What's looking good in May 2012

2 heuchera Berry smoothie, with a huechera electra in the middle and 2 dryopteris affinis the king ferns in the back (behind the middle huechera is a fatsia spiderweb, but it's still tiny

 

a T-rex .... got this as a plug plant and it's still tiny but growing fast .... behind is a huechera Georgia peach and a small sambucus black tower in the background

 

Thanks Shiney, I shall try to make it. I think I may be in London that weekend, but could always make a mini detour.

 

The main reason we can come is that I've stopped work now having worked every other weekend for 23 years (and on weekend rotas for 20 years before that) I'm glad it's finished and have all weekends free, so I sympathise with anyone who has to work on them.

 

I felt that there were, at last 4 piccies that I could put on GC. What a difference a dry, warmer day makes. Planting up planters, window box toms and 2 hanging baskets. Lots of young blackbirds to keep me company.

 

Grevillea Canberra Gem staring to flower.


Actinidia just goes more and more pink.


Polmonium Stairway to Heaven.


Erysimum Linifolium Variegatum possibly Stars and Stripes.

 

yup .... the edges is something I need to sort, .... have made mention to the client that there is plastic edging that will sort that ....

this is a new garden in a new build area, and is coming along nicely now .... pretty full and still a bit of space for a few coleus and a few brunnera jack frost

the plants are still small but will look good in a year or 2

 

Just had another look at this post - it's almost as if you've moved in with me. The new garden is equally smothered in F. me Nots and similar plants too!

 

I'm really pleased that I took the trouble to lift this before the move, as it's the first time that it has flowered for me.

Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus

 

That's very elegant Longk.

 

Thanks Sheal - particularly nice that it's an early blooming species.

 

lovely pics bilbo,theres a guy on gardeners world forum that has aquilegia reaching 1.2 mtrs this yr,must be the wet spring..mine are dinky type but will get some pics tomo if the suns out