Well me dears here we are again and what a month it has been, cold and damp at the start which held things back from the early start that they had.
May has none the less transformed the garden and we will be ready for June to 'burst out all over'
So lets kick off with this months stars
Aquilegia
and a newbie to the garden this year
Aquilegia chrysantha “Yellow Queen”
Ipomoea tricolor (Morning Glory) “Kniola's Black” grown from the seeds of last years plants
Graceful and frothy Hesperis matronalis it has a lovely scent too
We have moved Tradescantia andersoniana into a better position to get more light and to show it off better.
Our five-foot Thalictrum delavayi
looking gorgeous.
Geranium × johnsonii “Johnson's Blue” is not doing so well under the trees so we might have to move it too.
Our first salvia to flower this year Salvia x jamensis “Nachtvlinder”. It realy is a stunning colour
We do miss the themed beds in the last garden so Jon has created a mainly yellow and red area.
This Osteospermum is certainly an eye catcher
As is our mimulus from last year
It is very hardy and we now have loads just from the two original plants
New this year and raised from tubers is this very jolly little dahlia 'Topmix Red' it does'nt seem to know that it is meant to flower from July
Geranium × oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink'
The dianthus bowl has new tenants this year. It is, and smells lovely but we seem to have lost the name
Big loud and brassy it certainly is but we love our big Begonia × tuberhybrida “Sangria”
The exquisite Scilla peruviana (Portuguese Squill)
now has an exciting new neighbour, Geranium maderense
All of the full on 'pottering about' we did last month has reaped it's reward and the garden has come together rather nicely. This was the view from the kitchen window at the beginning of the month.
looking up the garden mid May.
The new installation ( Torquay Round-about ) is coming on.
Rosa 'Veilchenblau' has started into flower as I write this in the last week of the month
Fuchsia gallery
and Fernery are both filling up.
We have a bevy of newbie fuchsias
and more seedlings than we know what to do with.
While indoors in the parlour our magnificent cymbidium orchid is still going and still looking fab
All in all the garden is looking good and we are rather pleased with it
So till next time me lovelies
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May is THE month for everything to put on a spurt of growth - I am constantly amazed how quickly it's filling up the space. The summer "jungle" is on its way... Jx
ReplyDeleteI am amazed how quickly it's filling up too.
DeleteI think the liquid seaweed has helped a lot.
Wet, cold and miserable here. Though my big pink bush is rampant - I will have to take a picture.
ReplyDeleteI've grown Hesperis matronalis before, I think! Smelt lovely.
Sx
Hello Ms Scarlet.
DeleteYour big pink rampant bush sounds interesting.
I didn't know about this blog (silly girl! but have just popped over from on's and it all becomes clearer - containers, repurposed milk crates and bread trays ( you chaps haven't been skulking 'round the back of Tesco I hope!)
ReplyDeleteBack when I wrote a garden column I advocated similar options to garden centre props. And it's all so lush and lovely and most people would never know what's hiding beneath your skirts.
Thank you for popping in dear.
DeleteI am well behind with the June post but it should be up tomorrow
It was even more lush then and hopefully no one will see what we have hiding beneath our skirts.
Thank you for popping in dear.
ReplyDeleteI am well behind with the June post but it should be up tomorrow
It was even more lush then and hopefully no one will see what we have hiding beneath our skirts.