What's looking good In April

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  1. shiney

    shiney President, Grumpy Old Men's Club Staff Member

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    Woo, lovely flower and great photo :dbgrtmb:
     
  2. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    A few Narcissus,(daffs).
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  3. shiney

    shiney President, Grumpy Old Men's Club Staff Member

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    Very nice varied show there, pete :dbgrtmb:
     
  4. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    And a few more usual subjects.

    Aeonium "swartkop"
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    Aeonium Canariensis, starting to show flower spike.

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    Finally, this might look like a pile of rubbish, but it means my Musa basjoo stems have survived, for the first time since 2008.

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  5. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Thanks Shiney, getting quite a collection now.
     
  6. wiseowl

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    Hi Pete indeed a lovely spring show,thanks for sharing them with us.:)
     
  7. capney

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    That was wonderful. I real nice tour and some grand blooms on show. Puts mine in the shade by a country mile..Thankyou
     
  8. apache64

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    Snakeshead Fritillary

    These have done much better than last year and appear to have coped well with the cold winter that has just passed. Picture was taken this morning.
     

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  9. Phil A

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    I likes them Apache:dbgrtmb:

    So good to see them back from the brink of extinction only 25 years ago.
     
  10. Victoria Plum

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    Wow. Beautiful photos and plants everyone. Thank you.
     
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    Very niced all. Wonderful plants. Earlier than over here.
     
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    Lysimachia 'Alexander'
     
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    Hemerocallis 'Golden Zebra'
     
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    Corydalis 'Bronze Beauty' grew this from seed last year got loads of plants all now planted in the wood, each one has slightly different coloured foliage and lovely purple lipped yellow flowers.
     
  15. PeterS

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    So many lovely photos. Its all starting to happen in the garden now.

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    Brugmansia. I showed some blooms last month - but it has really come on well since then.

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    Primulae. These are very ordinary ones grown from seed. However they seem to really thrive. I bought some of the fancy coloured hybrids you see in garden centres, but they don't do well in the garden. And this year I have been amazed how many seedlings have appeared. Far more than I have ever seen before - conditions must have been just right.

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    Last but not least - everyone loves a Dandelion. They are so bright and cheerful and .... so yellow. I think many people underestimate their Dandelions. They are happy to leave them in the border to look after themselves. But if you want really good, big, Dandelions with large flowers and plenty of seed for next year - you must look after them, They should be pampered by putting in a large pot, watered and fed well and they will reward you. Now, not a lot of people know that. :D
     
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