Whats Looking good May 2024

I think it's pomegranate as well @CarolineL I thought it was early until I checked location.

 

Excellent guess @CarolineL. It's punica granatum, pomegranate.

 

A few of my Hibiscus rosa-sinensis blooming.

Double Peach (but blooming single) in the ground ...


Pacific Paradise ...


April ...


Fantasy







Red ...

 

Roses Mary Delaney and The Pilgrim are starting to flower in my gravel border in the front garden.

A view down the border towards the cistus which is having a very good year.

 

@CarolineL I have had that M salignus in the ground for 12 years and is the hardiest one I have taking -7c without damage where others have died eg Citrinus Splendens, White Anzac, or been scorched, laevis and Perth Pink and viminalis Hot Pink. I may have given @pete the seed many years ago.

 

Thanks @strongylodon - I have rigidus, seedlings from a plant I grew in my mum's garden more than 50 years ago - and it was still there up to 5 years ago! But captain cook variety died here. I have another red one (from pruning at Wales Botanic Garden) which has bigger bright flowers than rigidus, but I suspect too iffy to put outside

 

Thanks @Ante1 - looking good. My plant has only just started breaking leaf.
I'll post another plant breaking leaf - rhododendron falconeri.

A friend gave it after finding it discarded and very potbound. I have hopes of putting it in my wooded area once it has had some TLC. The new leaves are like felt!

 

Solanum laxum


Salvia grown from seed years ago label long lost, planted out last year.

Erodium "Bishop's Form"

Aquilega time

 

Some photos from this evening.


I really like the colour of this salvia - Salmia Orange

Clematis Nubia and Rose Julia Child.

 

Love the colours on that Delphinium, @pitter-patter.

 

Wild foxglove in my garden
Some sort of poppy, it's more orange than this.

 

Few more flowers.

For the first time I grow petunias from seed.





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