Weather: Still dry – very much the theme of April 2020, with bright blue skies tempered by an easterly wind
Judith Ladley starts off week 5
Two self-seeded euphorbias in a pot of James Stirling hebe. I think e.polychroma is my favourite of all the euphorbias. It gently self-seeds for me – much to Gill Evans’ annoyance!
A lovely little indigofera plant bought on a garden holiday. Have over-wintered it in the greenhouse as I don’t want to lose it.
Peony tenuifolia
Hebe hulkeana which I bought years ago from Mrs P Rakusen’s garden at Ling Lane, Leeds. It is a lovely plant but very difficult to propagate.
A very pretty geum but sadly the name label has faded.
An unknown self-seeded plant in my stone trough. Can anyone identify?
Another Judith – this is Judith Edmond’s first time in the Lockdown Gallery – welcome!
Rhododendron ‘Dora Amateis’
Daffodil ‘St Patrick’s Day’
Camellia, probably “ Donation” – like Ann’s Camellia it is well over 30 years old, having lived many years in a pot in my parents’ garden.
Caltha palustris ‘Flore Pleno’
Acer palmatum var. dissectum. leaves just unfurling
Sue Gray makes a welcome return, including some plants from David Barnes’ garden
Trillium camschatcense ‘Nemuro’
Sanguinaria Canadensis multiplex, Anemone nemorosa ‘Vestal’ & various fading hellebores
Paeonia mlokosewitschii – ‘Molly the Witch’ – pink form, from David Barnes’s garden. Yes there is such a thing although it came as a surprise to me!
Emerging Podophyllum hexandrum
Bergenia ‘Overture’
Jeffersonia diphylla; so proud of this seedling, but J. dubia seems to have disappeared!
Melianthus major flowering in David Barnes’ garden
Terry Benton is back with some more bee flowers
Male solitary bee (Possibly a Hairy-footed flower bee) on Pulmonaria
Lamium album (wild dead-nettle) in among the myosotis
Female solitary bee with pollen basket (Possibly a Hairy-footed flower bee) on Pulmonaria
Camellia – unknown variety
Sisyrinchium macrocarpon
Sisyrinchium macrocarpon close up
Carine Carson has a very classy pear tree, with an even classier name
Prunus Padua ‘Le Thoureil’ – the label says ‘the small white flowers are followed by small black fruits sometimes in summer with ‘fabulous’ autumn clout in shades of red, orange and gold.’ So that is why I bought it – small garden and several seasons of interest
Remember Nette Bricker-Barrett from Massachusetts complaining that her garden is so brown, compared to ours? Well it isn’t brown anymore, but…
Not brown anymore! Snow in Massachusetts
Your editor, Brian Hackett, has also been trying his hand at a lasagnetulip bowl. Also, some lovely acid greens and the first flower of the water hawthorn
Tulip Lasagne pot – Queen of Night, Estella Rijnveld, Rembrandt Grand Perfection
Tulip Lasagne pot – Queen of Night, Estella Rijnveld, Rembrandt Grand Perfection
Acer palmatum dissectum Viride (bought from Hippopottering) and Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii – plus a randum tulip that used to be Gavota, I think!
Aponogeton distachyos, or water hawthorn, a hardy aquatic, which is happier in shade than water lilies and has a sweet scent
John and Joyce Kenny present this lovely Erythronium ‘Joanna’, as featured in April’s Plant of the Month.
Erythronium ‘Joanna’
Another excellent and varied selection from Diane Rawnsley, with a mystery plant at the end. My guess is Lunaria rediviva, the perennial honesty – let us know your thoughts!
Sanguinaria canadensis f. multiplex ‘Plena’
Pittosporum garnettii with Pulmonaria ‘Diana Clare’ and Ophiopogon planiscapus’Little Tabby’
My attempt at a stumpery….need more ferns!
Eleagnus Quicksilver against purple Berberis and dark Phormium
Acer ‘Garnet’ with Helleborus foetidus
Can you identify the plant in the last photo? I was sold it on the holiday a couple of years ago as Clerodendron which it clearly isn’t.
Here’s an interesting idea from Pat Hunter – all the different Peonies in her garden, taken on the same day, showing their great variety