What's Looking Good In May 2013

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  1. longk

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    Thanks!

    Me too. The taxonomists just can't help themselves.................

    It seems to have been an ideal winter for many of the spring bloomers, if a tad long. My Iris japonica has never been better....................
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      Great pictures everyone :dbgrtmb: some fabulous Aquilegias there ARMANDII and Shiney :wub2:, love the acer GA not something I can grow, too windy here :cry3: , and still love that iris Longk :wub2:, I'll put myself a note to collect some seed from the tellima for this years seed swap.
      I've just pricked out 50+ seedlings from your seed swap aquilegia seeds Shiney, well couldn't throw any could I :heehee: sure they'll ALL be stunning looking at your pictures, still some seed left so I'll sprinkle that around the garden too :dbgrtmb:
       
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      Armandii, Longk, Shiney, Simbad

      All of the different varieties of flowers that you are growing in your gardens are fantastic and my wish list is getting longer and longer.
       
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        Closing May out I have some lovely little pockets of colour;

        One of my favourite Aquilegias last year has just opened its first flowers for this year
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        Purple Alliums, stunning explosion of colour
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        Good old Forget-me-not
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        My Ceanothus hedge has just burst into flower attracting lots of bees and butterflies
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        And the Solanum is looking good too
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          Lovely pics, Bilbo and longk...........more, more, more!!:hapfeet:
           
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          Well I thought I'd better get my camera out seeing as it is the last day in may!
          Not as many stunning flowers as some of you have!
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              A very nice garden, Mowgley, and I like the choice of plants....after my own heart!! I take it that's the Head Assistant Gardener there with the spade?!!!:heehee:
               
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                hosta's & peonies look great and the heucheras what variety is the burnt orange coloured one ?

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                Thx armandii and spruce. Yep he's out every evening with me after work telling me what needs doing and what plants need going where!
                The heuchera is caramel spruce.
                 
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                  This is Edith she came out today.
                   
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                    Hi Pam, that's a very nice Clematis.....but I'm not sure that that is Clematis Edith as Edith doesn't have a stripe in the middle of the petal:scratch::dunno::snork:


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                    I've not got Edith or the one that's in your picture but I like both.:snork: I'll try to see if I can find which Clematis it is.
                     
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                      Hard to believe that May has nearly gone as it felt more like March for most of it! So one final post - the Wisteria is in full bloom......................
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                      It's filling the garden with scent and climbing high into the Taxodium..............
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                      At a far lower level, the Lily of the Valley has been doing its stuff for a few weeks now...............
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                      Pains me to do it, but this is going to be the victim of a major cull in the near future.
                       
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                        Hi Pam, I've got a feeling that your Clematis might be Miss Bateman:snork:
                         
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