As they say in Scotland the weather at the start of the month has been “dreek" around here. Though to be fair there have been a few interludes of warm sunshine but not enough to catch up on the 3 week delay of Spring.
At the beginning of April the witch hazels finally finished flowering along with the snowdrops and a few of the Iris Reticulata are just about to finish flowering and in their place is all of this........................
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I’ll let the photos do the talking today. (A few highlighted in pink are linked to blog posts relating to them) . .
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| The last of the Crocus flowers | Primrose Emily |
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| Eranthis hyemalis/Winter Aconites | Erica Heather |
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| Corylus Contorta Avellena Catkins | Chionodoxa luciliae |
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| Daphne mezereum | Hellebore Unnamed Old Variety |
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| Puschkinia scilloides var libanotica | Erica Heather Pink |
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| Hellebore Unknown Old Variety | Cyclamen Coum |
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| Tete a Tete and February Gold Daffodils | Hellebore Orientalis Picotee Anemone |
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| Hellebore Niger | Scoliopus Hallii |
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| Pulmonaria Opal | Fritillaria meleagris |
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| Pulmonaria Diane Clare | Pulmonaria unknown |
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| Pulmonaria Rubra | Chaenomeles speciosa Geisha Girl |
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| Cowslip Primula Veris Cabrillo | Doronicum leonardo compactum |
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| Arabis | Ranunculus ficara flore pleno |
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| Erythronium Pagoda | Pansy |
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| Primula vulgaris Quaker's Bonnet | Dwarf Forsythia |
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| Lavender Primula Denticulata | Pulmonaria Blue Ensign |
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| Primrose Wanda | Primrose Apricot Sphinx |
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| Primrose Heritage | Pieris (a new addition to the garden) |
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| Fritillaria meleagris | White Primula Denticulata |
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| Purple Primula Denticulata | Early Tulip |
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| Early Tulip | Mahonia Aquifolium in bud |
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| Muscari | Omphalodes Cappadocica |
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| White Pansy | Anemone Blanda |
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| Tulip | Tulip |
I hope you enjoyed seeing what's in bloom in my garden on 14th April 2010. To see what's growing elsewhere around the world please visit Garden Bloggers Bloom Day at May Dreams Gardens. .
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but finally Lona at Hocking Hill's Farm asked last Friday what our favourite flower was and or favourite spring scent. I’ll leave you with my favourite flower of the season though it doesn't have a scent. It is just begining to flower in my scree bed at the front of the house and its the Pasque Flower: Pulsatilla Alba. Those little buds look so feathery and soft along with its silvery fern like foliage.
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Happy Gardening everyone!
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"Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendour, for everything in heaven and earth is yours." (1 Chronicles 29:11)
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18 comments:
Wow, what an assortment of lovely flowers you have. Happy spring to you from Australia where we are heading into our mild winter season.
That's a rather impressive assortment indeed. Difficult to choose a favorite, although I am fond of heaths and heathers. They really don't grow well here, so I'm almost never see them any more. Some of the hellebores are gorgeous too, and I see why you love the Pasque Flower so!
Lovely images of springtime in your garden. I love the photos of the gentle little pasque flower.
I think I like the denticulata primula the best... especially the white! What an enjoyable collection of photos! Larry
So many beautiful pastels in your garden! And unusual plants that seem so exotic to me. Happy Spring!
Oh Rosie, I saw so many plants that I love, you have quite a bit in flower in your garden at the moment. But that first picture of the white pasque flower, breathtaking, I felt that I could reach out and stroke it.
You have a wonderful assortment of blooms, Rosie, even with the "dreek" weather you've been having.
You know what's interesting, Rosie? We're almost tracking identically bloom for bloom at the moment, although my primula haven't yet started to bloom. (other than the denticulata that followed me home the other day). Puschkinia, chionodoxa, crocus still happening...gosh I love spring, even when the weather dips into the chill zone again like it has done today.
Dear Rosie, You must be so very tired of a winter and early spring which have brought nothing but cold and wet. What is so amazing is the way things can alter so very quickly, the evidence of which is the wide range of plants now in flower in your garden. All of your pictures give such a sense of spring.
Like you I do so love Pulsatilla, and once the flower is over the very pretty seedhead remains.
I guess all the patience in waiting for spring had finally paid off with all this glorious, beautiful spring blooms.
Very lovely...
Rosie, How blessed you are to have so much in bloom despite the challenging weather you've gone through - love the pulsatilla! Cyndy
What a beautiful collection of photos, Rosie. Your primulas were striking!
You garden must look fabulous! What a lot of beautiful spring flowers you have. I like Pulsatilla too, mine is blue.
Wonderful photos, you really do have a lot in flower right now - I'm impressed.
It would seem I have a lot of work to do with the spring garden to even be close to yours!
I'm so jealous of all your colour :)
What a wonderful range of flowers you have out. The pulsatilla is absolutely gorgeous - it looks like an angel's feather.
Oh Goodness Me....so many beautiful blooms. I'm not sure I want to post my few now ;-)
I particularly love the heathers.
Wow, what a splendid parade of blooms for GBBD. I love your fave flower too.
It is a very pretty garden.
The arrival of the spring is wonderful.
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