What's Looking Good In May 2013

So excited about this grown from seed last year and 7 or 8 plants have buds forming
Campanula 'Thyrsoides'

Geranium pyrenaicum 'Summer Sky'

Corydalis 'Taliensis'

Good old Woodruff :-)

Knew I had a pink one :-), just starting to open, 'Rheum Tanguticum'

 

simbad - that tree Peony is stunning

Few of my Rhodies are looking good ...

 

Welsh poppy



How about this big cauli? Its leaves are 60 cm long!! Wish I had some chickens to feed these leaves to.

 

A few from the last couple of weeks:

 

And more!





"Now listen up you lot..."

 

I just whacked mine in a pot with compost, whats the benefit of your method? Can you do it with all squash/pumpkin? Ta

 

simbad - the Campanula is looking good!

A few quickies;

The Lilac and Rose are blooming in unison again. A little late, but both as good as last year.............


It's time for the Aquilega cull - as they bloom they are either taken out (due to insipid colours) or allowed to stay. This one's a keeper.............


Tulip "Queen of the Night"................


The Eccromocarpus scaber on the west side is now fully at war with next doors Clematis..........


Euphorbia..................


And another shot of my Clianthus puniceus as more blooms open...............

 

Very interesting, I'm guessing that's just water and tissue paper in there. I do the usual 'soak it for 24 hours to help germination' thing but your method looks brill. Do you heat it a lot?

 

From left to right, Atlantic Giant, Honey Bear F1 Squash, Butternut Hawk F1 Squash:


Repotted the rude cactus:


Repotted one of Lolimac's Cayenne chili's:


More and more of these taking up residence in my fly-away greenhouse (what are they?):

 

Looking good nFrost
Your mystery plant looks like Veronica Filiformis (speedwell) a wildflower, very invasive given the chance

 

Rhododendron Purple Passion

 

Daisies and Speedwell in my mini wildflower hedge:


Aquilegia:


Why do some not like aquilegia? I think they're brill in a v amateurish way!

 

Things that are doing well here are Cistus which is flowering profusely, Eucomis is really starting to grow.. it'll be flowering before June is out. Also Euphorbia mellifera is becoming a tree, and Callistemon (Bottlebrush) is putting out new shoots, which will adorn this year flowers.

Things are looking generally good anyway.

 

I don't dislike it as such, it's just the insipid colours of some of the self seeders that bugs me.

Ye gods! Mine are barely emerging!