We had a little bit of sun today and a lot of rain so dashing out between downpours to get pictures of what's blooming was a bit of a fun game. Here's a bit of what I found. While spring has been cold and wet, the garden is getting that exuberant spring heaviness as foliage bursts forth.
Daffodils and Lunaria annua
Perhaps I have too many camellias as I lost track after counting twenty. In my defense, they can be kept on the small side with pruning, have handsome evergreen foliage, and grow well in pots. These three will be the representatives for them all.
Rhododendron 'Everred'
Rhododendron 'President Roosavelt'
Hellebores. These few will represent the many.
Skimmia japonica
One nice thing about our cold spring is that blooms seem to last longer and tulip time is a bit delayed so we appreciate them more. The first few tulips are just starting. 'Princess Irene'
'Orange Queen'
Dicentra or whatever they're calling Bleeding Hearts now (Lamprocapnos spectabilis)
Our native that wants to take over my entire garden.
Paeonia tenuifolia flore pleno not quite in bloom and not yet in the ground.
Daphne odora
It's magnolia time!
M. 'Black Tulip'
Inherited magnolia
Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex'
Pulmonaria
Primula something or other
Trilium kurabayashii
Fritillaria meleagris
Petasites japonicus var. giganteus
Stachyurus praecox
Stachyurus salicifolius
Inherited Arnica
Forget-me-nots are popping up between pavers all over the garden. Who am I to discourage them?
Hyacinths
Kerria japonica
Euphorbia robbiae
Bergenia
Berberis darwinii
Inherited mahonia.
Uvularia grandiflora
Sorry for the bad picture of Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Akebono' but I didn't feel like wading through wet foliage to get closer.
Downpour, dodge into the greenhouse. Poor Scadoxus puniceus flower got mostly ignored this year as it decided to bloom facing a different direction.
Albuca bracteata (syn. Ornithogalum longibracteatum), known by the common names pregnant onion, false sea onion, and sea-onion.
Clivias
Kalanchoe manginii
Abutilon 'Victor Reiter' (The others inside are also still blooming.)
Rhipsalis salicornioides
There were more things blooming outside but this post is far to long already! Happy GBBD Everyone!
So many beautiful blooms! Love that bellwort! And the Kalanchoe! I really miss seeing all the camellias now that I live up north. So pretty. Happy GBBD, and happy Easter!
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Happy Easter!
There is so much to see and when spring happens slowly we can better appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure you are not running a garden center on the side? What a wealth of color and form you have on display, despite your weather. Love that orange barberry.
ReplyDeleteWow. Rain is magic, and you've had a lot of rain.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great collection of blooms. Interesting that your tulips are just coming through. We are in peak tulip time as seen in my last blog
ReplyDeleteGreat shot of the Trillium and the Berberis! It's always interesting to me to see that you are just that little bit further along than me because of my 600 foot elevation. My Princess Irene tulips aren't colored up yet. I do love our native bleeding heart, but yes, it has left a zillion seedlings in my shady back corner. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteWhat a plethora of blooms. A lovely time of year. Happy GBBD.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see that the garden is up and off to a running start after all your cold, wet weather. Tulips and oodles of plants I don't have a chance of growing! That Kalanchoe manganii looks huge - it it? Mine was a sorry little thing less than a foot high. Happy GBBD, Peter! I hope drier, warmer, sunnier days are in your near-future.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! You have such wonderful blooms in your lovely gardens. It's all magical.
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter ~ FlowerLady
I love all of the early spring bloomers. It must be magical in your garden right now. In the greenhouse too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous garden! And the camellias are stunning! But your Hellebores and Tulips really take the cake! I adore those plants but unfortunately I can't grow them in my climate, I live in South America,subtropical humid climate and it's not cold enough to grow those Lovely plants.
ReplyDeleteOh no...there's more? Good thing you stopped now, before our envy boiled over.
ReplyDeleteHappy GBBD! So much color and so many blooms! Good heavens I'm jealous of your Camellias. Sigh. I might have to try a Camellia in a pot again, because I am so ... in ... love with them. Happy Easter, too!
ReplyDeleteSo many interesting plants you've got blooming Peter! I really love Kerria-especially 'Picta', a variegated variety. Time to get planting. Happy GBBD!
ReplyDeleteWow, so many blooms, one nicer than the other. You featured several shrubs I'd never seen until I "met" them recently in Victoria, BC.
ReplyDeleteYou have a small botanical garden there, Peter!
ReplyDeleteYou have so much blooming. How tall is that pink camellia? There is one in our neighborhood that has to be the largest I have ever seen. They are so impressive here.
ReplyDeleteLooking amazing Peter! I thought of you when I was fondling Kerria japonica blooms at Portland Nursery the other day...
ReplyDeleteLots of great color! Like your choice of Tulips - 'Princess Irene' is definitely in my top five! I like that you have Myosotis popping up all over. It doesn't grow so well for me.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy seeing what you have in bloom, there is always something a bit different.I have never seen Stachyurus salicifolia before. It has been warm here so many of the beauties that you are enjoying have finished.
ReplyDeleteWow, you have so many stunning blooms!
ReplyDeleteI like my garden to be like this.
Peter you have excelled yourself with this post. I hope you're right about camellias responding to pruning. I'm just about to cut one in half..
ReplyDeleteWow, you have such a lovely garden! Everything is so gorgeous. I especially love that Stachyurus praecox. Really pretty :)
ReplyDeleteWow, what a fantastic variety of blooms! I remember seeing the rhododendrons and camellias in the PNW in the spring one time, but I am still amazed seeing your photos at how big and full of blooms they are.
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