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22 May 2020
Tulips have been a success story for everyone this year. Very pleased with this group of white flowers
07/May/2020 / Alan Hamilton /
White Tulips
You managed to get them a good dark background very nicely, Alan.
I wonder -
S. H.
16 May 2020 / Alan Hamilton /
A Tall Seedling
The Echium was over 6 ft on March 26, and will probably reach over 8 ft. It is beginning to flower with little purple flowers. Margo gave me it as a 6” seedling 2 yrs ago and said it came from the Canary Islands. I didn’t think it would survive the cold wet winters in Newbuildings but to my surprise it did. It stands beside an apple tree -
Alan
This crab apple (Malus ‘John Downie’) blossom was just opening on April 23rd.
It does well in heavy soil and is trouble free. I had a ‘Golden Hornet’ many years ago, but it tended to have apple scab.
07/May/2020 /Lena Wray / Blooming in April
Our Camassia simply arrived in the garden ! I know it is a bulb. Before we bought this house the neighbours dumped their
grass cuttings here,
so did it come as a seed?
Height : 70 cm
Flowers: May to end June
Photo: April 27th, 2020
Possibly Camassia leichtlinii ssp suksdorfii Coerulea Group, that is the strain that we had at The Cross -
Our Clematis alpina ‘Pink Flamingo’ is covered in flowers on April 23rd. It can be grown in sun or shade. It is prolific because it is fed once a year and compost is put round it. We haven't pruned it yet, as we want it to grow over a large terrace and lack of pruning doesn't seem to affect its flowering.
Height : 2 to 2.5 m
Flowers: April & May
