I went out this morning and could not believe it, Rosa Madame Alfred Carrière, such a good and tough rose, had bloomed first before the normal early-riser, Rosa banksiae lutea– which obliged later this morning but loses the gong.
So, today there is no chilly wind and I thought I would do a Spring round-up with mainly photographs. This lovely Anemone x fulgens ‘Multipetala’ has been blooming for more than 6 weeks and these are the best flowers so far.
A small plant but with a big flower, Doronicum ‘Little Leo’ is only one year old, but doing fine.
The quince blossom is much more fragile than the cherry or the apple- it waits tentatively in a closed state until the sun warms it up- and is so easily destroyed by wind and rain. So far, so good.
I have two Westringia rosmariniformis in the garden. Both have been a little stretched by the cold weather in the last week or so, and have browned a bit at the tips, but whilst not yet big flowerers, they have started.
These white Muscari botryoides ‘Album’ are new to the Stumpery this Spring, and I rather like the semi-ghostly presence that they bring, even in the sunlight.
Further down in the Stumpery, these Muscari ‘Mount Hood’ are in their third year, and mot minding, it would seem, the semi-shade. I love the little white hats.
Wisteria can be a plague on all your houses here, as it thugs its way to global domination. But, right now, on the wonky pergola, it looks and smells gorgeous.
Funny how you can discover a new view even after nearly 16 years…pots awaiting planting on the bench when tendons recover…
Oh how I love quince trees, blow the cherry Mr Housman, give me quince every time
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They are quite uncommon here nowadays. There happen to be two in my garden, but the only others that I know of grew from understock of old pear trees that were cut down decades ago.
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Oh, my word, I love, love, love that Muscari botryoide.
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Ins’t that so rad? I typically prefer the classic common blue; but these look sharp! Besides, white is my favorite color.
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I can’t imagine wisteria being a thug! It is truly gorgeous. We seem in stasis here. Our pear and apple blossom is just on the point of opening, but we need some sun! Lovely to see your garden just that bit further along.
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How odd to see common century plant in that last picture. I just wrote about a problem century plant last Wednesday. I do not expect to see it there.
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