Spring has arrived now, although it has been a bit colder again this week. However, the plants don't seem to have minded. This is quite a photo heavy post, but I just couldn't help it - I love this time of year! Above is Clematis Frankie...
and here is elegant 'Blue Dancer', both growing up the arch.
Tulips in the border have done well - Brown Sugar or Cairo - not sure which.
Brown Sugar/Cairo with a little Ronaldo.
Narcissus Triandrus which came back this year.
Clematis 'Rosy Pagoda' looking pretty.
Lathyrus vernus with pink and purple pea-like flowers.
Clematis 'Rosy Pagoda' again.
Tulip Ballerina...
...more Clematis Frankie...
...and again with tulip 'Danceline'.
New Ronaldo tulips, planted in a pot.
Brown Sugar/Cairo, Ballerina and apple blossom.
Ballerina, Brown Sugar/Cairo and Danceline.
Ballerina, Ronaldo and a little Red Shine - I love this colour combination.
Erythronium Pagoda with its delicate swept back petals...
...near to an Epimedium x versicolor sulphureum, I think.
These tulips are out at the front, in a pot. They started off yellow but have turned a lovely orange. They are 'Sunlover'.
Lovely flowers.
The fringed tulip which seems to come back each year now.
More Ronaldo.
More fringed tulip.
Magnolia Susan and Lilac flowers...
...and again.
Ballerina in a pot, really glowing.
Finally (well done if you made it this far), a rest for the eyes in the form of Ginkgo Biloba Mariken. It will be the turn of alliums, aquilegia and astrantias next and then roses!
Spring is SUCH an exiting time of year isn't it? And your garden is exciting me with thoughts of what to plant for ours. Your morning wanders must be a real treat at the moment.
ReplyDeleteThanks, EC. I do enjoy the morning wanders, listening to the birds and seeing what else is in flower. There are a lot of aphids about at the moment, which isn't so nice but I hope the ladybirds will come and help out!
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Ellie
Wow your tulips are wonderful, I have tulip envy, I love tulips but my bulbs always get eaten by pesky mice! The few I have are not in flower yet but I love it when they do.
ReplyDeleteThanks, sustainablemum. I am gradually building up my tulips in the borders but am running out of space. Are your tulips in pots or in the borders? I always grow some new bulbs in pots first then plant them into the borders in the autumn.
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Ellie
Lots & lots of eye candy and I love it, Ellie. Thank you for the treat this morning, with my coffee! ~Andrea xoxo
ReplyDeleteThanks, Andrea. I hadn't realised quite how many photos I had included in this post! I'm glad you enjoyed them.
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Ellie
What a wonderful display! Exotic and exciting names again! "Brown sugar" makes me think of the caribbean :-). Thoroughly enjoyed all these photos. Amanda x
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amanda. The tulips are just about holding on, but a lot are over now. On to the alliums and astrantias, peonies and then roses! I do love that about gardening - there is always something to look forward to.
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Ellie
Beautiful flowers, such an array of shapes and colours, your garden must be looking extremely pretty xcx
ReplyDeleteThanks, Chrissie. It does look pretty when everything is out together. Lots more Spring flowers to come, I hope!
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Ellie
WOW!! So very pretty. So much color. Your yard must be gorgeous. LOVE the orange (brown sugar) tulips. Such a pretty color. My white jonquils are just about finished and the flowering trees have been ruined by all the wind and rain (boo, it happens too often). Lots of green due to the rain, but no other colors yet in my yard. Iris are up, so should be the next to bloom. They are the dark double purples, so looking forward to that.
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Thanks, Sandy. The Brown Sugar tulips are pretty reliable so far. It has been very dry during April here, so I have been watering my pots. I have tried to grow irises but failed dismally, so have to enjoy them in other people's gardens instead.
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Ellie
I completely agree Ellie, spring warrants LOTS & LOTS of pictures. Those orange tulips are stunning. Love the purply blues of your Lathyrus too! It's all looking very exciting in your garden :) x
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lulu. It is a lovely time of year, isn't it? Things seem to be growing and changing almost every night. It is exciting to see what is in flower every day.
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Ellie