25 May 2010 01:06:35
dead wood
another casualty to the frost, pembury blue i think....and you should see my roses, they are dreadful looking. some are dead and others are dead-looking. i've fed them and pruned them. maybe they will take off....
25 May 2010 01:04:31
viburnum rhytidophyllum
a neighbour of mine had this plant when i was growing up and i always said to myself that i would hav one when i was "grown up", so when i saw it for sale at €21 in clonee garden centre about 5 years ago i bought it. its a great grower and makes a lovely dome shahpe full of beautiful leaves and covered in lovely rosettes of tiny flowers. it layers itself so i dug one up and put in down elsewhere in the garden a few weeks ago and so far it is still alive
25 May 2010 00:58:40
lilac
its an awful pity you can't smell this lilac. it is something else....
11 May 2010 23:08:18
beech
its so strange the 1st beech tree that came into leaf in the hedge last year was again the 1st this year
11 May 2010 23:06:01
delicate pink tulip
its one of the latest ones to bloom and the powdery pink is very subtle. i'll be getting more in mr middleton's next year. cant remember its name but when i see it i'll know it
11 May 2010 23:03:20
gorgeous
kinda hard to see here but this tree is completely clothed in beautiful pinkish white flowers. its only down about 4 years and is so at home here..i'd go so far as to say it has grown better than any other tree in the garden. in late summer and autumn there is the most beautiful crimson fruit
03 May 2010 21:08:51
arbutus
i'm disappointed that the whole centre of the arbutus which was doing so well was killed off by the frost. the whole outer part of the tree is still alive i hope but the main trunk is completely brown. not looking good
03 May 2010 20:55:12
maytime tulip open
in the garden this tulip is shy about opening up but in water it is totally uninhibited. i have to say i love the shape of it
03 May 2010 20:51:49
2 tulips on one stem
strange or what but halfway up the stem splits in 2 and there are 2 flowers ready to burst into bloom. don't know the name of it though
03 May 2010 20:46:52
red-arsed bee
i've often heard of a blue-arsed fly but this red-arsed bee is a new one on me