#springgardening

[fionagardens]

These are my favourite tulip, Barcelona, sold by Bloms Bulbs (no commission for mentioning them sadly!). Bloms advised me to grow tulips in pots as slug damage to the bulbs when they were planted in the flowerbed was causing the plants to grow distorted. So I plant them in pots and move them into position as they come into flower. I am so pleased with this method, but as tulip heads are fragile, it’s not wise to give the pots too long a journey to get into position!

[everchanginglandscape]

Campbellville, Milton, Guelph Landscapers - Ever Changing Landscape Ltd

Are you bored at home doing your part social distancing? As the spring weather gets warmer, there are some things you can do in your yard to prepare for the summer season! 👇👇👇 1. Remove protective plant coverings, such as burlap and evergreen boughs 2. Clear leaf mulch from the crowns of perennials and wherever bulbs grow 3. Cut back dead stems of perennials 4. Cut back summer-blooming shrubs such as hydrangea 5. Do some proactive weeding 6. Top-dress beds with compost If you are looking for some help this year, call the landscaping experts at [phone]. https://bit.ly/2QygZtD

[willmarthofiaddison]

Lupines

Willmarth Farm, Vermont

[nakshatra1812]

Added some #herbs to my garden!

- Cilantro

- Mint

- Basil

- Lavender

[fionagardens]

As previously mentioned, I went to the Chelsea Flower Show last week. It is a very intense experience as there is so much to see but it is also so crowded, so many visitors as well as film crews. Every year, there are one or two plants that feature in a lot of the show gardens. This year, it was the turn of Thalictrum ‘Black Stockings’, this pink flower with dark grey stems. I thought it would go well with some of the moody purples in my garden and rushed to look it up on line. Often a new plant to me turns out to be unsuitable because it needs acid soil (mine is alkaline) or wet ground, mine is dry. Thalictrum was a different sort of disappointment though as the plant is normally 2m high. Somehow at Chelsea, all the plants were only 60cm or so. It’s wonderful show, but not always very accurate in its representation of plants!

[fionagardens]

Here’s a subtle macropetalata clematis looking very fresh and embodying Spring. I am so pleased with my garden right now, all the extra work I have put in over the last 3 or 4 years has really paid off. This clematis, however, has been in situ a long time and wasn’t part of lockdown perfectionism!

[fionagardens]

The snowdrops are over, and a bit more variety of flowers and colour are creeping into the garden in pockets as Spring slowly progresses. These small but striking flowers are Blanda Blue anemones, and grow from a corm planted in autumn (fall).

[fionagardens]

First honeybee of the year on a hellebore. If you want to help the bees, grow flowers. That’s all.