@Fire I'm growing Fire King for the first time this year and it hasn't started flowering yet so I'm excited to see yours. It looks fab!
Frilly tulip. I planted so many I can't remember what this is called.
Prunus - it's shorter than me but flowers its socks off!
I wasn't sure if the frost would get it but we were lucky.
This bed was covered in ground elder last year so I need to add a bit more structure to it this month. In the background dwarf magnolias - they were just bare sticks for most of last year. I'm hoping the one on the right will attempt to flower next year too! At the front of the bed is the Sicilian chamomile recommended by @josusa47 - covered in flower buds and attempting world domination!
A good year for my daffodils - Tresamble and Barrett Browning in there somewhere.
First time growing Brown Sugar. I've got Copper Image coming up in the same pot but not quite ready to flower.
@Camelliad my garden group did a bulk order, and it's exciting to see Fire King and our assorted tulips popping up all over the neighbourhood. The wallflowers smell amazing, partly because I planted blocks together. In previous years I didn't plant them en masse - I do think that is how they and tulips do best - almost touching. I could have put in double of both again. It would be interesting to see how the colours change when planted in strong sun and when in shade. Mine are mostly in dappled shade, so all are more or less the same colour.
The bare root wallflowers are a good investment in the autumn and cheap as chips. Pollinators like them too. What more could you ask?
@Fire that's so lovely. Yes agreed re: planting en masse. I'm learning to do this slowly and am annoyed with myself whenever I don't now! When will you cut Fire King back? Straight after flowering?
My wallflowers seem to last a long time. In the past I have keep them going into previous years. They get a bit woodier, but bigger. This year I will keep them in until they no more use to the bees. I will have a load of digitalis Illumination to go in their place.
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Frilly tulip. I planted so many I can't remember what this is called.
Prunus - it's shorter than me but flowers its socks off!
I wasn't sure if the frost would get it but we were lucky.
This bed was covered in ground elder last year so I need to add a bit more structure to it this month. In the background dwarf magnolias - they were just bare sticks for most of last year. I'm hoping the one on the right will attempt to flower next year too! At the front of the bed is the Sicilian chamomile recommended by @josusa47 - covered in flower buds and attempting world domination!
A good year for my daffodils - Tresamble and Barrett Browning in there somewhere.
First time growing Brown Sugar. I've got Copper Image coming up in the same pot but not quite ready to flower.
First geranium
Shady end plants
Artichoke
What's that saying about being able to tread on five daisies?