What's looking good in May 2012

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  1. longk

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    I can show you what's not looking good - my Iris japonica.

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    Slugs 'n snails have had every bloom so far!!
     
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      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      Weathers looking up a bit so I got the camera out
       

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        Ye gods! That's us well and truly humbled!!

        Lovely!
         
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        Thankyou longk, I'm sorry I've not been posting in this section for quite a while.:redface:
         
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        Wow great pictures and plants Pete:love30:, what is the second plant on the top row please :biggrin:
         
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        Its King Protea, only one flower bud this year, I'm assuming due to me planting it out last summer from a pot.
         
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          That's a nice fat protea bud Pete:blue thumb: . With the poor soil I have here I might try Proteas again.
           
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            Strongy, I saw some very nice yellow flowered Banksias growing outside the temperate house a Kew last time I was there.
            Surely worth a try in your area.
            I dont actually have acid soil, and its a bit clayey, but how long a protea can survive is experimental.
             
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            Another Aquilegia just starting to flower; not sure what type this is, it was a little seedling growing in a pot (with 3 others) of another plant I got last year, so I pricked them out and grew them on and this is what's opening....love it, very sturdy plants with LOTS of small double flowers :dbgrtmb:

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              Thats a beauty Bilbo :dbgrtmb:, my aquilegias seem to be way behind everyone elses nowhere near flowering yet.
              The tree peonies are fully open though :biggrin:
              This is the one from above
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                ive not had one aquilegia flower yet,im jealous bilbo and i cant live far fom you :SUNsmile:
                 
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                Hi Joolz, I'm in Long Eaton, so not too far; another a week and I think they'll all be out....:dbgrtmb:
                 
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                  No aquilegas out yet in my garden eithter,
                   
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                  Nice Aquilegia, Bilboe. :dbgrtmb:

                  Joolz and Jenny, they'll be out pretty soon now. The ones I put up last week on this thread were only in flower because they're in one of my specially protected plant growing areas - it's called 'the car port' :heehee:. They're in pots and ready for sale. The others in the uncovered areas and in the garden are trying to flower but haven't succeeded yet - but will start next week. We haven't got all that many in the garden - only about 3,000 :hate-shocked: :lunapic 130165696578242 5:

                  Our pink tree peony has started to flower and has somewhere between 20 and 30 buds on it.
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                  More tulips
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                  The exochordas are starting to go over a bit
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                  Some more alliums are beginning to show their heads
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                  and the rest of the garden is suddenly rushing ahead now that the temperature has risen

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                    Bilbo, Simbad and Shiney......just gorgeous!!
                     
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