Thursday, 21 May 2009

The tiniest splash of colour

Yesterday evening I took a slow stroll down the garden with the camera, as Oliver ran around the place like any toddler will do. This is what I found.


A pink hardy geranium



A delicate yet tall deep purple geranium




Two more but very different pink geraniums against the acid green of the cotinus "golden spirit".

A Spirea getting ready to flower, complete with little companion.




A striking Aquilegia from my nursery pots






And some pale pink ones hiding amongst the bamboo


The bright pink of Cistus "sunset", a find from the Duchy of Cornwall nursery last year.


The pretty blue star of the Knapweed.

Choysia enjoying a second flowering...this old shrub will unfortunately be taken out for the refurbishment of the new flowerbed.

And last but by no means least, the amazing seed pods on the maple tree.

4 comments:

Sara said...

The knapweed has a very interesting bloom...I like the color combinations. I don't believe I've ever seen this plant before.

Barbara said...

It's all looking good and so spring fresh.

Aqeela said...

I hope everything is going well with baby, its hard work isnt it!? Zakareeya is 6 weeks old now, he always puts a smile on my face and i love making him laugh. Just starting to get into a better routeen with nights now so i can start catching up on sleep... a little bit anyway!

Aqeela xx

Sara said...

Hi Janie, thanks for stopping by the blog. Yes, I really did enjoy our visit to England and it was wonderful getting to meet you and your family too. We both enjoyed meeting everyone. Your mom has shared the photos with me.

Wishing you well,
Sara