New plants and old in the garden

Heuchera ‘Marmalade’

When we lost a huge ash tree in a storm last autumn (see here) it meant we also had to remove a a few big shrubs in order to clear away the tree’s remains. This left some open spaces so we took the opportunity in spring to plant a few new perennials to fill the gaps.

I have been taking snaps of these – and a few older flowers, over the last month or so, and here they are…

New Heuchera ‘Marmalade’

New Heuchera ‘Plum Pudding’

New Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’

New Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Red’

New Convolvulus cneorum at the end of March has a pink tinge…

…which fades in the silvery bindweed a week later…

…and this is a white flower of Convolvulus cneorum another fortnight later

New Hebe ‘Caledonia’

Flower of Hebe ‘Caledonia’

New Helleborus ‘Walberton’s Ivory Prince’

New Skimmia japonica

New Sarcococca hookeriana humilis…

…and the Sarcococca flowers a few weeks later

New Bergenia ‘Autumn Magic’

I bought this Moroccan mint at the Cardiff RHS Show in April

This bleeding heart Dicentra spectabilis (now called Lamprocapnos) has been thriving for about five years since I bought it at the RHS Show

I think I bought these snake’s head fritillaries (Fritillaria meleagris) at the show, too, but that must have been a decade ago

Old lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) on the rockery

Spikes of cherry laurel flowers (Prunus laurocerasus) in a pot

This Rhododendron has been with us for maybe 30 years and is getting very leggy – each year I think it has flowered its last but this year it managed five blousy blooms

We found this yellow deciduous azalea Rhododendron luteum wild in the garden 30 years ago, too, and in its pot it now manages only one or two flowers a year

These yellow Welsh poppies have self-seeded everywhere since some workmen brought the seeds on their muddy boots about five years ago

This Hellebore self-seeded on our gravel bed many years ago – this is it pictured in March 2017…

…but it was wrecked when the dead ash tree branches were dragged over it and had to be cut back…

…and it’s now recovering – this is April 8…

…and this is April 29 – it’s a bit like a Corsican hellebore but may be a hybrid

Many of the flowers pictured here have now died back for the summer, but I wanted to record them so I can remember what they are if they come again next spring!