The Spring Garden - more tulips (part two)

I do like taking photos of the sky through Magnolia Susan as the unfurling leaves and tracery of branches make a lovely foreground.

Blue sky and white clouds help too.

Here is Rhododendron Patty Bee flowering beautifully.

Although there is no scent, this is a very pretty flower.

Rhododendron Tinkerbird in its second year and with the buds just starting to open.  It came through the winter well and I was really looking forward to seeing the flowers but then of course, we had more rain.  Would the flowers get battered?

So far, so good.  The scent was not very strong though, due to the dull weather.

I have recently bought some Lewisias, here a white and pink one.  They have a mass of flowers at the moment, but I do need to pot them on.

Ballerina and Red Shine in the border.The wall does show them off well.

 Here's Rhododendron Tinkerbird this morning - fully open and smelling wonderful - a strong jasmine fragrance.  Star of the garden at the moment, I think.

The flowers are beautiful too.

 Another view, just because I can!

 Here is tulip Shirley doing well and showing the delicate colouring on the edges of the petals.

 Another close up.

Tulip Brown Sugar again.  It has done really well this year. There will be one more post featuring tulips as there are two tubs by the front door, but they are not quite in flower yet.