I was able to get around all the gardens and take some more photos this weekend. The garden needs some love, but it still offers up a lot of beauty.
Columbine seedling in the Armando garden. There is a wide range of flower colors and shapes revealing themselves this month.
I love this one–very elegant and bright.
This one is pretty, too. There are probably ten or so blooming right now, all mixed colors. That probably isn’t ideal from a design standpoint, but this garden is meant to be bright and fun and insect/bird friendly. I’m not going to fret if some of the colors clash!
I’m so excited about this little plant, also in the Armando garden. These are Chaenorhinum. They are dainty, showy, and the flowers are fun.
Another Chaenorhinum view.
The golden hops really shine in the bright spring sunshine. Extremely vigorous, we fight these back all spring just to make sure nobody dies. It seems like they could overcome all of us, plants, animals, and people.
The tangle of hops–very Jack and the Beanstalk!
Rhodies blooming in the woodland garden.
It is easy to forget about this snowball bush in the woodland garden unless it is blooming.
These rhododendron flowers glow from within. I’m glad I got this photo because the blooms started dropping the next day–so sad!
Another view.
Another view.
Choisya blooming in the woodland garden–nice fragrance and lots of flowers, but needs to be hacked back to the fence. It wants to take over.
More photos of woodland garden rhododendrons.
A view of the entire shrub lit up by sun and blossoms.
On to the greenhouse. The pelargoniums are blooming, creating a fun cloud of pink bug-like flowers.
This dwarf Hippeastrum is blooming on a shelf I can’t reach, so I used the zoom for the pictures. It is an intense shade of red.
This dwarf Hippeastrum is blooming on a shelf I can’t reach, so I used the zoom for the pictures. It is an intense shade of red.
Pelargonium “Grossersorten” blooming in the GH.
These little Restrepias ended up having four flowers each, which is great. The flowers take on funny shapes at every stage. This older bloom looks like a Looney Tunes bird.
This one looks like an alien.
This seedling nasturtium is a great
Dwarf Hippeastrum blooming in the GH.
Same flowers with more light to catch the color.
Amazing orchid Coelogyne cristata blooming in the GH. This huge plant has 30-40 flowers this year. They should be fragrant, but I can’t smell anything. Maybe at night?
Close-up.
Another view.
Seedling Pelargonium blooming in the GH.
Closer view.
Geranium cutting taken last fall. This is a gorgeous clone.
Masdevallias still blooming in the GH.
Daphne blooming in a pot on the patio.
Happy blooming Daphne on the patio.
Close up of these fragrant beauties.