We have a quite different list to last year. I think the long warm autumn here has kept quite a few of our autumn bloomers going - whereas recently it's not been as mild as this time last year so our spring flowers aren't as far advanced as they were last year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Embarrassed to post but I have some violas & wallflowers 2 skimmia & a lovely Hellebore and a couple of rather frozen looking roses. Something to work on for next year though.
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I can just about drum up some pansies, a grand old Fatzia, Pieris in a pot and my shrub rose Rhapsody in blue...but I still think my garden looks amazing in its humble way
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We have a quite different list to last year. I think the long warm autumn here has kept quite a few of our autumn bloomers going - whereas recently it's not been as mild as this time last year so our spring flowers aren't as far advanced as they were last year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
There seem to be lots of flowers to be found elsewhere but I'm in the same boat as LilyP - our dog won't go out either
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I will try to count later! Maybe by using binoculars
Thank you ........
i shall enter tomorrow
A A Milne
Viburnum Tinus
Skimmia
Delphinium
Primroses
Polyanthus
Viola's
Erysimum bowles mauve
Antirrhinum
Salvia hot lips
Penstamon
Pink geranium
Orange geum
Wallflowers
Red honeysuckle
Yellow honeysuckle.
My list is pretty poor
Salvia hot lips
2 lonely white carnations 'Memories'
Primroses......loads of them
Hebe Veronica
Geranium....on the shed shelf
Patio rose....again in the shed.
A white flower.....have no idea what It is
and another I think is a Bacopa
Kerria shrub has a few flowers on it too.
wow, there's some fabulous gardens around!
I've been trying to cut back the last 25 years-worth of growth so not so much shrub flower this year but:
alpine strawberry
antirrhinum
dianthus
erysimum (yellow bushy one)
euphorbia
heathers (in planters)
pelargonium (the ones I did not have space to bring in!)
mahonia charity (birds are enjoying this)
periwinkle (major, minor and variegated)
roses
rudbeckia
skimmia
salvia (farinacea?)
viburnam tinus
viburnum new dawn
blue violas
more than I would have thought looking out through the windows!
So, I had quick check yesterday in advance and had way over 100 plants in flower
Sadly it seems that slugus giganticus came out and ate them all
All that I have left are the following:
So that's a grand total of 5
Quite pathetic really. What makes it worse is that I only know the name of the last one, Sedum Spurium 'Voodoo'.
Answers on a postcode for the others. . . . . .
Embarrassed to post but I have some violas & wallflowers 2 skimmia & a lovely Hellebore and a couple of rather frozen looking roses. Something to work on for next year though.
At least you know what yours are called DD
Lovely hellebore
Wow, you guys have amazingly long lists!
I can just about drum up some pansies, a grand old Fatzia, Pieris in a pot and my shrub rose Rhapsody in blue...but I still think my garden looks amazing in its humble way