Whats Looking Good In April

How long have you had yours?

 

About 3 years now I think, mines in a pot.

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Ah, excellent, thank you! Yes, my pair are in pots (a gift, bought from B&Q, and been outside for 18mths ish) but maybe mine would like a little more time to feel at "home" before they reward me Thanks again, your post has given me hope

 

Sambucus Nigra Black Lace - flowers just forming. It's still a baby, only bought it last year.



Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba' (bit blurry, sorry - Ozzy nudged me in the back )



The Rosemary is still in flower



And my Triffid is going really strong this year too! May even get more than one flower this year (oh yay, lucky me? )



Checked the seedlings which I put out two weeks ago. I don't have a greenhouse or cold frame, so they were left to thrive (or not) in a make shift "box with Perspex over the top"
The sweet peas had to make do with standing on an upturned pot.



Couple of losses, but far outweighed by the survivors. My "Little Leo" sunflowers in the yellow pots are starting to shoot now too



All is good in the hood

 

There's that old saying Wiseowl, that "a weed is just a plant in the wrong place" (could be a misquote but it's near). A very fetching Dandelion which is looking a lot more attractive than my frosted Rhododendron blooms

 

@"M" just to let you know that it's a complete cinch striking cuttings from Sambucas Black Lace. A few years ago I bought a plant and then took 9 cuttings off it and got...9 new plants. Think it's a great shrub and mine have grown enormous. I prune some right down so get great new foliage and others I leave so I get the nice pink flowers. Even if you severely prune in the Spring you do still get some flowers but much later in the season. If you want more don't bother to buy them just try some cuttings.

 

Not sure ?

 

Bluebell

Well some mate you turned out to be! If you had told me that two years ago (before I moved) I had one in my old garden I could have taken cuttings from
I shall give it a go @silu because you are right, it really is a pretty shrub. Thank you for the information on it, much appreciated

 

They are being empathetic They didn't want you to feel alone with your back problems

 

Corydalis flexuosa................