What's Looking Good In May 2013

Grape Hyacinth


Dwarf Tulip


Rosa Glauca Leaves


Snake Bark Maple Leaves & 'Flower' Buds


Japanese Maple


So much growth has appeared over the last week to 10 days its amazing

 

The blue of that Muscari is Bilbo...

 

Thanks Jenny, it was already in the garden when we moved here and spreads everywhere

Here's another - a lovely clump of Smilacina kindly given to me by Armandii last year, a week ago this was only just popping up and now its a foot tall!!, amazing growth rate

 

It was winter cold here almost all April, but now it feels like August... Quite unusual, all plants are developing too fast. Or are just being burnt... Certain thing smake quite a display though.

Tulips Princess Irene




Left to right: stellaria holostea, Japanese quince, tulips 'Angelique', forgent-me-nots, Japanese azaleas in bud;

Several angles of the same...

 

Your garden is looking so pretty already. What are your day/night temperatures now please Angelina?

 

Oooo now Smilacina's a new plant to me Bilbo had to google it , good for woodland conditions to I see, I'll look out for some when I've won the battle with the cow parsley in the wood grrrr.

 

Your garden looks stunning already Angelina/Alexander

 

Amazing range of colours there Angelina, simply stunning

 

Yes it is Simbad and a well behaved plant too, forming lovely big lush clumps without running everywhere

 

Such fantastic colour Angelina - Your garden looks amazing.

 

More colour creeping into the garden.

Tulips



Pansy



Snowflake



Helleborus



Patio

 

Thank you! I love my new tulips with the red-cyclamen edge as the azaleas and the red Japanese quice shrub were a poor colour/height match. Their location is shady, I could not move any of the plants, while the entire group looked dark and inconspicuous. My tuips now play the 'transition-plant' and I'm really happy that the flowering periods coincided!

Jenny, it's very hot for this time of year:
Night - 12-15 C
Day - 27-30 C
In early April, we had daytime temperatures of 2-3 C, awfully cold!

Here's some more:

Spent erythroniums and crocus leaves dominated by heucheras/tiarellas, phlox subulata on the edge of the stones;


Other phlox varieties...