April Garden Colour

would be even better if I could see Pete's ones! Put them back on photobucket, Pete, please!!
I can't post photos just now, unfortunately - but with a bit of luck I'll get a compatible cable for my camera and laptop soon! All this technology, I don't know.... In my young days... Sorry, feeling my age today, must be shovellling all tha mushroom compost (can't even remember how many tons they saud it was!!)

 

Should be there now.

 

Glad you liked - don't forget to add to the monthly colour topics so we continue to develop these as a resource

 

My first tulip of the year.



This is one that got missed and left in situ beside a large stone SW facing wall. Daffodils etc can be left to naturalise but Tulips need a rest period, ideally in warm dry conditions for the bulb to flower again the following year. If they are likely to get too wet they can rot in the ground so if this is the case then lift them after the leaves have died down and store them in dry sand in a warm dark airy place to mature and replant 3x bulb height or about 10cm deep in late autumn (when you see them for sale in garden centres is ideal time) Don't forget to label them with colours or names etc! All bulbs, including tulips, will flower better the following year if flower heads are removed before setting seed and the leaves left to die back naturally rather than cut off too early. The leaves provide food for the bulb to store for the following year and dieback stimulates the bud formation deep within the bulb.

[ 04. April 2006, 11:19 PM: Message edited by: frogesque ]

 

Azalea standard

 

my small contriburion from last April

 

Thanks, Pete - nice to see it!! And it really does look good - must try that too - if I can find some space..... :rolleyes:
Lovely picture, Waco!

 

Lawns looking good again this year........

 

plenty of clover in there, Roders - white or pink??

 

LOL! how did you do that???

 

Den- hoping for some four leaf this year!

 

Try oxalis!

 

No thanks.......anyway i think they prefer gravel

 

And I got ***** when I tried to write female dog

you horrible lot you!

 

Please folks - can you add a little about growing requirments of the flowers whose pictures you posted. These Month colour topic are supposed to help people who may want to grow them in their garden, especially beginners.