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.

Back again!

One of the very nice IT boffins at work was able to sort the computer out for us, so we were very pleased we wouldn't need to buy a new one just yet.  However, all my photos and saved pictures etc. have gone (luckily, I keep my photos in several places so was able to put them back), but not the pictures.  A salutary lesson - I won't save so many and I will print them out if I really want to keep them.
It has been so cold and grey for what seems like months, but despite the distinctly un-Spring-like weather, the garden is doing its best to provide some colour. I went out this morning to see what I could find.

 Lathyrus vernus...

 and Lathyrus vernus with pretty pink and white flowers.

 Muscari latifolium, bringing a lovely splash of blue...

 ...and erythronium Pagoda which has steadily grown and looks as though it will have lots of flowers this year.

 A new plant - Rhododendron Bloombux (not a very attractive name). It is a dwarf plant with pink flowers in May and June and can be shaped like topiary after flowering.  It had several buds on it, so we'll see how it does.

 Another Rhododendron, Patty Bee, which has yellow flowers in April/May.  It has lots of buds so I am looking forward to seeing them open.

 The camassias 'Blue Candle' I ordered at RHS Chatsworth last June have come through the winter and have put on a bit of growth.  I am sure that they have enjoyed the rain.

 The hellebores are still doing well.  White...

 Pink Picotee...

and the pink spotted one.  Nest week, we are being told that temperatures will get to 18 degrees centigrade.  This is hard to believe at the moment, but it will be lovely if it is true!