May 31st – This is, we hope, the last of the Lockdown Galleries as garden visiting returns in June. Many thanks to all who contributed this year and last!
Weather: Summer is here! Warm sunny days and no rain
Ruth Baumberg received identifications for the plants she asked about last week – the Narcissus was Pipit and the Geranium was G. tuberosum. She also has a fine Peony grown from seed to show us this week
Glenda Wray has some interesting plant combinations
White Dodecatheon meadia against Euphorbia dulcis ‘Chameleon’ 
Weird cowslips with Asphodeline lutea 
Geranium phaeum ‘Lily Lovell’ (hiding the rhubarb!) 
Darmera peltata – decided to flower at last! 
Dwarf Deutzia gracilis ‘Nikko’ plus Trifolium repens ‘William’ (in pots) 
Primula pulverulenta 
Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’
Ann Fritchley says that everything in her garden has been watered and battered. Looks like it’s thriving though!
Liz Hall’s submission of beautiful Aquilegias is tinged with sadness. She has discovered that downy mildew is affecting some of her plants, so it may be the beginning of the end for her collection
Judith Ladley has a mystery for you to solve
Unknown blue plant – it’s a lovely gentian blue growing in a straggly manner – I do not know its name and would welcome your suggestions! 
Tellima grandiflora and my new Hellebore ‘Anna’s Red’ still going fairly strongly 
Geranium phaeum ‘Margaret Wilson’. A rather pretty specimen 
Geranium orientali tibeticum. Attractive foliage but a bit of a thug 
Clematis alpina growing through Corokia Cotoneaster 
A rather nice Iberis growing alongside Ballota pseudodictamnus
Sue Gray asserts that Ladies of the Night do better in the rain…
Astrantia ‘Ladies of the Night’ doing far better than ever before, probably due to all the rain 
Cenolophium denudatum and Polemonium ‘Heaven Scent’ – although I can’t detect any scent 
Foliage of Epimedium rubrum, Astilbe and Actaea 
Polemonium ‘Sonia’s Bluebell’ 
Rodgersia – rain appears to have the same effect as steroids! 
Tulipa sprengeri – just flowered in time for the last gallery!
Carine Carson joins the party very late – but not too late!
Geum ‘Bell Bank’ from Jackie Gyles with Sambucus ‘Black Lace’ 
Same two plants with an unknown Veronica -WYHPS bargain! 
Astrantia major ‘Dove Cottage Hybrid’ with Stipa tenuissima 
Polystichum ‘Herrenhausen’ with Geranium ‘Bill Wallis’ and I think Heuchera ‘Lime Marmalade’ – brightening up a shady side of the house 
Polemonium ‘Heaven Scent’ – The stems are really dark and just beautiful with the lilac-purple flowers 
Geranium sanguineum – just starting to flower
And finally, the Hackett garden is still looking decidedly scruffy after that iffy spring, but there are still a few blooms here and there
Tree Peony ‘Very Double Cherry’. That’s what it was called when we bought it in the 80s. I can’t find a Japanese name for it. Flowers the size of dinner plates this year, so at least one plant has enjoyed this spring weather. 
Melittis melissophyllum ‘Royal Velvet Distinction’ – or Bastard Balm if you think its proper name is just too posh 
Geum ‘Lemon Drops’ – so much more refined that the Geum avens which is rampant this spring 
Choisya x dewitteana ‘White Dazzler’ – it has taken years for this to flower properly – here it is at last 
Valeriana pyrenaica
Well done Brian, you have done a sterling job throughout all these lockdowns and have been there throughout – unlike some of us!!!! Oops that would be me!!!! Thank you so much for inspiring us all and I am sure we all enjoyed the images and, without being rude, hope we don’t have to resurrect lockdown gallery! Happy gardening everyone.
Carine
Thanks for those kind comments Carine – it’s been fun!