What's looking good In April

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  1. shiney

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    To be honest, I don't know :scratch:. We were given our piece of root by Richard Ayres MBE (name dropping :heehee:) from his garden. He was the head gardener at Anglesey Abbey NT and has designed the garden at Kirtling Tower. He also has a snowdrop named after him. He has his garden open in June/July with some others in the village of Lode, Cambridgeshire. That's where we first saw the phytolacca and it needs quite a bit of room.
     
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    I agree, phytolacca looks great, not sure I envy Richard Ayres MBE, having a "snowdrop" named after him though.:D

    Anyway just a thought but the last few winters have probably been too cold in most parts of the UK to grow the giant Echiums, but they grow well in pots, just dont get so tall.

    A 6ft "monster" in a 10in pot[​IMG]

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    A couple of easy cacti.
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      Lovely pictures Shiney. The peony is stunning!:dbgrtmb:
       
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      Love the echium, I grew one in a 12 inch pot a few years ago, that too produced a stunning, quite long lived flower spike that got to about 6/7ft; much loved by the bees and hover flies.

      I have some echium seedlings growing nicely now, destined to be pot grown again, they simply wouldn't survive a winter like the last two, although I may try a couple and see whether I can put enough protection around them.
       
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      I'd kill for that peony shiney,lol, its a beauty :-)
      Lovely echium too Pete :-)
       
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      great echium pete and lovely cacti :dbgrtmb:

      Simbad, the only trouble with the peony is that the blooms only last about 10 days - but the leaves look good for a while. If I get a chance I'll take another photo today and show you how quick it goes.
       
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      VIEW FROM MY KITCHEN WINDOW.
       
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        Redstar, what a lovely view you have :dbgrtmb:

        simbad, this is the peony one day on. You can see it is starting to go over but is still magnificent.

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        This young lacecap is starting to flower

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        and the little cutting of choisya Aztec Pearl that we planted out last month is starting to flower

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        The pure white aquilegias are starting to open

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        and so are some of the alliums

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        and so are some of the surfinias in the baskets

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        tiarella is enjoying the shady area under the willow

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        Our weigelias grown as standards are attracting lots of bees

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        Hostas are coming along well (someone turned up yesterday with with ten large hostas in 8" pots for us to sell on our open day - people are very generous :thumbsup:)

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        Solomon's seal is doing well

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        Can't remember its name but this plant was starting to get a bit rampant so Mrs shiney has dug it out and put it in pots. It is looking quite good.

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        and the first of our hundreds (maybe over a thousand) allium siculums is opening

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        Redstar what a fabulous view :-)
        The peony still looks wonderful Shiney shame its so fleeting, bit like magnolias they're wonderful but just for a few days, more great pictures, aren't things early this year I even have a few scapes on the daylilies unheard of in April, I have Aztec Pearl too got to be one of my favourite shrubs it just keeps getting better and better just a mass of flowers now and they last for so long, and that scent mmmmmm, so dry here I'm having to water some things, in April !!!!!!
         
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        'Centaurea Cyanus' (cornflower)
         
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        Last of the season, snowdrop.
         
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          Lovely snowdrop, redstar :dbgrtmb:. All ours finished a couple of month ago. :rolleyespink:
           
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          Couple of shots of a section of one of the gardens, April 29, 2011.

          So wonderful, this whole garden just in Feburary was covered with snow, it was all flat, I cleaned out most of the leaves in March, now look at it all full and growing strong. And more to grow.
           
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