April 20 to April 26
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!
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
Carine Carson has a very classy pear tree, with an even classier name
Remember Nette Bricker-Barrett from Massachusetts complaining that her garden is so brown, compared to ours? Well it isn’t brown anymore, but…
Your editor, Brian Hackett, has also been trying his hand at a lasagne tulip 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.
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
