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plants through the year

spring

 

march 

D800

Narcissus

Tulipa humilis 'Helena'

Corydalis solida from 'George P Baker'

Tulipa humilis

Crocus vernus

Bumbles in the crocuses

 

 

april

D200

Specie tulip

Paeonia tenuifolium

Paeonis 'High Noon'

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'

Paeonia obovata alba

Tulipa viridiflora 'China Town'

LX100

Clematis cartmanii

Gladiolus tristis

Viola 'Etain'

Erythronium tuolumnense

Paeonia obovata alba

D800

Camellia sasanqua var.  'Scentuous'

Not so colourful when it is freshest.

       

 

may

D200

Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'

Epimedium

Geranium 'Bill Wallis'

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

Arenaria grandiflora

Daphne

Paeonia mlokosevitschi

Paeonia tenuifolium

Parrot tulip

Paeonia tenuifolium

Tulipa viridiflora 'Esperanto'

Tulipa viridiflora 'Artist'

Iris 'Widdecomb Fair'

Meconopsis cambrica

Dictamnus albus var. purpureus, known as the burning bush, gives off an aromatic vapour

I have tried the dictamnus many times and have never managed to establish it

D300

D800

Paeonia 'Coral Charm'?

Paeonia 'Krinkled White'

Paeonia mlokosevitschi

Nectaroscordum siculum

Tulipa batalinii 'Bright Gem'

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

Cistus × aguilarii 'Maculatus'

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'

Fuji Snapper

Syringa velutina/palibiana

Tiarella wherryi

Rosa 'Morning Mist' and Rosa 'Fighting Temeraire' on PJ's phone

Iris laevigata 'Ledger's variety'

Z8

Paeonia 'Scarlet O'Hara


Paeonia 'Coral Charm' when first out

Valeriana officionalis

Rosa 'Bring me Sunshine'

     

 

summer

june

D200

 

Eschscholzia californica

Paeonia 'Krinkled White'

Rosa 'Meg'

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'

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

Pansy 'Etain'

Meconopsis cambrica

Meconopsis cambrica

Good association

Heuchera

Heuchera

Nectaroscordum siculum

Paeonia 'Coral Charm'?

Paris pollyfilla

Allium schubertii

Rosa 'The Pilgrim'

Rosa 'Graham Thomas'

Hardy hippeastrum

Eryngium giganteum

Arisaema tortuosum

Arisaema candidissimum

Digitalis dalmation mixed

Arisaema tortuosum

Miniature water lily

Fuji Snapper

Iris laevigata variegata

Alstroemeria 'Golden Friendship'

PCI

Love-in-the-mist

Paeonia 'Coral Charm'

Iris

Aconitum

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'

Rosa 'Fighting Temeraire'

Paeonia 'Coral Charm' particularly good this year

 

Iris 'Bayberry Candle'

Red Iris

Rosa 'Golden Wings'

Love in the mizzle

Rosa 'For your eyes only'

Rosa 'Blue for You'

Paeonia 'Scarlet O'Hara

Penstemon 'Raven'

   

 

july

D200

Phlox 'Blue paradise'

Sweet pea 'Matucana'

Orange echinacea

Achillea 'Credo'

Euphorbia polychroma

Central border

'Aconitum Stainless Steel'

Echinacea

Kniphofia

Phlox

Spigelia 'Wisley Jester'

Phlox 'David'

Phlox 'Franz Liszt'

Phlox

Hemerocallis 'Moonlit Masquerade'

Hemerocallis 'Sammy Russell'

Hemerocallis 'Joan Senior'

Hemerocallis 'Stoke Pogis'

Hemerocallis 'Little Grapette'

Hemerocallis 'Joan Senior'

Hemerocallis 'Root Beer'

D300

Hemerocallis 'Beauty Bright'

Eremurus robustus - Foxtail lily did not like our garden

D800

Papaver orientalis 'Turkish Delight'

Paeonia 'Krinkled White'

Arisaema tortuosum

P7700

Rosa 'The Lark Ascending'

Hemerocallis 'Luxury Lace'

Penstemon x

Aruncus dioicus 'kneiffii'

Penstemon 'Stapleford Gem'

Lysimachia, geranium & filipendula

Lumix LX100

Rosa 'Babylon Eyes' var

Rosa 'Kew Gardens'

Phygelius - cape figwort

Penstemon 'Electric Blue'

Geranium var of 'Rozanne'

Helenium 'Mardi Gras'

Phlox 'Les Toits de Paris'

     
       

t

august

D200

Central bed

Anemone hupehensis

Crocosmia 'Star of the East'

Senecio dentata 'Desdemona'

Dianella tasmanica

Seeds Paeonia obovata alba

Kniphofia

Helenium

Verbena bonariensis

Black hollyhock

Allium pulchellum

Brunnera 'Jack Frost'

Fuchsia magellanica versicolor

D300

Horned poppy

Rudbeckia fulgida

Dianella tasmanica

Senecio dentata 'Desdemona'

D800

Hemerocallis 'Purple Rain'

Eryngium 'Picos blue'

Hemerocallis 'Mountain Laurel'

Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'

Front garden on the left with giant hollyhock, Russian sage, rudbeckia and fennel    

autumn

september

D200

Grass and aster 'Little Carlow'

Solanum jasminoides album

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'

Eucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy'

D300

Schizostylis 'Sunset'

     
       

 

 

october

D800

Chrysanthemum 'Rose Madder'

Chrysanthemum 'Edmund Brown'

 
       

 

 

D800

november

Papaver orientalis flowering again

Camellia sasanqua

       

winter

 

D800

december Iris unguicularis    
       

 

 

january

D800

Frosty heuchera

Hippeastrum white

Hamamellis mollis pallida

Viburnum bodnantense

Camellia sasanqua

 

 

 

Chimonanthus praecox

 

 

february

D800, P7700 & Lumix LX100

Leucojum vernale

Tulipa humilis 'Helena' out very early in 2019