What's Looking Good In May 2022

Buddleja aff. alternifolia, the type from Tibet once called Buddleja tsetangensis. It's being sold as B. x wardii KR4881, but a trawl through the literature convinced me it isn't that hybrid.

I've cheated, the photo was taken late April, but it's in full flower now. Shy to flower, as most years the late frosts have wiped out the flower buds. A small rangy tree, with lax branches.

 

All these are from April I just haven't had time to put them on .



I were in Manchester city centre last night and noticed some paulownia trees just starting to come into flower , I were a bit taken back to see them I had to look twice I didn't even think to try and take a photo maybe next time.

 

Osteospermum ...



Fuchsia 'Anne Hoogendam' ...



Hatiora gaertneri (I think it is now called Schlumbergera) ...



Pfeiffera monacantha, epiphytic cactus from Bolivia and north Argentina ...





Yellow Tulip ...



Narcissi still flowering ...





Meconopsis cambrica growing out of a wall ...



A small Euphorbia whose name I forget ...

 

Azara serrata, from Chile cold winds have blackened some of the leafs. The flowers are larger and more accessible then those on Azara microphylla; although they lack the delicious chocolatey vanilla smell

Galdiolus huttoni


Lachenalia orthopetalata

Oncostema peruviana "Paul Voelcker" was a Scilla until a couple of years ago


Tulbaghia violacea "Purple Eye"

Vestia foetida

Salvia corrugata in greenhouse

Sarracenia in greenhouse a few weeks ahead of the outdoor ones

Allim fimbriatum purdyii

Ajuga reptans grows happily as ground cover without being aggressive.

Dicentra exima

Euphorbia griffithii "Dixter"

 

@Perki Looking great ... you barely have an inch to spare.

@Michael Hewett What a stunning colour Osteopernum!

 

You certainly know your names @NigelJ ,thanks I've just spotted one amongst yours that we've got.... it now has a name to it!!

 

Deutzia " Rosea "
Planted 4 years ago as an infant shrub.
I love this delicate but easy to grow specimen,
Jenny namaste

 

Which one?

 

I like the Euphorbia griffithii "Dixter"

 

I am totally surprised sorting some pots I found the Beloperone guttata Yellow alive with a bloom ... now I will nuture it as it is my second attempt.

Apologies for the poor photo.

 

No.9..Allim F P....pretty little flower.

 

Convallaria majalis in a pot ... I have spent years trying to get this plant to grow in my garden but it always dies off so I put this one in a pot a few years ago and at last it is flowering



Convalaria majalis rosea, the flowers have a pinky hue (It is in its first year) ...



Pulmonaria officinalis ...



Loropetalum chinense 'Fire Dance' ...



Radishes and purple top turnips in raised bed (needs weeding !)
The plastic 'thing' is to deter Bella from rearranging the straight rows ...



Solanum crispum on a trellis ...



Forgetmenots Myosotis ...

 

Lovely Michael, that Convallaria is very pretty, a really delicate pink. Ours are all the plain white variety.

 

Very nice @Michael Hewett

 

Had to Googgle that one Vicky.....it's lovely. Nurture away and keep us posted.