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Tell me what is flowering in your garden today.

205 replies

PerspicaciaTick · 26/04/2015 16:48

My garden is looking very green and vibrant today.

I can see:
Apple blossom
Camellia (although the flowers are starting to drop)
Forget me nots
Lungwort
Hellebores are hanging on
Euphorbia are doing their limey green thing and perking up one corner
Bluebells
Chaenomeles

What can you see? And what region are you in? (And I might nick your ideas Grin)

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PerspicaciaTick · 26/04/2015 16:51

Argh - forget to say that although the greenery is lovely, I'm impatient for the flowers to get going.

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Moln · 26/04/2015 16:56

Blue bells, Glasnevin and 'ephant ears' -can't recall their proper names! The chives and chervil are just getting ready to go too

PerspicaciaTick · 26/04/2015 17:05

I like the sound of Glasnevin - especially if it smells nice. is it related to Deadly Nightshade? It has similar flowers.

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FraterculaArctica · 26/04/2015 17:08

Similar to you Perspicacia. Tulips. Apple tree just coming out. Hellebores hanging on. Loads of forget me nots. Forsythia. A couple of late narcissi.

We've just moved house and it's really exciting seeing what's in the garden. The previous owners seem to have been mad keen on aquilegia, there are loads of plants which will be bursting into flower a month or two from now!

mousmous · 26/04/2015 17:08

tulips
bluebells
mayflowers
borage
strawberries
clematis
comfrey

PerspicaciaTick · 26/04/2015 17:12

I love aquilegia - they always look very elegant.

mousmous - do you know what sort of clematis? I'm up for recommendations as we've just had to take out our big clematis when the arch and fence it grew on collapsed in a storm plus it didn't flower much.

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wonkylegs · 26/04/2015 17:19

In the main garden
Bluebells, Daffs & Tulips
Cherry, plum & pear blossom,
apples haven't come out yet
azalias - red, purple & blue
Blue periwinkles
White hellibores
Yellow Kerry Japonica
White mock orange are just coming out
Something pink that I have no idea what it is but it's very pretty
Purple Pansies & Some small reddish pink flowers again no idea what they are but they are very pretty
First hints of some white hydrangea

In the kitchen garden
Marigolds
Strawberry flowers
Periwinkles again

RustyBear · 26/04/2015 17:20

Primroses - hundreds of them, everywhere, also forget-me-nots. Also some bluebells, though mostly the Spanish variety, and a few white ones.

A few violets left in the rockery and between the patio flagstones. Tulips, grape hyacinths, and Loddon lilies in the front border.

Flowering shrubs - the forsythia is almost over, but Kerria, flowering currant and quince are doing well, and the lilac tree is nearly in full flower, so is the laurel, and next-door's apple tree

Oh, and a few dandelions....

Moln · 26/04/2015 17:22

www.gardenersworld.com/plants/solanum-crispum-glasnevin/2692.html

here's the Glasnevin, the comments in the link aren't too pleased with it so it seems, but I like it and I've it trained to a fence

mousmous · 26/04/2015 17:28

I think it's clematis montana. (was here hen we moved in, is a beast of a plant)
smells divine in the evenings.

Alpinecrunch · 26/04/2015 17:29

I've bought 2 pots of lavender but have no idea how to look after them. They're so pretty. I know nothing about gardening but I love lavender and plan to have it everywhere. I guess I should mixit up a bit but need to have pots rather than planters. Ideas welcome.

Mouthfulofquiz · 26/04/2015 17:30

The last dregs of a forsythia,
Many many hybrid bluebells
Forget me not
Exochorda bush which looks absolutely amazing, (it's called 'The Bride')
Lots of small purple and blue flowers which I'm not sure of their names
Primroses
Cowslip

pepperrabbit · 26/04/2015 17:37

We have tulips and late daffs going strong, the azalias look great and the white rhododendron is just just coming out, pink one resolutely in bud (note use of technical gardening terms!)
Rosemary is flowering and the apple tree is in full blossom after last year when it was dire.
Forsythia gone over a bit, pulmonaria, which has taken over while I blinked is at least pretty at the mo.
In the front the primulas are lovely, a solitary grape hyacinth and a single red carnation doing it's best!
Oh and broom Smile lots of broom.

Franke · 26/04/2015 17:43

Tulips
Bergenia
Bleeding hearts
Apple blossom
Forget me nots
Pieris is just starting
Japanese ornamental quince
Laurel
Clematis just starting

Yes, all the greenery is lovely. But we've just discovered we've got box tree catapillars Sad so need to deal with them somehow.

mousmous · 26/04/2015 17:49

oh and forgot the daisies and dandelions :)

TheFutureSupremeRulersMum · 26/04/2015 18:00

Dandelions everywhere

SugarPlumTree · 26/04/2015 18:09

Cherry and apple blossom
Forget me nots
Early sensation clematis
Primroses
Euphorbia
Erysium Bowles Mauve
Erysium Winter orchid
Azaelia
Geisha girl Japanese quince
Choisya
Flowering currant
Iberis

Lots of dandelions

PerspicaciaTick · 26/04/2015 18:12

People over the road seem to be cultivating dandelions. They are very successful.

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wobblebobblehat · 26/04/2015 18:14

Camelia
Primroses
Fritillaria
Tulips
Muscari
Daffodils (on last legs!)
Hellebores

Looking very pretty if a bit mad... Have just been out there having a tidy... Grin

Moln · 26/04/2015 18:25
Mouthfulofquiz · 26/04/2015 19:34

I've gone lavender mad too here - have planted 5 in the last week, varying different types. They look and smell divine.

Alpinecrunch · 26/04/2015 20:15

Ooh, thanks Moln Smile

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KiteKit · 26/04/2015 20:26

We have tulips, 1 lone daffodil, primroses, cowslips (just on the turn), muscari, auberita, cherry blossom, geranium, hydranaga, aquilegia, bluebells, hellebores, forgetmenots, primulas, campanulas in bud, tons of other stuff about to burst into flower so looking forward to that!

bobblypop · 26/04/2015 20:58

Front:
tulips (many, assorted)
Muscari
narcissi
daffodils (few left)
keria
primroses
lavandula tiara
hellebores still going

Back:
aquilegia
dicentra spectabliis - pink and white
spiria
exachorda
magnolia heaven scent
magnolia stellata
cherry just finished blossoming
forget me nots
rhododendron
daffs
muscari


must get some nice spring bulbs in the back for next year I think...

Abzs · 26/04/2015 21:03

Daffodils
Primula (various)
Heather
Pieris (just)
Prunus Niger
Forget-me-not
Flowering currant

And something Berberis like with orange flowers. I don't know what it is.

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