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allium schubertii, Anthriscus sylvestris ravenswing, Grape hyacinth, hyacinth, March, Philadelphus aurea, Prunus Nipponica Ruby, Spring flowers, Thalictrum Elin, Top ten blooms, Tulip Ballerina
Chloris invites us to share our top ten blooms with her on the 23rd of each month. Although today is the 27th I want to share my top ten with her and you as I know she won’t mind too much that I am a couple of days late. So here they are in all their blooming glory:
Prunus Nipponica Ruby. This is a new tree in my garden a dwarf form and I am delighted by its blossom.
Philadelphus aurea This mock orange was included in my garden as I love this foliage. A fresh bright lime which stands out amongst all other green leafed shrubs. Not yet fully grown the leaves are opening swiftly now.
Bulbs are in full show right now well apart from the tulips who are coming slowly
Tulip Ballerina I think.
This is the crazy and eccentric Allium schubertii . Just appearing.
Blue and white Hyacinths are filling the air with their heady aroma. I have these in raised beds to avoid my very heavy clay.
The marmite of bulbs? Perhaps. Grape hyacinth growing happily under the Hornbeam hedge.
Then there is this:
A single blue beauty. I do not what it is Chloris. It piggy backed from a garden who gave me a couple of Hellebores. I hope it stays and makes a few friends.
This may look a bit like Aquilegia but it is Thalictrum Elin. I adore Thalictrum and this one will be around 1.2m tall by Summer.
As Cow parsley pulls away so too is this dark leaf version, Anthriscus sylvestris Ravenswing.
Euphorbia amygdaloides purpurea
There you have it, my ten for March. Not bad for starters? Thanks for reading. D.
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I can’t imagine what anyone has against Grape Hyacinth. I love them and the way they spread to fill empty spaces everywhere. Your blossom tree is lovely and seeing a shrub in (almost) full leaf is a novelty for me this year. We are way behind you. The Thalictrum look a bit alien at this stage don’t they! 🙂
Grape hyacinth ROX!
Your pink blossom tree is lovely, well all spring plants are lovely aren’t they!?
I have so enoyed seeing the pictures of your cherry recently – how dwarf is it? Could I fit one in here, I wonder…? Seeing your thalictrum makes me want to go out and check mine, which is very very slow at establishing – too dark now! I hope someone identifies your mystery plant – I suspect Chloris will. Thanks for sharing today
Thank you so much for joining in and sharing your March delights Dorris. The date is a moveable feast. I loved seeing all your spring foliage. The Prunus is gorgeous and is new to me. The little blue hitchhiker is a Scilla, probably Scilla bifolia.
Marmite? Is that good . . . or bad? What is a marmite? I still totally dig grape hyacinth. It is so traditional, and so much more reliable than fancier bulbs. Philadelphus is naturalize here, but cultivars are not often available in nurseries. I have not seen your particular cultivars. Oddly, those that have naturalize in the wild are both single and double. I prefer the single flowered sort, but they are both excellent. Could that unknown flower be the beginning of Scilla peruviana? I have never seen it bloom with such a minimal truss, but I suppose it could if doing so for the first time. Alternatively, it could be Scilla siberica or Scilla mischtschenkoana (Don’t ask me to pronounce that.) However, I believe that the individual florets of those species tend to be more pendulous. I am not familiar with that genus, since I have only grown Scilla peruviana once, and only for one season.
Hi, just happen to discover your blog because of ‘patientgardeners six saterday’. Lovely! Your comment on Anthriscus sylvestris Ravenswing surprised me however. The beautiful plant is in my small borders for years and the seedlings are so easy to discover when still very small, so I can distinguish the greens from the purple. They appear everywhere on very surprising spots creating beautiful unexpected combinations. Maybe you should give it a try?