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Anthriscus sylvestris, apple blossom, carpinus betula, cow parsley, Hornbeam, hostas, six on saturday, Sweet cicely, Veratrum, violas
Avoiding any references to that virus or lockdown., my six to share with you are nothing but pure garden escapism.
Pot grown and displayed with my hostas the emerging foliage is always pleated and pleasing. Not dissimilar to hostas, in that the foliage is irresistible to slugs and snails and so the battle to keep the molluscs off and the plant looking ‘pleats please’ is tricky. This is arguably Veratrum at its best.
Next is apple blossom, it is blossom time. 
Emerging Apple blossom on the old tree. 
Hopefully we will not get a hard frost. Last year I got 44 bottles of apple juice and the previous year 72! Hoping for a good crop.
More pleats, this time from the new leaves of the Hornbeam hedge.
This is not Cow parsley but Sweet cicely. It is much lower growing than Anthriscus and it’s deeply divided foliage tastes slightly of aniseed and is sweet. It is good cooked with rhubarb.
Anthriscus sylvestris or Cow parsley is taking over rather.
Here with Euphorbia amygdaloides and against my WillowFencing. Tall, billowy, romantic, it is running amok and will need deheading to stop it self seeding everywhere.
Finally my pots of hostas are beginning to emerge. More about who, what, where, when, another time.
Wishing you, Master Dorris and our host The Propagator a good weekend wherever you are. Stay home, stay safe, save lives. D.
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That veratrum looks interesting and not something I have come across before – is it vera-trum or ver-atrum? Are you putting together a hosta corner? It always surprises me how quickly the leaves unfurl from the spikes although I suppose the warmth has helped. You take care too – is Master Dorris in isolation wth you?
A Hosta corner is the plan and they have started unfurling already. Let’s call her Vera 😉
Ay-up Vera! I like a good hosta corner so shall be watching the progression of yours with interest
Au-up indeed
Your apple tree is a lovely shape! I do love cow parsley time…
Thank you. The tree has had a lot of TLC the last five years to get it into some shape but I am pleased with the result. Even more pleased you noticed!
Thank you for some pretty today. I enjoyed seeing all of them, Cow Parsley is a bit of a mystery to me, one of the beloved wildflowers of the UK?
Indeed it is a wild flower / weed depending on your point of view. At this time of year the hedgerows become a froth of white. So pretty
Pretty unless you are the weed puller?
I love it but I will have to pull some out before it starts smothering everything else
Veratrum and white violas are a classy mix!
Well thank you
A happy coincidence perhaps
Your anthriscus looks wonderful against that woven fence! I miss my cow parsley in my UK garden! Veratrum and violas – as someone else says, a very classy combination!
Hello and thank you. V & V is a happy combo
Jealous you have got room for Apple Trees. I love Apple Juice. When I used to leave in East Sussex I used to go to a farm shop near Wnchelsea and buy bottles. That was 24 years ago😳
Oh please don’t be. I take the apples to my local farm shop and they juice the apples and sell it back to you in bottles. It extends the life of the fruit by almost 2 years