We have had a sunny but cold, windy week, getting warmer as the week has progressed, also the east wind has eased off so it is much more pleasant working in the garden. The flowers continue to open and the foliage is so delighful, so many shades of green, it is amazing.
Meconopsis cambrica
Meconopsis cambrica or the Welsh poppy is my first flower this week, it pops up in the most unlikely places, I never know where it will come up, but always welcome.
Primula veris, red shades.
My red Cowslip is now more or less fully out. I haven’t seen any seedlings round about so it doesn’t seem as vigorous as its wild cousin or maybe it is sterile and I’ll have to split it to increase it.
Primula veris
As you can see the straight Primula veris, cow parsley, seeds about with gay abandon, making a nice show wherever they land.
Viburnum plicatum Mariesii.
The Vibernums are starting to flower, this one is Viburnum plicatum Mariesii and the whole bush will soon be covered in flowers.
Orchid seedling.
My orchid has appeared again in my meadow. It spent the winter sitting in the flood water and I noticed the leaves starting to form at the beginning of this month. Hopefully by June I will have a couple of lovely orchid flowers.
Acer.
To end with I have a new little Acer up at the top of the garden and what lovely spring colour it has, I seem to remember that it has gorgeous colour in the autumn too. I don’t know its name, I think the squirrels have made away with the label!
More gardening and tidying has been done each day but there is still lots more to do and with all the fine weather there is watering of pots to add to the list. Thanks go to Jim at Garden Ruminations for hosting, do pay him a visit if you would like to see gardens from around the world.
Snap with the Meconopsis cambrica! The red Cowslip is very pretty and I’m glad to see the Orchid has reappeared.
The acer is such a gorgeous colour. I’m looking forward to seeing the orchid in a couple of months’ time.
What a fantastic coloured acer ! I smiled when I read that the squirrel had played with the label. Is that possible where you live? Here, the wind blows them off or the frost breaks them.
Lovely meconopsis too !