The main thing in mine is wild primrose flowering it's socks off. It seems to be a good year for them. I also have some red campion in a pot waiting to go somewhere and some pulmonaria... the spotty one. I had two tulips flowering but they seem to have drowned or been blown to pieces. My garden is so far behind that I was deligted to see my "dead" hostas appear last week!
Here’s a pic of my first rose of the season - Lady of Shallot. It’s go so many buds I couldn’t resist picking a couple. Marlorena you have been vindicated, gorgeous colour this year rather than the pale sickly cream ones from last year
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Fabulous rose @Nollie. My garden is a riot of colour even after our hard winter and non-spring. Some narcissii are still going strong, tulips are starting to come out; kerria has been blooming for weeks as has the forsythia; marigolds at the pond flowering away; brunnera; pulmonaria; amelanchier; aubrietia; that bright blue gentian rockery plant tumbling down the walls; bright pink anemones; hellebores still going strong; epimediums been flowering for weeks; bergenias; magnolia; grape hyacinths; wallflower; honesty; viburnum tinus with its glorious perfume; skimmia........... I'm sure I have forgotten some!
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Hi Nollie Am I right that your Salvia Caradonna are now in flower. Mine are still growing after winter stress and will not expect any flower until mid June
East Sussex - In flower and doing well, Montana, ceanothus, peris, hellebores, scabious, tiarella, azalea...... lots of growth and buds coming along nicely for alliums, aquilegia, heuchera, geranium, astrantia and other clematis. Hoping that the weather remains calm for a while! Lost a jasmine due to frost and wind. Cyclamen were short lived this year and agapanthus are just getting going. Guess it's going to be a bit of a strange one this year. Let's see......
Thanks, @hogweed, very chuffed with the rose, but your list is envy-inducing impressive!! @greenfingers steve yes the caradonna are about 35cm high and in flower - they were new 9cm plants bought and grown on in the poly this year. Very impressed with the growth rate, from a teeny tiny nubble of green to ‘proper’ plants in about 8 weeks.
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I'm delighted you are now enjoying your rose 'Lady of Shalott' Nollie, and that's a beautiful photo of it too... if one doesn't object to the often strong colour, this is a great blooming rose...
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I had two tulips flowering but they seem to have drowned or been blown to pieces.
My garden is so far behind that I was deligted to see my "dead" hostas appear last week!
My garden is a riot of colour even after our hard winter and non-spring.
Some narcissii are still going strong,
tulips are starting to come out;
kerria has been blooming for weeks as has the forsythia;
marigolds at the pond flowering away;
brunnera;
pulmonaria;
amelanchier;
aubrietia;
that bright blue gentian rockery plant tumbling down the walls;
bright pink anemones;
hellebores still going strong;
epimediums been flowering for weeks;
bergenias;
magnolia;
grape hyacinths;
wallflower;
honesty;
viburnum tinus with its glorious perfume;
skimmia...........
I'm sure I have forgotten some!
Am I right that your Salvia Caradonna are now in flower. Mine are still growing after winter stress and will not expect any flower until mid June
@greenfingers steve yes the caradonna are about 35cm high and in flower - they were new 9cm plants bought and grown on in the poly this year. Very impressed with the growth rate, from a teeny tiny nubble of green to ‘proper’ plants in about 8 weeks.