Azalia - in my alkaline soil I have to grow them in pots
Darwin's corydalis - legitimately collected from Down House, Charles Darwin's home.
Mexican Orange Blosson, Choisya Aztec Pearl
Brunera
A bit of a weed, wild onions.
The elder family, purple sambucus
next to Kolkwitzia the beauty bush.
Seen together here
Purple weigela, note the pale green sport
Peruvian lily
Crinodendron hookerianum, needs acidic soil which we provide in an ericacious bed which grows pieris and camellias also
Alliums, ancient escapees, pale blue colour a bit bleached here
Here is a purple hazel, with in front a mature gunnera
A wedge of shuttlecock ferns
My patent method of taking cuttings, this pot contains the yellow buddleia globosa
Photo from above, the front garden
And the back, the ericacious triangle
More patent cuttings, this time pinks taken from a bought bunch
A put in the middle acts as a root trainer.
Need to find a slug free home for these tradescantia
The Dunwich rose, grown for years in these pots
Just had these new French windows fitted to replace non-functioning 60 year old originals, With Banksian rose growing over
A few shots of alliums
A fuchsia genii, around which I will plant these pheasant eye daffodils.
Choisya, with clumps of wallflower behind
Bud break - this one is Indigofera
A purple leaved geranium
More geraniums, front garden
Front garden bed
More alliums
Lilac plus cat
A south American plant in the middle of the kashmire genanium - need to find its label
This plant is in flower, which I dont think I have seen before, although it has grown here for five years. A good argument for keeping the weeds down. Coprosma, I think, which is described as tender. The name means 'smelling like dung', which I haven't noticed. A relative of coffee.
Hostas
My favourite, Praying Hands
