This year all Camellia have by some unknown collusion decided to flower at the same time:
and Mary Phoebe Taylor. She sheds her blossoms complete which give a nice still-life picture together with other leaves from a copper beech and a Magnolia tree above her:
In recent years their flowering time was spread out between December/January (Hagoromo) and May at the latest (Shiragiku) with Mary Phoebe Taylor (end of March) slightly before Dr. Burnside (April). We have no explanation for this year's anomaly.
We had planted tulips in autumn. My idea was to have them accompany the Rhododendrons with some light pink/lavender low on the ground in May. I had chosen the late tulip "Cum laude" supposedly to bloom late in May, on 40 cm stalks - I bought them on the market from a Dutch vendor with large open vats full of bulbs. My fault: what came out of the ground was a bit surprising: a light reddish-pink early tulip, in April, quite large and on rather long stems. I have no clue what its name might be.
So far we like it and find the combination with Dr. Burnside and the red maple pleasing. It adds some red colour to the lower parts in the garden and gives Dr Burnside some grounding, making it look less artificial in its red splendour. A few solitary bulbs of "Cum laude" seem to have been present in the delivery, albeit flowering earlier than proclaimed - what an odd mix!
Hagoromo in pots on the terrace
detail of Hagoromo flower
Shiragiku
Dr. Burnside
and Mary Phoebe Taylor. She sheds her blossoms complete which give a nice still-life picture together with other leaves from a copper beech and a Magnolia tree above her:
In recent years their flowering time was spread out between December/January (Hagoromo) and May at the latest (Shiragiku) with Mary Phoebe Taylor (end of March) slightly before Dr. Burnside (April). We have no explanation for this year's anomaly.
We had planted tulips in autumn. My idea was to have them accompany the Rhododendrons with some light pink/lavender low on the ground in May. I had chosen the late tulip "Cum laude" supposedly to bloom late in May, on 40 cm stalks - I bought them on the market from a Dutch vendor with large open vats full of bulbs. My fault: what came out of the ground was a bit surprising: a light reddish-pink early tulip, in April, quite large and on rather long stems. I have no clue what its name might be.
(in the foreground is the well-scented Narcissus poeticus)
So far we like it and find the combination with Dr. Burnside and the red maple pleasing. It adds some red colour to the lower parts in the garden and gives Dr Burnside some grounding, making it look less artificial in its red splendour. A few solitary bulbs of "Cum laude" seem to have been present in the delivery, albeit flowering earlier than proclaimed - what an odd mix!
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