Tags
Anthriscus sylvestris, cow parsley, dwarf Narcissus, Euphorbia amygdaloides, Grape hyacinth, March, Muscari, Narcissus 'Tete a Tete', Prunus Nipponica Ruby, Sambucus Nigra, six on saturday, spurge
Hello. I am joining The Propagator with a Six on Saturday. Galloping? As the days lengthen and the sun warms a little, growth in the garden is changing almost as we look and the time to get all the jobs done is well , galloping by.
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Prunus Nipponica Ruby. On Monday only one or two of the flower blossoms were open and I included a piece of it in my vase IAVOM. Now just five days later the blossoms are nearly all open.
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Cow parsley, Anthriscus sylvestris. Last week there was only a peek of it on the ground now it is ankle deep at the bottom of my garden under the big three Horse chestnut trees.
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Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides. I love the lime colour against the willow fencing. This is a must have plant for rough ground under trees.
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Narcissus Tête-à-tête. Still flowering these are quite early to show their faces. Tiny but bright and a sign of spring if ever there was one.
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Sambucus niger from darkest black buds to delicious rich leaves, these are opening out now and I shall look forward to the lace effect of those leaves soon.
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Finally muscari, Grape Hyacinth. These are a great shot of blue growing happily under the Hormbeam hedge.
Enjoy your weekend, wherever you are. Thanks for reading. D.
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Lovely 6. I love Euphorbia as it self seeds everywhere in my garden. The acidly green does look lovely against your fence. Happy gardening -so much to do and never enough time!
Thank you ! There is so much to do and never enough time, always .
Yes, galloping indeed and the garden changes every day, making it easy to miss something new if it’s a busy day. That prunus is so pretty – how long will the blooms last?
I fear the flowers may only last a week at this rate but maybe two.
All the more precious then…
Indeed
Lovely pics but I was distracted but your lovely fencing
Thank you. It is probably the best decision I made to have that woven in situ. A wonderful rural craft.
How exciting that cow parsley time is nearly here – it’s one of my very favourite times of the year.
Mine too!
I am going to have to definitely get some Euphorbia for my garden. Lovely blog as always.
Thank you. Oh yes find a space for Euphorbia they won’t disappoint but do be careful when handling as their sap is a major irritant.
Flowering cherries are SO rad! We have a few cultivars here, and I only know what two of them are. We will be planting more in time for next year. A row will be getting planted along the main road through town. I was not supposed to be working here this long, but now I want to stay to see some of these projects happen. Anyway, we also happened to plant a ‘Black Lace’ elderberry. I do not know what to expect from it, but it did not seem to produce good berries after it was planted. It is likely too soon after planting. I will see what it does this year. There are plenty of blue elderberries growing wild.
An avenue of flowering cherry will be spectacular. As for the black elder, you can anticipate deeply shaded near black leaves with umbels of flowers in a pretty shade of pale purple followed by near black small berries. It is a wonderful plant and easy to control.
Well, the flowering cherries will be only on one side of the road. That is good enough for me. I happen to like flowering cherries, so even a few is rad. They are quite popular in Japantown in San Jose, but they do not do as well there as they do in the Pacific Northwest or New England.
The elderberry was not my idea, but showed up here from another garden. I am pleased to try it, but do not expect to be impressed with the berries. To me, it is just ornamental. If the berries are good, that would be just another asset.
Just ornamental? You’re a tough man to please!
Yes, just ornamental. I sort of do not expect it to be as productive as the native blue elderberries. I certainly will not complain if it happens to make a good berries too. I an not certain that it is ‘Black Lace’, and I am not even certain about the species. If it makes good berries, I will need to identify it so I now what I am working with. In my own garden, there would be no ‘ornamental’ elderberries.
I love cow parsley, the similar thing we have here is wild carrot which copes better with the dry conditions. I had cow parsley in my bridal flowers so it always brings happy memories.
How very ahead of your time Christina, it’s very fashionable for brides now I believe.