I’m cheering for the sunshine, the long weekend and the surge in growth that is taking place in the garden. I’m getting a tingling feeling! For the full ASMR experience please read this post in a slow, gentle whisper.
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Tulips, tulips, tulips. These are planted out in blocks along the long border central path. There are four types: Queen of Night, Shirley, Violet Beauty, Barcelona. Queen of Night comes along a little later which seems appropriate.
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This is the sunny end of the north facing border – which is in truth slightly angled east-west. The iberis sempervirens is in full swing and the tulips here are just appearing. I’m waiting patiently for the trachelospermum jasminoides to run riot over the back fence.
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Down at the hedge border I have two groups of tulips comprising of Angelique, China Town, and Spring Green which are just waking up. The shorter ones with the creamy edged leaves are China Town. These are absolutely lovely!
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New to the garden this year is leucojum aestivum ‘Gravetye Giant’. Billed as reaching 90cms in height, this hasn’t quite made it this year. But I have high hopes!
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The apple blossom is opening out. Such beautiful colours.
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Rosa Mdme Alfred Carriere was planted out last year on a shady back fence and it is running away very nicely. After a week away I was very happy to find it lush and full of buds. I’m looking forward to them opening out.
I am now heading off to do some gardening. Some more of the plants for the less sunny end of the north facing border arrived this week and I have 25 geraniums and 6 anemones to plant out. I know it will take twice as long as I think so I’d better get started. I’ll post on this new border next week.
I know someone else who will be out in the garden this weekend, but Mr P, host of this meme will find time to share the links to other SOSs for your enjoyment. Have a great weekend.
n20gardener 
Nice tulip combos. I haven’t got the timing right. They all seem to come up in succession.
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So difficult to get them to play the game! Mine vary from one end of the garden to the other!!
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Lovely tulips and the apple blossom is beautiful. I toy with the idea of a dwarf apple tree sometimes. Maybe one year.
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Go for it!!
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Really good selection of Tulips. I wish I had a bigger garden so I could have an apple tree.
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And I love tulips, tulips and more tulips! I’m also a big iberis fan, but only remember when I see someone else’s flowering 🙂
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We have many of the same plants – Madame Alfred Carriere although yours is looking healthier than mine, China Town tulips – I planted mine in a pot and yours look happier in the ground and snap with the apple blossom!
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Your Iberis carpet is gorgeous. I don’t know what kind of butterflies or insects adore foraging there.
I also liked the tulip Shirley, original with its colored edge.
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The iberis came with garden and gets better every year!
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Hey, you got snowflake too! I showed mine off when everyone else had snowdrops to show off. Mine are the common Leucojum vernum though (I think). I don’t know how they got here; perhaps from seed that the River brought down.
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Lovely tulips. I have ogled mrs carriere before, now I want her more than ever. As it were. On a shady fence you say? Hmmm.
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It gets some afternoon sun. It’s doing well so far.
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There are some lovely tulips you’ve mentioned there that I haven’t thought of getting before but I think I will now. Interested to see how the trachelospermum does. See you next Saturday………
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