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What's Looking Good April 2025

wiseowl, May 1, 2025
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Flying saucers Calla Hercules.1.5 m tall.
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Hawthorn tree or a untidy hedge
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1st flower on my Corydalis Tory MP ... just in time for local election day!

A lovely shade of blue!
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My little frog ... breaking cover cos I accidentally watered it! Oops!
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I planted this up a few weeks ago, all the recent sunshine has really brought it on
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Azaelia :-

New Osteospermums :-

Dodecatheon :-

Syringa meyeri :-

Aeoniums colouring up in the sunshine, after becoming rather green through the winter :-

'Bluebird' ...

'Marnier lapostelle' ...

'Kiwi' ...

'Schwartzkopf' ...

Narcissus 'Sundisc' :-

Dandelion seed head - lots of them this year :-
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Calycanthus raulstonii "Hartlage Wine" which I planted in February. These are the first flowers, a bit like Magnolia or a tiny water lily.
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Opinions please! Does the bluey-purple of this Aquilegia go OK with the pinky-red of the Heuchera Helen Dillon, or would these be better further apart? The Aquilegia is currently in a pot and this is its first yr, so I have resisted planting it out till I could see the flower colour.
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That's a great colour combination!
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Welsh poppies

Acers
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That's a great colour combination!
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Dublin Bay

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jenny namaste
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My Dublin Bay was out of control. 10ft + stems shooting off the top of the pergola.
I cut it back to sticks a couple of years ago. More string than stems at the moment ( you have to train it when the stems are whippy or they break off)
It's covered in flower buds. The flowers have a wonderful scent.
Well worth the effort to be able to sniff them without a ladder!
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Rhododendron hybrid Rosy Dream. Yes every year the adult vine weevils much the leaves.

Berberis pallida a small berberis from Mexico with different flowers.

Berberis bealei
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