What's Looking Good in April 2014

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  1. shiney

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    I think this is a form of Anchusa and it grows wild around our willow tree.
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    A nice combination of plants
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    The variegated elderberry is coming into full leaf now
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    The golden grasses are now getting into their stride around the garden
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    This poppy is trying to open and unfurl
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    And I found this hiding behind some other plants. It's too colourful to hide!
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      All looking wonderful Mr Shiny - especially that wine red cowslip,
      Jenny
       
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      Thanks, Jenny :blue thumb:. There are lots of the red ones in that area. :)

      Did yours survive?
       
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      Damned well grows wild everywhere here:mad::wallbanging:
       
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      Sadly , no they didn't Mr Shiney. They got quickly smothered by ivy which I failed to remove enough of initially I think. I would like to try another one in a different spot so please, can you put one by for me when I visit in late May?
      Jenny
       
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      My Cherry Tree

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      Dicentra Spectrablis

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      :spinning: :thumbsup:
       
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        Will do :blue thumb:
         
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          Around my garden yesterday.

          The bluebells in all their spring glory.

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          A happy accident. This is a row of wallflower plants which I simply never got around to planting out last autumn. They're now flowering quite happily, surrounded by forget-me-nots, making an attractive combination.

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          This is a very dry, sunny patch between the shed and the vegetable garden which has simply 'evolved' over the years. It now contains various plants and wildflowers which have seeded themselves there over time and thrived. Anything which seems happy there and is colourful, I leave to its own devices.
          A few of the plants currently flowering, or about to flower are; honesty, calendula, garlic mustard, forget-me-nots, oregano, wild poppies, white campion, foxgloves and campanula.

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          A lone calendula peeping through a sea of forget-me-nots.

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            Some more tulips and daffodils
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            Pulsatilla halleri ssp slavica
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            A few white bluebells that I didn't know I had until very recently
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              This Lewisia started blooming today.................
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              No idea as to the species as it was a bargain bin rescue last summer for the princely sum of 50p. It has recovered well though..................
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                That's a lovely colour Longk - very pretty!
                 
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                  Works well for me!
                   
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                    3 yrs waiting but they are starting to flower:hapydancsmil: @strongylodon
                    Callistermon Salignus..i think :)
                    Pallidus as a lemon scent so it must be salignus [​IMG]
                     
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                        More tulips flowering and my clematis Montana is looking fantastic

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