Another in Scotland, between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Rhododendrons, azaleas, clematis montana, oriental poppies, alliums, geraniums, lithospermum, saxifrage London Pride, Welsh poppies, lilac, aquilegia, erysimum Bowles mauve and the yellow one?, astrantia, centaurea montana, lupins almost out and not forgetting daisies and buttercups
There are later-flowering aquilegias if you want to extend their season, Hogweed. Many of the American-based species flower later .... but not necessarily the ones that you find in garden centres, many f1s will be timed at the early end of the market (or at least grown that way, to tempt us early in the season!).
All my Aquilegia vulgaris cultivars are over now, or a bare few flowers left (where does the time go?) but my 2nd National Collection of A hybrids are still going strong... and I mean strong, many are over 4' tall. These sorts include other traits besides later flowering: larger flowers; holding their heads at different angles, not shyly hanging but outwatrds and even tipping upwards; yellow in the colour-scheme; different shades of colour eg brighter reds than A vulgaris and clearer blues as well as interesting mauves, lilacs and purples in a seemingly fractionless range (rather than distinctive colour-steps of colours/tints)
In particular I'm breeding large, long-spurred ones that cope with Swansea's 'warm' wet winters without dying, and doubles with yellow in, eg red & yellow doubles.
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forgot viloas campanulas and climbing hydrangea
and antirrhinums..that is it!
I'll know what's flowering in a month because I've grown them all from seed
I have got Nastursium and lobelia that overwintered, various iris, antirrhinums, David Austin Roses, rugosa roses, Clematis and Fuchsia riccartoni.
Another in Scotland, between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Rhododendrons, azaleas, clematis montana, oriental poppies, alliums, geraniums, lithospermum, saxifrage London Pride, Welsh poppies, lilac, aquilegia, erysimum Bowles mauve and the yellow one?, astrantia, centaurea montana, lupins almost out and not forgetting daisies and buttercups
There are later-flowering aquilegias if you want to extend their season, Hogweed. Many of the American-based species flower later .... but not necessarily the ones that you find in garden centres, many f1s will be timed at the early end of the market (or at least grown that way, to tempt us early in the season!).
All my Aquilegia vulgaris cultivars are over now, or a bare few flowers left (where does the time go?) but my 2nd National Collection of A hybrids are still going strong... and I mean strong, many are over 4' tall. These sorts include other traits besides later flowering: larger flowers; holding their heads at different angles, not shyly hanging but outwatrds and even tipping upwards; yellow in the colour-scheme; different shades of colour eg brighter reds than A vulgaris and clearer blues as well as interesting mauves, lilacs and purples in a seemingly fractionless range (rather than distinctive colour-steps of colours/tints)
In particular I'm breeding large, long-spurred ones that cope with Swansea's 'warm' wet winters without dying, and doubles with yellow in, eg red & yellow doubles.