Well, we hoped it wouldn’t be needed, but spring ’21 is here and lockdown is still a part of our lives!
Over the coming weeks,I hope you will enjoy sharing your garden pictures with fellow WYHPS members (and anyone else who wants to see them) until the day comes when we can visit each other’s gardens again.
Weather: Starts very warm, but turns cool for the Easter weekend
Brian Denison sends a good selection for his first contribution of 2021
Pulmonaria ‘Diana Clare’
Primula vulgaris
Primula ‘Tie Dye’ with Primula vulgaris
Persicaria microcephala ‘Red Dragon’ just emerging
Pachyphragma macrophyllum
Muscari armeniacum
Hellebore seedlings with Narcissus ‘Tête-à-tête’
Hacquetia epipactis
Pulmonaria ‘Opal’
Vinca minor ‘Illumination’ in flower
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Judith Ladley is guarding her precious Trillium this week
Trillium kurabayashii, complete with beer trap, purchased at our last Conference It’s my only trillium so deserves protecting
Tulipa turkestanica bought this week from York Gate nursery – they are now open on Thursdays and Fridays and have a good selection of bulbs for sale
Geranium ‘Spring Fling’ bought from Vanessa Cook many years ago
General view of hellebores – they are so beautiful
Ruth Baumberg has a very unusual primrose
Green Primrose
Bergenia ciliata
Helleborus viridis
Magnolia starting into bloom
Here’s Liz Hall’s first pictures of the new season, taken, she says, between the showers!
Primula elatior
Primula ‘Lady Greer’
Pulmonaria rubra
Erythronium
Erythronium
Early flowering Bergenia
Cardamine pentaphylla
Bergenia ‘Baby Doll’
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Diane Rawnsley’s first showing includes some impressive Hepaticasand a selection of Hellebores
Hepaticas
Helleborus ‘Flash Gordon’
Yellow helleborus
Hybrid hellebores
Synthyris missurica subsp. stellata
Stachyurus praecox
Hacquetia epipactis
Daffodils on the bank
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And there’s been a bit of sunshine in the Hackett garden this week – we don’t get much before the Equinox!
The Bloody Dock – Rumex sanguineus
Geranium palmatum
Ficaria verna ‘Brazen Hussy’ – no flowers yet
Allium paradoxum var. normale
Allium paradoxum var. normale – under the bird feeders, so enjoying regular guano feeds
Cardamine glanduligera ex ‘Washfield’. Bought from Michael Myers after a talk in 2019, I think
The cardoon, Cynara cardunculus
Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae, thriving in deep shade by the stream
Lysichiton americanus, the Skunk Cabbage, skulking in shade
Well, we hoped it wouldn’t be needed, but spring ’21 is on the way and lockdown is still a part of our lives!
Over the coming weeks,I hope you will enjoy sharing your garden pictures with fellow WYHPS members (and anyone else who wants to see them) until the day comes when we can visit each other’s gardens again.
Weather: High pressure continues for another cool, quiet week
Ann Fritchley leads the way this week, with a little help in pellet form
The Iris unguicularis was being eaten by snails as it flowered until I dealt with them by a few slug pellets down the back of the wall
Primula denticulata – pink always flowers for me before the blue or white
Ficaria verna Flore Pleno Group (d). Celandine is a weed in the garden but very pretty.
The Molly the Witch Paeony (P. mlokosewitschii) new growth is just as attractive as the flowering plant
Sue Gray’s submission includes another little beauty from David Barnes’ garden
Cardamine enneaphylla, a beautiful, well behaved, cardamine which came from David’s garden. When the glossy foliage it is almost black, but gradually changes to green, contrasting with the beautiful cream flowers
Sadly this is not foliage relating to a colony of winter aconites but the emerging, fresh lime green, foliage of a tall, white Aconitum, which is welcome anyway
Erythronium dens-canis ‘Snowflake’, although we appear to have a rogue pink snowflake
Shades of pink – Hellebore, Corydalis solida ‘Beth Evans’ & Erythronium, but don’t ask me which one!
Anemone blanda – an unfortunate title I always feel as there is nothing bland about these beauties
Corydalis solida ‘George Baker’
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Ruth Baumberg says “Well Spring has duly sprung; lots in flower but Iris unguicularis is 5 months later than last winter! The primroses are seeding everywhere including the lawn edges.“
Iris unguicularis
Primroses galore
Just coming out
Hellebores and daffodils in the front garden
Cardamine quinquefolia
Anemone blanda
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Maggie Sugden has found a few more flowers for us this week too
Narcissus ‘February Gold’. A bit late!
Viburnum bodnantense ‘Charles Lamont’. This has been flowering all winter and has got better and better.
Spring pot
Spring border
And to round off week 4, Judi Barton has a mystery plant for us to identify. She says “I think I planted this but can’t remember where I got it … does anyone recognise this leaf which has persisted through winter. There are shoots emerging nearby.“ I wonder – could that be a hepatica?
Well, we hoped it wouldn’t be needed, but spring ’21 is on the way and lockdown is still a part of our lives!
Over the coming weeks,I hope you will enjoy sharing your garden pictures with fellow WYHPS members (and anyone else who wants to see them) until the day comes when we can visit each other’s gardens again.
Weather: High pressure returns for a cool, quiet week
Judith Ladley has a basketthat just demands new plants to fill it
My basket – I really enjoy looking for plants to put in – a good excuse for looking round outlets
I wish I could remember the name of this crocus as I find it rather attractive
Self-seeded Corydalis cheilanthifolia
A super specimen of Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ – well worth what I paid for it! Also Pittosporum ‘Tom Thumb’ and Skimmia ‘Kew Green’
A self-seeded hellebore – unfortunately it’s wedged itself amongst a bergenia and a paving stone so it will have to stay there, which is a shame because it is rather pretty
Amanda Fincham needs some naming ideas for her delightful Daphnes
First of two wonderfully scented Daphne seedlings from my mother’s garden. Any name suggestions ?
The second Daphne
Three Iris reticulata – top left ‘Gordon’, right ‘Injad Sherwood’ and bottom one, which has lost its label!
A tiny cyclamen grown from wild, using collected seed from an Alpine Garden Society
Ruth Baumberg is back with another treat for the galanthophiles – including that quilted beauty we saw before
Galanthus plicatus ‘Diggory’ – fully open
Galanthus plicatus ‘Trym’
Galanthus ‘Tubby Merlin’
Camellia × williamsii ‘Donation’
Daffodils
Corydalis solida ‘Beth Evans’
Hamamelis mollis
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Maggie Sugden has found a few flowers for us, but says ‘Everyone’s waiting for some sun!
Daphne ‘Perfume Princess’. It’s a new shrub, so I’m surprised it’s flowering!
Crocuses ‘Snow Bunting’, Blue Pearl’ and ‘Cream Beauty’ – The same number of each went in!!
Well, we hoped it wouldn’t be needed, but spring ’21 is on the way and lockdown is still a part of our lives!
Over the coming weeks,I hope you will enjoy sharing your garden pictures with fellow WYHPS members (and anyone else who wants to see them) until the day comes when we can visit each other’s gardens again.
Weather: Starts showery, but becomes wet and windy during midweek
Here’s Ann Fritchley’s first contribution of the new year, starting with a welcome re-appearance
My pond free of ice, and pleased to see my five goldfish have survived!
Crocus tomassinianus, which has seeded all over during the years
Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ is a glorious mass of orange flowers and blooms much later than H. Mollis
Leucojum vernum var. vagneri – my favourite
Puschkinia scilloides , a little stalwart which never disappoints
Sue Gray is back again – with a ferny question…
A lovely evergreen fern from David Barnes’ garden. Any ideas what it could be?
Galanthus ‘Spindlestone Surprise’ My cousin lives on the Spindlestone estate in Northumberland, so I had to have some!
Leucojum vernum – green marked variety
The first Erythronium to flower, but don’t ask me which one…
Well, we hoped it wouldn’t be needed, but spring ’21 is on the way and lockdown is still a part of our lives!
Over the coming weeks,I hope you will enjoy sharing your garden pictures with fellow WYHPS members (and anyone else who wants to see them) until the day comes when we can visit each other’s gardens again.
Weather: Cold and dry
The Lockdown Gallery’s first contributor of the season is Amanda Fincham, who reminds us that snow was not so long ago!
Cyclamen coum
Galanthus ‘Primrose Warburg’
Viola ‘Blueberry Swirl’ (in snow)
Viola
Sue Gray steps up next
Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ – I wish I could send the scent on a glorious sunny day
Hepatica nobilis – you might consider the flowers as rather insignificant & sparse, but as it is only about the 2nd time it has flowered in almost 15 years, I will take it, thank you!
Crocus sieberi subsp. sublimis ‘Tricolor’
Crocus tommasinianus
Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’
Helleborus orientalis – largely self sown seedlings
Leucojum vernum – yellow marked variety
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I’m delighted to welcome Ruth Baumberg to the ’21 Gallery. She brings some fine Hellebores – and the ultimate ‘Drop of Desire…a dimpled beauty!
Galanthus plicatus ‘Diggory’
Red Hellebore
Pale pink semi-double Hellebore
Hellebore – Dark-centred yellow
Lonicera fragrantissima
First double Celandine in flower
Leucojum
Hellebore – Double white with purple spots
Corydalis solida
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There’s not much to see in the Hackett garden this week, but I’ve found a few early blooms
Ypsilandra thibetica – This is tiny, but so much tougher than it looks. It makes it back every year
Sterile primula – I don’t know the name of this primula, but since it’s sterile it flowers for many weeks. The regular primroses don’t last anything like as long, but they are the ones that feed the bees
Narcissus ‘Tête-à-tête’ – a tiny, reliable favourite
Iris ‘Frozen Planet’ (Reticulata). Lynne hates the name of this Iris, but loves its cool looks
Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii – handsome geometric patterns, and that lovely acid lime colour
Maggie Sugden offers a strange looking snowdrop
A special snowdrop
Cyclamen coum selected leaf form
Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’
Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’
A selection of hellebores
Ribes laurifolium
Acacia baileyana ‘Purpurea’ – I bought it at East Rushton when we were there on the HPS holiday
