Garden Blogger's Bloom Day - April 2020
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| Camellia 'Unryu |
April 15th is here and it is time for Gardener Bloggers Bloom Day. Head over to May Dreams Gardens blog to find links to more blogger's posts.
It has been a beautiful week here with temperatures in the 60s and bright, sunny days. I have started my main project of the year, a garden wall to separate two areas. It is absolutely horrendous at the moment and any decent mason would get a big laugh at it. I can never get anything level and true to form, the entire wall is currently going downhill. More on that later. In the meantime, here are some blooms for the garden this week.
I am starting out with a new plant. This is Camassia and it is a native.
Dicentra 'Gold Heart' (Bleeding Heart) popped up really quickly. I swear it was nowhere to be seen last week.
Mukdenia - a plant that I thought had died but here it is -
An epimedium - possibly 'Sulphurium' -
The rhododendrons have started to bloom. This is 'Taurus' and it has doubled in size and bloom count from last year.
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| Rhododendron 'Taurus' |
Here is another red one - 'Hill's Bright Red'. I purchased this one from the Rhododendron Society when I visited the Molly and Cecil Smith garden last year.
This is a small one called 'Ramapo'. It lives in the front garden by the front window.
'Blue Baron' has the most dramatic color. The shrub itself, however, is very puny.
A lot of people dogged the Schipka Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis') when I posted a photo of it on Facebook. They said it smelled bad and reseeded everywhere. I'm not complaining about it yet. I actually find the smell pleasant and haven't noticed any seedlings. The blooms are quite stunning and the bees love it.
The Purple Wallflower (Erysimum linifolium
'Bowles Mauve') -
I also just planted a red wallflower that was so beautiful in the greenhouse at work. Since putting it in the garden, the color has faded to a dusty orange.
I am leaving you with tulips. I have a varied selection. I thought I was planting all orange tulips last fall but it turns out not all are orange.
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-Ray