What's looking good in May

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  1. lost_in_france

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    Rhododendrons
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    Dwarf delphinium
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    Calla lilies - they're huge this year
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    Aquilegia - self seeded as white though the parent plant is pink
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    White iris - don't normally have so much white in the garden. Don't know what's happened this year!
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    Foxgloves
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      Iris 2015 001.JPG Dutch Iris , dont know what its called :dunno: it did have one.
       
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        Buttercups, on the hill where we walk Pup twice a day, and sit under a Hawthorn bush smothered with fragrant May blossom, all only 7 mins walk from our front door.

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          Clematis Piilu "Little Duckling"
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            Oh, that is lovely Jenny
             
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                was away at my mums for the week dogsitting and have come back to lots of lovely things

                allium mount everest

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                Iris

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                allium purple sensation

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                one of the honeysuckles i think its lonicera x heckrottii gold flame if not its red gables or dropmore scarlet lol

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                the hostas

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                Lonicera sempervirens

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                green globe artichoke altho this bud has now been removed as its the plants first year

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                lewisia cotyledon

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                standard dwarf lilac

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                  When I first saw this I thought oooh, I've never heard of a foxglove wallflower before. Then it clicked it was two separate plants, what a div :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
                   
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                    Arisaema speciosum..................
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                    A recent purchase to replace the ones that I had lost in the ground over the winter (which all emerged as soon as I'd bought this!) but worthy of a photo or two.................
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                      Oh my!! I love those!
                       
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                          I like this Lily thing. I bought the bulb in a charity shop for 50p. It's huge now :0) image.jpg
                           
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                            The first time I've grown Gooseberries and I just found some on the plant. They're quite small, but definitely Gooseberries:hapfeet:
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                              Thought I'd share this with everyone... :)Yet to look up what it is...

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