a dozen different ones). A couple died this winter.

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              I like this guy's place, he's got tons of rhododendrons.
               
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                @Logan ,..wow some selection of Rhododendrons,..beautiful garden :)
                 
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                  Sarah Raven Tulips

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                    Most of our Irises haven't opened yet but some are coming out since the rain.

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                    Also just starting to flower
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                      I guess that with just another week of sunshine (what's that? :heehee:) the garden will become colourful. Just in time for our cancelled open garden. :doh:

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                      The maidenhair fern (almost as old as me!) is just perking up
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                      I've just spotted some goosegrass in the background :rolleyespink:
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                      We hacked this back in the Spring (wrong time to do it but had reached 8ft tall) and didn't think it would flower this year
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                      The big Rowan tree has just started flowering
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                      and our late flowering Magnolia that will flower until July
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                      The pale pink Clematis montana has just opened and the dark pink one that grows through it tends to flower a week or two later
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                        Yes he propergates them and sell them to a nursery.
                         
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                          I didn't know there was a frost-buster that flowered that late, do you happen to know the name?
                           
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                            I think it's liliflora nigra.

                            That's the one that sits under our willow tree. I don't know whether the shelter from the tree changes the flowering time.
                             
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                              If only I'd gotten out with the camera a day or two earlier to capture this in all its glory, we've just had non stop rain here lately! :rain:

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                              Foxgloves
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                              Honey Garlic Bulbs, one of my absolute favourite flowers in the garden and I'm so happy that the bees seem to agree :)
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                              Aquilegia
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                              Masses of flowers
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                              The Geums are doing really well, I love the colour combination against the purple of the wallflowers.
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                              English Bluebell
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                              Fig growing on Brown Turkey Fig Tree
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                              This May has been really strange weather wise after a very dry April, its been so cold and wet, but I've been grateful to get out into the garden between downpours and its lovely to see things continuing to bloom and flourish regardless of the weather.
                               
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