What's Looking Good In May 2020

Thanks @Jenny namaste , that would be brilliant I'll try to remember to send you my address closer to the end of summer!

 

Dolichandra unguis-cati.

 

Baby Lupin has bloomed, I wasn't holding out much hope for it to do so this year as it was very tiny and in the wrong place. I moved it about 4 weeks ago and it started a growth spurt!! ( sorry @KFF )



A few more from yesterday too.

Our little east patio....lovely for coffee in the morning as it catches all the sunshine.

 

Wild foxgloves
Aliums and wild foxgloves
Ordinary sage the bees love it

 

I think it looks great but is almost a noxious, uncontrollable weed here.

@Upsydaisy, looks like a peaceful place to sit enjoying your beautiful garden.

 

@Victoria Dolichandra is pretty much uncontrollable here as well if its got a wall to climb up. It tries to take over half the house every year.

 

A couple more hot off the press as I enjoy my coffee this morning...and we have shade , which seems to allow me to take (slightly) better pics.


Not forgetting my lettuces!!!

 

@Upsydaisy that flower bed is looking lovely!

 

Thanks @CarolineL , very kind of you to say so.

 

@Upsydaisy is that a Philadelphus in picture three? If so can you tell me which one please?

 

Hi @Sheal, I'm sure @Upsydaisy will be able to tell us tomorrow but I think it's Deutzia Scabra Plena.
I have the single type .....

 

Thanks @KFF. The flowers of Philadelphus and Deutzia are very similar I should have checked out the leaves.

 

I think the flowers of Philadelphus have more rounded petals Sheal, more like a Rose shape.

 

Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire'






Aquilegia.



Oxalis debilis 'Wood Sorrel'



Cranesbill Geranium.

 

@KFF the flowers in Upsydaisy's picture are very similar to the Philadelphus I've been trying to get hold of for over a year. With the exception of a couple of nurseries it seems to have disappeared from the market. I won't buy from those nurseries as they charge an extortionate amount for delivery here to the Highlands.

Philadelphus Snowflake | Peter Beales Roses - the World Leaders in Shrub, Climbing, Rambling and Standard Classic Roses

There is a smaller version of the same shrub and I'm beginning to wonder if it's confusion between the two that has contributed to a possible withdrawal.

Edit: It's full name is Philadelphus Minnesota Snowflake.