This is the rhubarb which I'd just planted at my old allotment plot when I found out I'd been given an allotment on a different site. I dug it up again and put it in a container until I could find a space for it on my new plot and it's still here in the container. I must get round to planting it out.
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All my container grown fruit has been repotted in fresh compost this year. This photo of my smallest blueberry bush was taken in the first week of April, it's almost in flower now.
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A few more photos from Yorkshire Lavender which we visited earlier in the month.
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The marsh marigold is blooming away in my little pond, it's really happy there and takes over every year, I have to keep cutting it back.
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I'm growing daffodil - Thalia this year. I'd seen them on various blogs and loved the look of them but I was really disappointed when they bloomed, they were a washed out lemon colour and I didn't like them at all. I'm pleased to say that they've improved with age and though they're now going over, they've been beautiful.
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The potatoes I've planted in containers are starting to grow. Once they get going there's no stopping them.
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In my Colour In January post, only one of my cyclamens were blooming. The other one has now come in to flower, albeit late. This is a pink variety.
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I moved my Dicentra spectabilis last year and I'm pleased to see that it's survived the change of home. This photo was taken about ten days ago, it's grown loads since then. I'll always know this plant as Dicentra spectabilis even though it's had a name change to Lamprocapnos spectabilis, perhaps we should just stick to it's common name of Bleeding Heart.
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You can see here just how the marsh marigold takes over my little pond at this time of year. I've got irises on the left hand side, they flowered for the first time last year so I'm hoping for a repeat performance this year.
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The cherry tree is flowering away, I wonder if there'll be any fruit this year. I think any kind of blossom looks fabulous against a blue sky.
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I'll finish with another photo of the daffodil - Thalia, she turned out to be a beauty.
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I hope you enjoy these rather random posts I'm putting together at the end of each month.
"I hope you enjoy these rather random posts I'm putting together at the end of each month."
ReplyDeleteI love looking at your random posts, especially like the daffodil - Thalia, the marsh marigold and the cyclamen.
Thanks.
All the best Jan
I'm pleased you're enjoying these Photo Medley posts, I enjoy putting them together. I was so disappointed with the Thalia daffodil when it first bloomed, it looked nothing like I expected so I'm pleased it came good in the end.
DeleteFor some strange reason my thalia have disappeared. It is one of my favourite daffs, so ethereal.
ReplyDeleteAnother common name for Dicentra is lady in the bath. If you turn the bloom up-side-down it is supposed to look like a lady taking a bath !!
I do wish they would not keep changing plant names, I cannot keep up with it.
Marsh marigold are so bright and sunny.....look great in a pond. I do not mind if they take over a little as they are full of cheer :)
Good job done re-potting the fruit trees.
Good to see what is happening your end of the country.
I wonder what's happened to your Thalia, could it be squirrels I wonder, they do take a liking to bulbs. I didn't know that Dicentra is called lady in the bath, I shall look at a bloom upside down to see how it's got that name. It's so confusing when they change names of plants. I love marsh marigolds, I have a special liking for yellow flowers, as you say, they're full of cheer, I think that's why I like them. I've been doing a little more repotting today, well, potting on, it's all go at this time of year.
DeleteLovely photo's my bleading heart curled up and died on me last year. I love white and yellow flowers.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame your bleeding heart's died, they're such lovely plants. I'd like a white variety as I too love white and yellow flowers.
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ReplyDeleterhubarb in the container looks very well....great idea!!!
love the thalia daffodils. lovely post!!
have a nice week,
hugs regina
The rhubarb will only be staying in the container until I get round to planting it out. I've got a few plants already on the allotment so I need to find a space for this one.
DeleteI still think of the bleeding heart as dicentra too it is bemusing as to why they change plant names
ReplyDeleteI think dicentra is easier to remember than lamprocapnos, it's so confusing when they start changing the names. I just get used to one and then I have to start using another.
DeleteA good selection of pictures, I especially like the last two. Flighty xx
ReplyDeleteI like the last two photos too. I've come to love white flowers over the last few years and yellow ones too.
DeleteSome really fab photos. The white daffodil look lovely. I didn't realise the Bleeding Heart/Dicentra has a new name; (I'm not a fan of such changes).
ReplyDeleteI was pleased with the white daffodils in the end, I thought I'd made a mistake with them when they first flowered but they matured well. I can never get used to the new names they give plants, it's hard enough learning the names to begin with without having to learn them all over again.
DeleteLovely white daffodils, they're so pretty. I found a mystery rhubarb plant left on my plot a while back, so I've planted it. Hopefully it will do well. Well done you on re-potting everything. I think my pots need a little attention too. A good reminder. CJ xx
ReplyDeleteI've really come to love white flowers over the last few years. I hope your mystery rhubarb does well, they're usually quite tough plants so I'm sure it will grow.
DeleteI for one think this type of post is a great idea - there are often so many interesting its and bits that don't make it into posts.
ReplyDeleteI simply love cyclamens - looks like it is an outdoor plant for you; around here they don't overwinter, so they are treated as a houseplant.
I'm pleased you think these posts are a good idea, many of the photos wouldn't be used in a post on their own but I enjoy putting them all together even if they are rather random. We have both indoor and outdoor cyclamens. I started off with five outdoor plants two years ago but only two have survived the winters.
DeleteI can't cope with these name changes either Jo :) Your cherry blossom is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteI tend to forget when a plant has had a change of name and continue using the old one. I love the cherry blossom, it's so pretty. I just hope the fruit is as impressive as it hasn't done too well for the last few years.
DeleteBeautiful flowers! I'm interested to the Bleeding heart, the color is so sweet. I have never seen the real here.
ReplyDeleteI love the bleeding heart, I like how the flowers all dangle along a stem. There's a white variety too which I'd like to get for my garden at some point.
DeleteI had no idea the bleeding heart had a name change! I have been calling it Dicentra! Oh well. The daffs are beautiful aren't they, it is funny how some flowers get better as they age isn't it. I think that tulips are sometimes like that! xx
ReplyDeleteI still call it dicentra even though I know it's had a name change, I can never remember the new one. I wasn't keen on Thalia at all when they first bloomed but they got whiter as they aged and I really like them now. I wouldn't hesitate in growing them again.
DeleteI like your end of month randoms! I attempted to move my bleeding heart the other day but gave up. You've reminded me that I need to re pot my blueberries -they are in desperate need one has died on me x
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like them, they are very random, but I hope they're interesting too. I'd been meaning to repot my blueberries for the last couple of years. I'm hoping that they don't suffer a set back as I did it rather late in the day so it may halt fruit production, I'll have to wait and see.
DeleteI would never have thought to grow rhubarb in a pot.
ReplyDeleteIt's not really a case of growing it in a pot, it's just in there until I find a spot for it at the allotment. I'm sure it will grow much better in the ground as the stems are rather spindly growing in a container so I won't pick anything from it and weaken it further.
DeleteIt's good to see your blueberry flowering, here's to lot's of fruit....my favourite breakfast!
ReplyDeleteThe marsh marigold looks lovely in your pons, I must look out for some for my back pond.
Oh, thalia is absolutely gorgeous......now I want some too!
I do agree, you just can't beat blossom against a blue sky! I do enjoy your end of month piccies!xxx
I love blueberries so I'm hoping for a good crop from my three plants, they're usually quite productive. Marsh marigold is wonderful at this time of year, such a cheery plant and it flowers away, such a mass of blooms. The blossom's been fabulous this year, I'm not sure if it's just that we've had some lovely weather, which in my opinion picks it up and makes it stand out.
DeleteThe marsh marigold is a great earlier flowerer isn't it. I love that it is often the only colour in my garden in early spring. Lovely post :)
ReplyDeleteIt's fabulous for brightening the garden up at this time of year, it really is a bright patch in the garden.
DeleteI'm forever popping random plants in containers "for the time being" and then not getting round to replanting them although I have actually got round to doing a few this spring. I love white flowers but have been really taken with the pink blossom on the apple trees here this spring; it's just so pretty, I'll be sorry when it disappears.
ReplyDeleteI've had a really good clear out of containers this spring but there's still two or three things still waiting to make their way to the allotment. My apple trees are still waiting for their blossom to appear. I'm hoping that moving them from their pots in to the ground isn't going to hold them back but in reality, I think it is.
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