Close-ups of flowers

Close-ups of the day...

Lamprocapnos spectabilis (unknown pink variety)

Clematis ‘Guernsey Cream’ One of my first Clematis to flower.

 

That's a hybrid one is it?

 

Lilac

 

Bird's-eye Speedwell

 

Green Alkanet

 

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It's a British bluebell, but a white variant. Apparently 1 in 10,000 are the odds, but when you consider how many plants are in a bluebell wood they're not that rare. I always see a few every year.

 

Red Deadnettle.

 

Echeveria "tarantula"

 

I'm looking at the shape, not the colour - I do like a white bluebell though! I thought the native ones all drooped and the hybrid ones were straighter.

 

I find that the characteristic droop doesn't happen until the flower is fully out, this one is only just emerging, I can confirm it was identical to all of the bluebells except for colour.

 

Lily flowered Tulips, open for the first time in this morning's sun.

 

Raindrops on a tulip head, from a display at NT Chartwell.

 

Last year's photos; agapanthus, aquilegia, viola, sunflower, water lily, clover. and viola.

 

Spring Starflower