Another week has flown by with mainly dry weather, I even had to get the watering can out, blow the cobwebs off and start watering pots once more. Everywhere is looking a lot greener, trees and shrubs are putting out lovely fresh leaves and I have made good progress cutting back various shrubs, still a few more to go though. The sunshine has brought more flowers out so must get on with SOS…………
Amelanchier.
The Amelanchier in the centre of the garden is covered with lovely blossom, I think this is its best year yet. In previous years bullfinches have come and eaten the buds, but I haven’t seen any for a while now, not even on the bird feeder and this is the result!
The flowers are only small and widely spaced apart, but this year there are so many of them.
Pulsatilla.
The Pulsatillas have started flowering this week and are looking rather lovely on the alpine scree.
Getting rather battered today by Storm Dave, but coping well so far¬
Veronica.
A little Veronica which I have growing over the edge of the wall which holds the rockery back, such a lovely tiny blue flower, makes good ground cover, sorry, don’t know which variety it is.
So many more flowers have opened up since yesterday when I took my photos!
Tulip Peppermint Stick.
Tulip Peppermint Stick opened during the week, it was standing straight up, but with the wind this week, it has now flopped, hopefully more will be out next weekend, if they survive gale Dave!
I think Dave has arrived, the trees etc are being lashed around, hope Peppermint stick survives!
Narcissus.
An unknown narcissus I’m afraid, will try to find more as I like this one very much.
Narcissus Pipit up at the top of the garden, this one has a really delighful perfume,
Erythronium.
Erythronium californicum White Beauty decided to open this week too, such a beautiful flower, one of the woodland ephemerals, blink and you miss it, but so worth waiting for.
There we have my offering for this week, its all change with early flowers going over and new flowers coming all the time. It’s that time of year when I struggle to catch up with all that needs doing, but I know that I’ll get there eventually. Thanks to Jim for organising, do pay him a visit if you would like to see other gardens from around the world.
The Amelanchier is stunning. Some of my Peppermint Tulips have toppled before they’ve even opened! It’s a lovely Tulip though.
Thanks Graeme, it has made such a difference not having the bullfinches eating the buds. Peppermint Stick is my favourite, but I don’t think they will stand up for long tonight!
It seems funny calling a storm Dave, it sounds as if you are on chummy terms with it. Thankfully, he hasn’t reached Suffolk. Lovely amelanchier and wow, I am mad about Tulip ‘Peppermint Stick’. Your pretty daffodil looks like one I grow called ‘Romance’.
It is a bit of a ridiculous name isn’t it Liz, I can hear the noise in all my ancient trees at the moment, hope he dies down soon without causing any damage. Thanks for the tip about “Romance”
I really like those Pulsatilla! I’ve seen them around in my area but never knew what they were called. Definitely one for the wishlist!
The Pulsatillas like really well drained soil Kathrin, they are in a large circular raised bed which used to be a pond for the previous people here. My garden soil is heavy clay so when we made our wildlife pond and filled this one in , we filled it with very gritty, stony soil so I could grow a few plants that liked it well drained, it has worked!
Your garden is just ahead of mine. Thanks for the preview! That ‘Peppermint Stick’ Tulip is so special. And Pulsatillas in bloom are always lovely to behold!
The Peppermint Stick tulip and the Pulsatilla are next to each other on the alpine scree, they both like well drained soil and this is the only place in my garden that suits them.
It has been a bit breezy here, but I think we are missing the worst of Dave’s traits, and despite the forecasts we have had no rain for at least a week. Lots of spring colour in your garden, and I am glad the bullfinches have not found your amelanchier this year, a bird I have never seen in our garden.
I think we caught the tail of Dave passing through and that was bad enough, must have been much worse further north Cathy. We had quite a downpour this morning, which made a nice change for once. I’m happy to see the bullfinches on the bird feeders but wish they would leave my Amelanchier alone!
The peppermint stick tulip flower is really unusual and so different from the norm.
Thanks Carole, it is a lovely little tulip that I have growing in very well drained soil. It is a bed that we made years ago as the rest of the garden has very heavy clay and it would never have survived there.
such beautiful flowers and plants
Thanks you Cath, this is such a wonderful time of year, flowers exploding everywhere, making the garden look very pretty.
I have never seen such a huge Amelanchier. There are some where I work that might match for height, but are between buildings, so they are rather spindly. Yours is stunning! I am drooling over your Pulsatilla – I planted our native one as bare roots last fall, and keep looking at the place where they were planted expectantly. Around here it will be third week of May when we will see flowers based on camera history of the ones where I work. I adore them.
I think the Amelanchier has reached its full height now Elizabeth, it was one of the first plants that I planted 35 yrs ago! I love the pulsatilla too, it just keeps on flowering!