What's looking good in May 2011 ....

oh :DOH: ( had a bad night )veratrum album i meant to say huge plant with green and white flowers

 

Thankyou:-) I must write that down, can't wait to see your others sure the want list'll get even longer then:-)
Never heard of veratrum, off to google:-)

 

i also have the veratrum nigrum completely different to the latter,im having that trouble seeing other peoples plants keep wanting more ,oh well ive still a bit of lawn to dig up i suppose (it shrinks every year ...must be all the rain we get...cant think what else would cause it ) lol

 

I googled both the veratrum, they're both lovely, never heard of them, do you grow them from seed bambooruth, and if you do do they germinate easily? and are they completely hardy?, sorry for the 20 questions but just spotted some seed for the nigrum on chilterns, and see they like a bit of shade perfect plant for my part shade woodland.
Just found how to get the smiley thing on at last

 

First, my fern. Don't know what variety it is. I got it from Tesco, I think, and the label just said 'Hard Fern', which I don't think it is. I've had it about 4 years now, and it looks really good at this time of year with it's new lime-green fronds.



And, a couple of pics of my mangetout 'Golden Sweet' flowers. I picked this variety for it's unusual yellow mangetout pods, but the flowers are a complete bonus, they look great.

 

simbad i was very fortunate to grow up on a several thousand acre shooting estate with huge house,servant quarters and a 4 acre walled victorian garden the plants were part of the collection lord fowler collected from over seas when we moved i took some rootstock and they`ve come to every house ive lived in since (about 15 different houses):D

 

meant to add i have clumps in shade and sun both do fabulous and are amazingly wind resistent

 

Oh lucky you Bambooruth sounds a wonderful place too grow up
Sounds the perfect plant for here, we're in quite an exposed position on top of a hill

 

snap so are we

 

Honestly speaking, I browsed the thread, looked, 'Liked' then got a pen and paper and took notes!
So bambooruth, what is the flower in your very first picture?

Woo, the shrub you asked about is Spiraea x vanhouttei.

redstar, lovely choices for a shady location! Could you please type for me the name of the shrub, which comes after your rose (I couldn't get the name from the video, sorry).

Simbad, Shiney, STUNNING, I am genuinly impressed!
Simbad, your corydalis will most likely self-seed. It's a bulb, actually. Locally, there are wild varieties, which flower profusely in mid-April. The colours vary from white, pale pink, to dark purple. They look really nice in early spring! BTW, what's the Latin name of the variagated lilac, is it a kind of Syringa?... And I have to check whether this thalictrum will make it through the winter here, sooooooo beautiful!

Well, some pics from me, though the strongest wave of rhododendrons is yet to come.




Tulipa Negrita groups

Other tulips:


'Spring Green' & 'Groenland' tulips


Holostea stellaria, bellis, myosotis


The above group later, with some tulips and japanese azaleas


Cytisus scoparius


Cytisus and geranium


Azalea japonica 'Silvester'


Azalea japonica 'Scarlet'


Alissum (perennial)


Azalea japonica 'Purple Splendour'


Well, so far, so good. If my late-flowering magnolia copes with the deadline and is likely to 'look good' in May, I'll report. :D

 

angelina the first pic is a tree peony but if you mean the 1 you liked its an oxalis

 

Beautiful everyone.

 

Angelina thankyou glad you enjoyed the pictures, the latin name for the lilac is Syringa Emodi Variegata, yes that thalictrums lovely isn't it reminds me of tiny powder puffs, I only bought one plant and so wish I'd bought more so last year collected the seed, which was a bit eratic germinating but now have 5 more babies, it survived last winter in my garden fine, and if it can survive that it can survive anything.
Lovely pictures, very colourful garden