What's Looking Good May 2025

Flying saucers Calla Hercules.1.5 m tall.

 

Hawthorn tree or a untidy hedge

 

1st flower on my Corydalis Tory MP ... just in time for local election day!

A lovely shade of blue!

 

My little frog ... breaking cover cos I accidentally watered it! Oops!

 

I planted this up a few weeks ago, all the recent sunshine has really brought it on

 

Azaelia :-



New Osteospermums :-



Dodecatheon :-



Syringa meyeri :-





Aeoniums colouring up in the sunshine, after becoming rather green through the winter :-

'Bluebird' ...



'Marnier lapostelle' ...



'Kiwi' ...



'Schwartzkopf' ...



Narcissus 'Sundisc' :-



Dandelion seed head - lots of them this year :-

 

Calycanthus raulstonii "Hartlage Wine" which I planted in February. These are the first flowers, a bit like Magnolia or a tiny water lily.

 

Opinions please! Does the bluey-purple of this Aquilegia go OK with the pinky-red of the Heuchera Helen Dillon, or would these be better further apart? The Aquilegia is currently in a pot and this is its first yr, so I have resisted planting it out till I could see the flower colour.

 

That's a great colour combination!

 

Welsh poppies



Acers

 

Dublin Bay

@wiseowl
jenny namaste

 

My Dublin Bay was out of control. 10ft + stems shooting off the top of the pergola.
I cut it back to sticks a couple of years ago. More string than stems at the moment ( you have to train it when the stems are whippy or they break off)
It's covered in flower buds. The flowers have a wonderful scent.
Well worth the effort to be able to sniff them without a ladder!

 

Rhododendron hybrid Rosy Dream. Yes every year the adult vine weevils much the leaves.


Berberis pallida a small berberis from Mexico with different flowers.


Berberis bealei