What's Looking Good in April 2014

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  1. Trunky

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    It's Honesty. Worth leaving it there after flowering for the attractive papery seed heads which will stand and provide interest right through the winter.

    A few from my garden today.

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      @Bilbo675 - I found some seed for Cerinthe from 2007 and it is germinating!
       
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        Awesome, I have a lovely clump in the garden this year, a mixture of self set seedlings and existing plants from last year :)
         
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          It's Tulip time in the borders!!!:yes::snork:

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            Fritillaria imperialis...................
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              :gaah: My Fritillaria Imperialis are nowhere near to flowering:hate-shocked::heehee:
               
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              Most of my F.persica blasted the flower buds as they started too early.
              I've still got a couple of Fritillary species to come:hapydancsmil:
               
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                The blossom trees look beautiful after yesterday's wash,
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                  The borders are just "popping" with shoots jumping up:hapydancsmil::snork:

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                  The old Bird Bath is slowly disappearing under the surrounding growth:heehee:
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                  I was worried about my Solomons Seal as it seemed to be slow to appear, and it's one of my many favourite plants, due to the fact that I've planted a lot of bulbs in the area this year and perhaps I'd had lost the Solomons Seal.........but!!:hapydancsmil:
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                  These two pots had overwintered reasonably well in the Green House during the Winter but I
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                    No photo's (where is there time in the day for *that*!!???)

                    But, for the first ever year, my Triffid is giving me buds of flower :hapfeet:
                    To the experienced gardener, I'm talking ... Angelica!
                    To the novice gardener, I'm taking ... :wow: Who knew!!???

                    It is an amazing plant ... even though it has taken a couple (no, @Bilbo675 , not 10; just a couple) of years to *get* there. Great plant :thumbsup:
                     
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                      @Jenny namaste - love your Magnolia!

                      @ARMANDII - my Solomons Seal have been very late to emerge too. But then when I think about it, surely it's just a case of everything else being early this year?
                       
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                        You're right of course, longk, and that thought has been at the back of my mind. Everything seems to be the opposite of last year where we seemed to be around six weeks late. But, I tend to get a bit paranoiac:rolleyespink::th scifD36: about some of my plants that have memories and connections with the past if they're, to my mind, a bit slow to appear:heehee:
                         
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                          Tulips are now beginning to open and Daffs are still looking good
                          I think this one is tulip Green Star

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                            Those white Forget-Me-Nots are brill, where'd you get them?
                             
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