Spring in the Garden with lots of tulips

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!

Easter weekend

From temperatures around 20 degrees C earlier in the week, it feels as if we are back in Winter this weekend here in the UK.  However, the garden is coming to life and seems to be coping with the downward temperatures.  My standard cherry Kojo-no-mai is flowering well.  I treated myself to it last year, at the beginning of lockdown, but it had just finished flowering when I received it.   

A year on and it is looking lovely.

Some tulips in the border are starting to bloom too - i am not sure if this is Brown Sugar or Cairo!

A little self seeded purple primula is flowering  under the patio table.

More tulips.

Bright blue scillas.

The beautiful native primrose which has seeded itself at the base of a rose in a pot.

A violet which has seeded itself everywhere, but is welcome nonetheless (unless it is where I really don't want it to be).

Beautiful Lathyrus vernus which is a joy every year.  This one is in a pot and features on my blog every year, because it is always a delight to see it.

Happy Easter to you and keep warm. I believe snow is forecast for tomorrow!

Lots to enjoy in the garden

 With the sunny weather, the garden is blooming.  Tulips Ballerina and Brown Sugar above, in the border.

 I'm not sure what this one is - it was part of a mix a few years ago, but has repeat flowered.

 The inside of Brown Sugar.

 A pot of Negrita.

 It's not all about tulips though.  Here is a perennial Nemesia 'Confetti' which I have pretty much ignored but which flowers every year. 

 The scillas are coming to an end but that shade of blue is lovely.

 This was another tulip from the mix, but has also come back.

 Clematis Rosy Pagoda is still doing well.

 The lilac and Magnolia 'Susan' look lovely against the blue sky.

 This is Tulip Cairo which was a new one this year. 

 I received a patio apple from my sister for my birthday earlier in the year and it is flowering.

I planted a few tulip Danceline from last year in the border and several have reappeared.

 A world away from the brightly coloured tulips is this little viola - 'Freckles' which is very well behaved and seems happy in a pot.  I have a purple viola which seeds itself everywhere and is a bit of a nuisance.

Finally for now, an astrantia which is also in a pot and in a very sheltered part of the garden.  I bought it last year at RHS Chatsworth I think and the flower should darken to burgundy red as it ages.