What's looking good in May

Wow what a fantastic Lily

 

It turns out I have double Aquilegias and I didn't even know it!




Fuschia 'Marie Claire' has first bloom on it:


Chives and a thistly thing:

 

Fatsia japonica

 

Deciduous Azalea Golden Eagle


First Rose this year - Gertrude Jekyll and it's absolutely enormous compared to previous years


Lewisia Little Peach


Rhododendron Tortoiseshell Champagne


California Poppies



Aquilegia


This is growing among the Aquilegias, no idea what it is

 

The philadelphus has more flowers than ever:


Knautia and sweet rocket, among other things:




Geranium and salvia:


California poppy:


Oriental poppy:


Strawberries:

 

Mine is looking like it could be extremely good too. Trouble is that it also has more blackfly than ever as well.

 

Piilu "Little Duckling" x 2

Lamium maculatum


YAY! Freshly dug pots from Romney Marsh this morning.....


Jenny

 

My naturalistic garden. The hawthorn bush (to the right) was a gift from nature. There are peonies and a delphinium - in the background is my lawn meadow (with rhododendrums to the far back of it).

The vase that the delphinium is standing on (in its red pot) was a find - a broken vase.

 

I painted the terracotta pot blue (emulsion). Over the years it got chipped (since I didn't coat the paint to protect it but I have enhanced the blotches to compliment the fuschia plant that is in it).

The wicker basket and the rectangle basket below were all finds/free as was the circular tub. (The wicker basket sits on a white tile...also found and the blue pot on a cistern toilet top!)

 

Lonicera involucrata its a American Honeysuckle

 

I really like that one.

Here's an unknown Iris................


Another shot of Allium sicilum......................


They're fantastic close up..................


And another photo of Echium candicans.................

 

oh I really like that, it's lovely