Sunday, May 26, 2013

Springtime at last!

it's been a long time coming, but Spring is finally in full bloom.  The garden is looking amazing, and is buzzing with bees. 
Lily of the valley
 Clematis Doctor Ruppel (should be Miss Bateman, but they sent the wrong one, and I have only realised now that it has flowered.  Happily they have replaced it, but now I need to find a new spot for my Miss Bateman!
 Dicentra Spectabilis Alba.  This is new to the garden this year.  I was never particularly taken with these before, but now I'm hooked.  Can't get enough of them.
 Lupins from Wickens Place.  I adore this colour, and love the veining in the petals
 My new Centaura Montana, the perenial cornflower
and the yet-to-be-planted Viburnum Opulus 'Roseum', taken from a cutting of a cutting from "Goldings" around fourteen years ago.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Tulips

The tulips this year are quite specacular.  I think even more so than last year, perhaps because they are a little more established.  These are White Triumphator and the pink ones at the back are Ballade