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[New post] Six on Saturday – the Genie is Out of the Bottle

Site logo image Cathy posted: "I was just completing yesterday's EOMV post when it occurred to me that the explosion in the garden at this time of year could be likened to a genie being let out of a bottle. I don't know who said the magic word nor what it was, but my goodness it has wo" Rambling in the Garden

Six on Saturday – the Genie is Out of the Bottle

Cathy

Apr 1

I was just completing yesterday's EOMV post when it occurred to me that the explosion in the garden at this time of year could be likened to a genie being let out of a bottle. I don't know who said the magic word nor what it was, but my goodness it has worked!

Even since yesterday there are new joys to be seen, and more than one reason to yelp with surprise. The spring flowering Clematis alpina 'Pamela Jackman', one of those still to be moved,  was beginning to open yesterday, reminding me what a striking shade she is - I will need to consider carefully where she will be moved to once the flowers are fading. I am fairly sure, however, that there were no blooms on the variably flowering Rhododendron 'Cheers' in the woodland when I rambled yesterday - today's ramble most definitely elicited a yelp!

Likewise, I hadn't spotted the more demure Cardamime heptaphylla 'Helen Myers' in the woodland edge border, which required another little squeal!

Buds on Hardenberghia violacea have been developing in the Coop for many weeks, but are slow to open and, being so tiny, haven't yet made much of an impact, but if several were open at the same time they would be more noticeable.

It is impossible to overlook this random wallflower, positioned as it is in the corner of the border as we walk through to the cutting beds and greenhouse, and the blooms are so dark it will always make an impact - but it is such an ugly plant, so woody and ungainly! I have sown wallflowers before, but not to my recollection in this colourway, and it is surely time to sow more, in more appealing colours, to replace this one. Nevertheless, it will no doubt make its way into a vase or posy or two.

For some unknown reason, the pulmonarias have been wonderful this year, not just with their blooms but with luxuriant foliage too - just having a wet March doesn't seem to a particularly logical reason. I noticed this one today, sadly unnamed,   mainly for its distinctively dark and almost purple rather than blue blooms, unfortunately not captured correctly in the photo.

These six are just some of the contenders which had to be whittled down for today's Six in Saturday, the meme hosted by Jim of Garden Ruminations. Why not pop over to his blog and see more from other bloggers?

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