WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN MAY 2018

Hi @Tetters - is that gorgeous purple incurve a pyrethrum?
@Logan - yes normal hippeastrum don't have any scent.My theory is that it is actually a hybrid of
Hippeastrum x johnsonii, which is apparently scented. I have a bulb of x johnsonii that hasn't yet flowered, so we'll see when it does!

 

Do you give them any sort of winter protection? I have a few (C.citrina) year old seedlings coming along which I hope to plant out.

 

It was labelled Tanacetum coccineum 'Robinsons Red' .....but we all know that`s just the posh name for Pyrethrum roseum

 

@martin-f - cracking shots! That camera is really paying off

 

Thanks longk i was messing with the big lens,

Macro with a large lens lol.

 

There's nothing pretty to see in my new garden as yet but one of my pines is overloaded with cones this year.

 

First dahlia opened!

2nd flower on Talbot House Rose

The carol klein rose..
Iris flowering finally after I moved the clump from the back garden to the front last year

The wisteria smelling lovely!

Forgot the name but grew these from mini plugs about 2 years ago

 

I haven't got any roses yet, a few weeks to go.
But here's a wild foxglove growing in between the patio slabs.

 

Hi Snorky your last one is a Verbascum.

 

Agreed - Verbascum phoeniceum to be precise. @Snorky85 - if you like Verbascum give V.olympiacum a go. Here's one at Oxfords Botanic Gardens last year................
Verbascum? by longk48, on Flickr

Mine won't be that good but it should still put a good display on. Dead easy from seed.

 

I haven't given them any protection so I have lost several citrinus Splendens over the years as they can just about take -5c with minimal damage but -7c killed them off, also citrinus White Anzac croaked.
Callistemons, salignus pallidus,seiberi, Inferno, Perth Pink, Viminalis Hot Pink and laevis have all taken -7c for a few nights two years running with none or hardly any damage.

 

Thanks @KFF and @longk ! You're spot on-thanks very much. Sometimes I just completely forget the name of plants and about a week later it'll come back to me. I love the pretty colours. If mine grows as big as the one in the picture i'll be v happy

 

It won't as it is a different species. I got my seed from Chiltern Seeds.