Whats Looking Good April 2025

I have never seen those before. They are so pretty and delicate.

 

Just keep in mind those others have Staff.

we estimate we have ruffly 500 Thousand bulbs. not only daffs, but counting snowdrops, and cocoas, and early blue ones things, starts with an S Our job now is to rotate through the grouping and lift, separate and replant to keep the blooms doing well each year, no need to buy more. And one more group is just now budding up, so in a week. Then come the Canterbury bells, and alliums. of course more flowing shrubs, hydrangeas and hostas.

My worry as I age, who will care about all this when I am gone.

 

I worry about not being able to cope with my rather challenging garden as I get older. Especially if my knees go. But I just know that whoever has the house after me will cut all the trees down, including two fully mature silver birches which will scare any new buyer to death because they are "taller than the house". I'd rather stay in the house and let it all revert back to bramble than let that happen.

 

A small Euphorbia but I don't know its name :-





Andromeda polifolia :-

 

The Hostas are coming.

 

Crabapple "Praire Fire":





Cytisus:





Flowering quinces:







Berberis "Nana" and muscari:





Camelia (was not a fan of this originally, my partner chose it, but I am warming up to it):



Amelanchier "Canadensis":



Clematis Montana (x Superba):

 

Tiarellas, Tree Fern crown and Tulips.

 

Today my viburnum shrubs are opening , the fragrance outstanding.

 

I have the same noticed. My Vibernum used to flower the first time in January, the second year in February and now in its 3rd year, in April. The entire garden smells like that and bees are crazy for it. The sunshine obviously does something because it doesn’t get any sunshine in winter.

 

Hostas are starting to look good, some might need repotting. I’ve managed to dig about half a meter of a new border - there was more rubble than soil so I’m a bit disheartened. I might use the broken bricks and stones to make a path. It’s good it’s spring and I can look forward to new growth and flowers.

 

@Plantminded Which tiarella is in the second picture? It’s got very nice leaves.

 

@pitter-patter, do you know the names of those two hostas? Love the colours!

 

Being the time of year

Bunny Tails

 

Beautiful, @Jiffy. I can almost feel them from here! Such tactile little plants.