what's looking good in april 2012

Fantastic colours, it's that time of year.
My Actinidia Kolomikta planted in January is now showing some colour but I don't expect the pink to come through yet.

 

Viola Labradorica, the foliage is much darker than the picture shows its growing in a shady spot and the flash kept going off
Arisarum proboscideum (mouse plant) so excited about this, first time its flowered, not what I'd call pretty but looks just like a tiny mouse a few more tiny 'tails' showing too.

First iris of the year

The one and only flower on my pagoda lily, somethings bitten all the other flower heads off

 

One of my Cowslips in the early morning sun today.

 

Crikes! I've missed a lot over the last week!

Simbad - I seriously jealous of your Arisaema.

I seem to have a lot blooming but it's all inherited from the previous owner. But my Hippeastrum cybister is blooming, and that is my own work..............

 

Thought that'd be one you'd like longk

 

Well done everyone, it all looks stunning....and i LOVE that orange tulip Angelina, gorgeous!!

 

Here's a few from today;

Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip' just coming to flower



Good old Forget-Me-Not




And a combination of the two along with a yellow primula that's past its best

 

Love the mouse plant Simbad , it really does look like a mouse !
I keep forgetting this WLG... section , its absolutely perfect for picking up a few ideas - well done all

 

More beautiful pictures, and those tulips are stunning, Shiney.

 

Oh, Shiney, I'll 'borrow' your tulip+other plants combinations. ('Borrow' is a nice euphemism for 'steal' in my case.) Arum and what is the red-leafed one in the non-delicate tulip picture :WINK1:, a sambucus nigra, some acer or ...?
My tulips are a mess now, I've started tagging them (by their colour and flowering time) and this season they will experience a big move from the central parts of flower beds to the shadier and less cultivated corners under trees and shrubs. That's why I'm hunting for tulip+foliage combinations.

Here are some pics from me:




Not delicate at all, but these varieties have not been lifted for about 6 years and had given to chaotic hybridisation.


I think a tuft of the red ones deserve to partner with the Chaenomeles Japonica at the back and I'll see to it. :WINK1:


Same group of Tulipa Negrita at noon and in the evening...

 

And a very delicate (and young) Rhododendron Schlippenbachii

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Love the Rhododendron Schlippenbachii Angelina...

 

My lone Fritillary in the wildflower patch has just opened.



Honesty in the evening sun: