WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN MAY 2018

You could grow one in a big pot on your patio, use ericeatous compost and the same fertilizer or feed. Don't know about putting the pot in the ground. @Verdun might know.

 

I grow huge numbers of Rhododendrons @Jack Sparrow but mine are in the garden . If i were you I would grow dwarf Azaleas in pots rather than Rhododendrons. Some Azaleas are a bit on the tender side but in pots you could shelter them from the worst of the winter. Whatever you choose just remember to plant shallow and water constantly during the summer. If your tap water is very alkali then try and water with collected rain water. Use a peat based ericaceous compost and if you have it loads of leaf mould.

 

Hebe Lilac, can you spot the photo bombing bug Berries on our Fatsia Japonica

 

Laburnum, only flowers like this on even years,

 

Its been doing it for years, biennial bearing I guess, if it was a fruit tree.

 

Both wisterias at their peak. It's downhill from now on with lots of petals from the one on the back of the house ending up in the koi pool.




This one is always later than the others.

 

A few shots from the garden today.

 

Any pics of your pond @martin-f ??

 

The bracts on Davidii are more mature now, and bigger than last year. Laburnum 'Vossii' looking quite grand

 

Things are just starting to grow Luci the blue flowers in the above picture is growing in the pond and the white flower appears to be happy sat under the water pump feature,

Ive decided to cover the top lip i have some stone to pickup for the job i will also loose the plastic waterfall and make my own from stone, ive got lots of fine tuning jobs to do around the garden

 

Cypripedium................
Cypripedium by longk48, on Flickr