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plants through the year
spring
| march |
D800 |
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 Narcissus |
 Tulipa humilis 'Helena' |
 Corydalis solida from 'George P Baker' |
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 Tulipa humilis |
 Crocus vernus |
 Bumbles in the crocuses |
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| april |
D200 |
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 Specie tulip |
 Paeonia tenuifolium |
 Paeonis 'High Noon' |
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 Arum creticum |
 Pulsatilla vulgaris |
 Fringed tulip 'Honeymoon' |
 Arum creticum |
 Erythronium 'White Beauty' |
 Chaenomeles moerloosei |
 Erythronium tuolumnense |
 Epimedium |
 Epimedium |
 Anemone robinsoniana |
 Oxlip |
 Ficaria aurantiacus |
 Daphne retusa |
 Camellia 'Wisley White' |
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 Paeonia obovata alba |
 Tulipa viridiflora 'China Town' |
LX100 |
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 Clematis cartmanii |
 Gladiolus tristis |
 Viola 'Etain' |
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 Erythronium tuolumnense |
 Paeonia obovata alba |
D800
Camellia sasanqua var. 'Scentuous' |
 Not so colourful when it is freshest. |
| may |
D200 |
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 Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' |
 Epimedium |
 Geranium 'Bill Wallis' |
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 Tulipa batalinii 'Bright Gem' |
 Euphorbia epithymoides |
 Epimedium |
 Camassia esculenta |
 Rosa seedling from Golden Chersonese |
 Seedhead pulsatilla vulgaris |
 Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' |
 Paeonia obovata alba |
 Thalictrum aquilegiifolium album |
 Paeonia tenuifolium |
 Allium aflatunense |
 Nectaroscordum siculum |
 Iris Pacific coast hybrid |
 Paeonis 'High Noon' |
 Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' |
 Trollius and Hosta |
 Haberlea rhodopensis |
 Daphne cneorum |
 Chaenomeles 'Geisha Girl' |
 Daphne retusa |
 Euphorbia mellifera |
 Hosta plantaginea |
 Euphorbia mellifera |
 Lithospermum diffusum 'Heavenly Blue' |
 Rodgersia podophylla |
 Papaver rupifragum |
 Lathyrus aureus |
 Haberlea rhodopensis |
 Fringed tulip 'Cummins' |
 Clematis cartmanii |
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 Arenaria grandiflora |
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 Daphne |
 Paeonia mlokosevitschi |
 Paeonia tenuifolium |
 Parrot tulip |
 Paeonia tenuifolium
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 Tulipa viridiflora 'Esperanto' |
 Tulipa viridiflora 'Artist' |
 Iris 'Widdecomb Fair' |
 Meconopsis cambrica |
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Dictamnus albus var. purpureus, known as the burning bush, gives off an aromatic vapourI have tried the dictamnus many times and have never managed to establish it |
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D300 |
D800 |
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 Paeonia 'Coral Charm'? |
 Paeonia 'Krinkled White' |
 Paeonia mlokosevitschi |
 Nectaroscordum siculum |
 Tulipa batalinii 'Bright Gem' |
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 Euphorbia griffithii |
 Daphne |
 Gladiolus tristis |
 Meconopsis cambrica |
 Tulipa sprengeri |
 Paeonia tenuifolium |
 Pacific Coast hybrid Iris |
 Paeonia suffruticosa 'La Reine Elizabet' |
 Nectaroscordum siculum bulgaricum |
 Hosta plantagineum |
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 Iris 'Edale' |
 Heuchera |
 Astrantia |
 Paeonia |
 Gladiolus byzantinus |
 Rosa glauca |
 Iris sibirica Perry's Blue |
 Paeonia 'Coral charm' |
 Paris polyfilla |
 Aquilegia longissima |
 Adiantum aleuticum |
 Paeonia suffruticosa |
 Tulipa batalinii 'Bright Gem' |
 Camellia 'Wisley White' |
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Fuji Snapper |
 Syringa velutina/palibiana |
 Tiarella wherryi |
 Rosa 'Morning Mist' and Rosa 'Fighting Temeraire' on PJ's phone
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 Iris laevigata 'Ledger's variety' |
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Z8
Paeonia 'Scarlet O'Hara |
 Paeonia 'Coral Charm' when first out |
 Valeriana officionalis |
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 Rosa 'Bring me Sunshine' |
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summer
| june |
D200 |
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Eschscholzia californica |
 Paeonia 'Krinkled White' |
 Rosa 'Meg' |
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 Rodgersia podophylla |
 Libertia formosana and Hosta 'Royalty' |
 Daphne oleoides |
 Cirsium rivulare atropurpureum |
 Clematis koreana? |
 Trollius |
 Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' |
 Saxifraga 'Tumbling Waters' |
 Rosa ' Golden Celebration' |
 Athryium japomicum |
 Iris 'Early Light' & Iris 'Bayberry Candle' |
 Horned poppy |
 Papaver orientalis 'Beauty Queen' |
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 Horned poppy leaves |
 Convolvulus cneorum |
 Geranium |
 Nemesia |
 Heuchera |
 Alstroemeria 'Golden Friendship' |
 Iris 'Sky Hooks' |
 Gladiolus byzantinus |
 Iris sibirica 'Butter and Sugar' |
 Clematis durandii |
 Iris chrysographes |
 Iris sibirica 'Butter and Sugar' |
 Alstroemeria 'Apollo' |
 Paeonia 'Krinkled White' |
 Aconitum 'Stainless Steel' |
 Dactylorrhiza maderense |
 Clematis durandii Alstroemerias Orange King? & 'Apollo' |
 Nectaroscordum seed pods |
 Helianthemums mixed |
 Armeria |
 Arisaema consanguineum |
 Sauromatum guttatum |
27.6.2008 The Voodoo lily was flowered indoors then put out into the garden where it was not expected to flower or even produce leaves |
D800 |
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 Pansy 'Etain' |
 Meconopsis cambrica |
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 Meconopsis cambrica |
 Good association |
 Heuchera |
 Heuchera |
 Nectaroscordum siculum |
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 Paeonia 'Coral Charm'? |
 Paris pollyfilla |
 Allium schubertii |
 Rosa 'The Pilgrim' |
 Rosa 'Graham Thomas' |
 Hardy hippeastrum |
 Eryngium giganteum |
 Arisaema tortuosum |
 Arisaema candidissimum |
 Digitalis dalmation mixed
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 Arisaema tortuosum |
 Miniature water lily |
Fuji Snapper |
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 Iris laevigata variegata |
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Alstroemeria 'Golden Friendship' |
PCI |
 Love-in-the-mist |
 Paeonia 'Coral Charm' |
 Iris |
 Aconitum |
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 PCI |
 Arisaema candidissima |
 Iris 'Bayberry Candle' |
 Silene fimbriata |
 Aquilegia longissima |
 Rosa 'Jacqueline du Pré' |
 Rosa 'Graham Thomas' |
 Iris sibirica 'Butter and Sugar' |
 Paeonia 'Coral Charm' |
 Clematis koreana |
 Rosa Eye of the tiger |
 Rosa 'Morning Mist' |
 Rosa 'Meg' |
 Iris 'Blue Trill'
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 Rosa 'Fighting Temeraire' |
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 Paeonia 'Coral Charm' particularly good this year |
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Iris 'Bayberry Candle' |
 Red Iris |
 Rosa 'Golden Wings' |
 Love in the mizzle |
 Rosa 'For your eyes only' |
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 Rosa 'Blue for You' |
 Paeonia 'Scarlet O'Hara
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 Penstemon 'Raven' |
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| july |
D200 |
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 Phlox 'Blue paradise' |
 Sweet pea 'Matucana' |
 Orange echinacea |
 Achillea 'Credo' |
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 Euphorbia polychroma |
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 Central border |
 'Aconitum Stainless Steel' |
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 Echinacea |
 Kniphofia |
 Phlox |
 Spigelia 'Wisley Jester' |
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 Phlox 'David' |
 Phlox 'Franz Liszt' |
 Phlox |
 Hemerocallis 'Moonlit Masquerade' |
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 Hemerocallis 'Sammy Russell' 
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 Hemerocallis 'Joan Senior' |
 Hemerocallis 'Stoke Pogis' |
 Hemerocallis 'Little Grapette' |
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 Hemerocallis 'Joan Senior' |
 Hemerocallis 'Root Beer' |
D300 |
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Hemerocallis 'Beauty Bright' |
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D800 |
 Papaver orientalis 'Turkish Delight' |
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 Paeonia 'Krinkled White' |
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 Arisaema tortuosum |
P7700
Rosa 'The Lark Ascending' |
 Hemerocallis 'Luxury Lace' |
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 Penstemon x |
 Aruncus dioicus 'kneiffii' |
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 Penstemon 'Stapleford Gem' |
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 Lysimachia, geranium & filipendula |
Lumix LX100
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 Rosa 'Babylon Eyes' var |
 Rosa 'Kew Gardens' |
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 Phygelius - cape figwort |
 Penstemon 'Electric Blue' |
 Geranium var of 'Rozanne' |
 Helenium 'Mardi Gras' |
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 Phlox 'Les Toits de Paris' |
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| august |
D200 |
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 Central bed |
 Anemone hupehensis |
 Crocosmia 'Star of the East' |
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 Senecio dentata 'Desdemona' |
 Dianella tasmanica |
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 Seeds Paeonia obovata alba |
 Kniphofia |
 Helenium |
 Verbena bonariensis |
 Black hollyhock |
 Allium pulchellum |
 Brunnera 'Jack Frost' |
 Fuchsia magellanica versicolor |
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D300 |
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 Horned poppy |
 Rudbeckia fulgida |
 Dianella tasmanica |
 Senecio dentata 'Desdemona' |
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D800 |
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 Hemerocallis 'Purple Rain' |
 Eryngium 'Picos blue' |
 Hemerocallis 'Mountain Laurel' |
 Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon' |
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Front garden on the left with giant hollyhock, Russian sage, rudbeckia and fennel | ||
autumn
| september |
D200 |
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 Grass and aster 'Little Carlow' |
 Solanum jasminoides album |
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 Helianthus 'Lemon Queen' |
 Helianthus 'Lemon Queen' bud |
 Pontederia cordata - pickerel weed |
 Crocosmia 'Star of the East' 
 Schizostylis 'Sunset' with shield bug |
 Hypericum olympicum |
 Solanum jasminoides album |
 Aster 'King George' |
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Eucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy' |
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D300 |
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 Schizostylis 'Sunset' |
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october |
D800 |
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 Chrysanthemum 'Rose Madder' |
 Chrysanthemum 'Edmund Brown' |
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D800 |
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| november |
 Papaver orientalis flowering again |
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 Camellia sasanqua |
winter
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D800 |
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| december | Iris unguicularis | ||
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january |
D800 |
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 Frosty heuchera |
 Hippeastrum white |
 Hamamellis mollis pallida |
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 Viburnum bodnantense |
 Camellia sasanqua |
Chimonanthus praecox |
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| february |
D800, P7700 & Lumix LX100 |
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 Leucojum vernale |
 Tulipa humilis 'Helena' out very early in 2019
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