What's Looking Good in April 2022

Wow, those Acers are Superb. I have seen several huge beautiful Wisterias here.

 

Just out just enjoying the garden twice today (morning and late afternoon).
The beautiful Callistemon viminalis s centrepiece ...


The Osteopernums behind the trellis ...


The Boy loving the sunshine ... with my pink Brug cutting in the foreground ...

 

Callistemon viminalis is a no go here being frost tender but so is Perth Pink. I have lost half of the developing buds due to a -3c frost.

 

Vestia.


Rebutia






A spindly looking Echium, might fill out a bit as the flowers form.

 

That Vestia looks interesting, @pete! Similar flowers to the Kirengeshoma. Just off to do some research

 

Weigelia coming into blossom .

 

@longk sent me the seed a few years ago, full name V. foetida so as you can guess it pongs a bit when you brush by it.

 

Is it a nice 'pong' pete?

 

Narrr, bit like dead rodents.
There is a Passion flower, P. foetida, know as the goat passion flower, that smells of , guess what?

So if you find anything with foetida on the end you only plant it a long way away.

 

@pete I also got seed from longk, grew easily and quickly, self seeds and layers readily.
I can confirm the pong, but only if leaves/stems are bruised. Just about evergreen down here in Devon.
Iris foetida: British native with brownish flowers and bright orange "seeds" also known as the stinking gladwyn has a pong as well.

 

Hmmm..as soon as I saw the 'foetida' bit, it put me off At least planting it anywhere near the house. Perhaps one for a far corner..... It's all subjective, though, isn't it? Some people can't stand Geranium macrorrhizum or Salvia turkestanica because of the smell....

 

The weather!!

 

It's been like that all day until now.
Some clouds have just come up but still pleasant enough.
18c.

 

Stunning Upsy. Have you decided what to put in the urns?