What's looking good in May 2012

And a few Aquilegias seem to have appeared in the garden

 

A few more

 

Sheal, you'll have to come over next year. We're going to dig some up this year and pot them up for sale

Whoops! Some more Aquilegia have popped up



This variegated elderberry is always attractive





This is a totally thornless rose and shall be a solid mass of white in a few weeks - highly scented. (ARMANDII, what was the name that you thought it it's called?)


Kid's favourite plant


Choisya - not Sundance but can't remember its name

 

We removed the lower branches of corylus contorta to allow us to plant more flowers and to be able to view the structure of the trunk.

 

Sunrise through the willow


and across the field at the back of the garden

 

Bronze fennel opening

 

No problem, Jenny

Tea is always available for GC members, actual or virtual.

Anytime your passing.

 

We cut the elder hard back each year, similar to cutting back a buddleia (you just need to decide what height you want it to bush out from).

 

It's as good in the pics as it is in real life, a really atmospheric garden, Shiney! Love the white Astrantia!