Whats Looking Good In April

Already got mine.

 

Polyanthus (won in a raffle last Autumn) Should have been three in that pot, but the blue one got eaten by slugs



Rosemary flowers (been flowering since last month): delicate, understated but a gentle blue designed to inspire.



More purple/blue tones: muscari (Grape Hyacinth)



This little belter has been flowering for almost a year now! Direct sown seeds, but cannot recall what they are




Snakes Head Fritillary - only one came back this year.



Amelanchier Lamarckii - just coming into flower (although I've noticed sparrows nipping them off )



And my "Ghost" Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba') just showing the promise of a grand display to come:

 

This selection is more "April Promise" because these are a promise of what is to come and it is a thrilling prospect

First lot of direct sown seeds popping up: nasturtiums



Then, the sweet peas:


Now this little fellow was a "discovery" last year. It was @Jenny namaste who discovered it in my garden. So, I took a couple of pieces, popped them in a pot, left them to one side. Only one has survived that treatment and is just about to flower.
Epimedium (no idea of variety):



solanum crispum glasnevin (potato vine)
Lots of flowers promised here:



And, finally, Choisya "Aztec Pearl"

 

Second year of these tulips and they are bigger than last year, and this is an ex dying plum tree, I chopped 2 old limbs off that were almost dead all the way through and the tree I thought was dying has burst into life, really chuffed about this.

 

My tree ( forgot variety) is covered with flowers this year.

 

Wood Anemones and Pulsatilla in my garden ...

 

I thought you were trying to grow some chicken...(jokes aside, I guess that is the protection against snails, I 'll have to do the same)

 

It is snail protection ... and recycling the shells from the generous amount of eggs my chickens give us. I bake the shells first so they go crispier

Thank you @shiney hopefully pink then The leaf size is the same size as when I first found it in the garden, so not pot restricted

 

Tulipa whittalii

 

There are lots of lovely things growing in the GC gardens! Well done everyone. Keep the photos coming!

 

One of my clematis should be looking good soon, i had to move this ones roots out of a planter last week, it doesn't appear to have affected it .

 

Miniature Tulips



Split corona Daffodil



Double Daffodil ( True Daffodil, not Narcissi )

 

This is always known as 'yellow time' in our garden.

The Forsythias are at their peak now.



The Kerrias are in full flower too.



Both of them together.



Lots of Cowslips too, including this self-seeded clump which is thriving in the herbaceous border.



Dwarf Salix 'Iona' in a pot, a Mother's Day present two years ago, and still going strong.



A patch of white Lamium in the herbaceous border, plus cowslips.



Cowslips and bluebells in the 'wild' area. Last year, a single orange/red coloured cowslip appeared in this patch and it's back again this year.



Here it is in close up, it's a lovely 'brick red' colour.



Just to prove it's not all yellow, the bluebells in the wild area.