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Aesculus hippocastanum, Anthriscus sylvestris, apple blossom, Cameraria ohridella, Cercis canadensis, cow parsley, Foeniculum vulgare purpureum, Forest pansy, Hebe hulkeana, Horse chestnut tree, leaf miner, New Zealand lilac, Purple fennel, six on saturday
I hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather as it seems it is forecast to change. I have been grass cutting just now (groan) and weeding again (bigger groan). I am not moaning though, I feel very lucky to have space outside and I love my garden, it is just that those particular tasks are about as exciting as the washing up.
More exciting are the beautiful sights and these are my six to share with the Propagator and you.
First off is this huge bunch of Anthriscus sylvestris, Cow Parsley. Picked to stop it seeding around the garden and picked because I adore it for its airy and delicate freshness. This is adorning the zinc table in my summer house. Sounds a bit fancy but it really is not a house as it has no doors or windows. 
More lovely white flowers. These are veritable candelabras compared to the Cow parsley. The flowers of the Horse chestnut tree. Aesculus hippocastanum.
The trees look magnificent at this time of year and I don’t want to visualise the sorry sight they become by late Summer due to leaf miner Cameraria ohridella.
Then there is the lovely apple blossom which I am enjoying everyday knowing that as soon as the rain comes it will be gone, washed away, curtains. 
Combinations of foliage are always interesting to me. I am liking the foliage of purple fennel, Foeniculum vulgare Purpureum, behind the emerging flowers of the New Zealand Lilac
The blue grey foliage is from Thalictrum Elin. Not actually a Lilac it is Hebe hulkeana.
Then there is the emerging foliage of Cercis canadensis , Forest pansy. 
The pea like pink flowers are beginning to drop and this year the branches have been covered. A first.
Lastly there is this view to share 
A seating area backed by the garage wall. Just trying not to look at all the grass that needs weeding out to make way for the annuals. Big groan.
Wishing you all a good weekend, wherever you are. Thanks for reading. D.
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Cow parsley is so pretty! I am not familiar with it. How interesting to find redbuds called “forest pansies!” I had to look that up!
It is a dreamy romantic kind of flower and our hedgerows are full of cow parsley right now. Thankyou
The cercis is gorgeous. I had one in my last garden, but it was very slow growing. I wonder how big it is now…that garden was 6 years ago.
I remember seeing cow parsley growing in the wild in the UK. It was very pretty.
I agree Cercis is gorgeous. It is however a bit brittle and can just suddenly give up. I had this one in a large pot for perhaps five years and when we moved here it got put into the raised bed in 2016. Since then it has more than doubled in size and has finally flowered profusely this year. Perhaps you could treat yourself to another one…
I am admiring the cow parsley flowers! I don’t think I have seen horse chestnut flowers before. They are lovely too. You do have a lovely display of apple blossom. It makes me envious.. your mixed bed do herbs looks great!
Thank you, that’s kind.
Nice blog
Thank you
What a lovely way to display your cow parsley (and stop it self seeding)!
Win win
You too have Hebe hulkeana, I love it, no one ever realises that it is a hebe. It does need a sheltered spot though. My horse chestnuts look wonderful right now but terrible in late summer.
I remember you mentioning last year that you have one. Rather pretty flowers. Enjoy the sunshine today Chloris
Horse chestnut is another one of those enviable trees of other regions. I am not familiar with what leaf miner does to it. The reason it is enviable is that other species stay nicely foliated through summer. Ours are twice deciduous, so they defoliate through summer, and refoliate in autumn, only to defoliate again for winter. It is normal for them, but they look rather dead for summer, especially if the dead foliage does not fall out completely. It would be really annoying to grow species that stays foliated through summer, only to have the foliage ruined anyway.
It looks like you have a wonderful garden, Doris, and the perfect space to find peace in the corona craziness
Thank you and yes I feel very fortunate
The vase of Cow Parsley is quite magnificent. Sometimes it’s the simplest things that give the most joy. I know that I’d get more pleasure from looking at that than a large expensive bouquet from the florist.
Thanks Catherine and do you know what I always prefer home grown than big bouquets. Good job as I rarely receive those !
I’m with you on both points! 😀
I have forest pansy, my second spring with it so a young tree still, it has never flowered. sad face.
I think mine is now getting toward ten years old. Having kept it in a large pot for five of those years it is now happier. Perhaps next year yours will flower, fingers crossed. Thanks for hosting.
What a brilliant idea with the Cow Parsley. Love it.