It’s a little bit more of a joy to hunt for six things from the garden this week. The primroses are really look great at the moment and, without jinxing it it I hope, the slugs do not seem quite so active. Here’s my choice for this week.
One
The fritillaries are in full bloom now. The dusky colouring looks so wonderful and they are beginning to self seed in the garden.
Two
The clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ is fully open and is clothing the fence with flowers which are giving off their glorious scent.
Three
The Thalia narcissus have appeared and the slugs haven’t found them just yet.
Four
In the front garden an unknown variety of mahonia is romping away.
Five
The leucojum that I saw everywhere in Sussex last week have put on a show in this garden. I need more and more of them!
Six
Lastly the front garden Magnolia is in full flow. Glorious.
All is well in this garden but over at the daughter’s garden the warm weather has revealed bamboo running into the lawn. That is a horror story. We will be over there next week so I will report back. This weekend the lawn here will get its first cut and some more seeds will be sown. I’m also planning to plant out the second early potatoes that are well chitted now.
I’m hoping to see the partial eclipse of the sun this morning and there’s always Jim’s Garden to visit for more of the SOS posts. Have a great gardening week.
n20gardener 
I look out the office window near the pond, and I notice that the Fritillaries are not yet fully open. With the beautiful sunny days that are forecast, I ‘m sure that this will be the case in the next few days. I’m fond of this gorgeous clematis ‘Apple blossom’ and otherwise you also presented the white narcissus ‘Thalia’ like me.
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I love those fritillaries and the Thalia daffs are very pretty. Would leucojum be a lily of the valley type?
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I agree the slugs do seem less active (in low whisper) Fingers crossed it lasts.
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I am so grateful that slugs are not an issue where I am. They were in Seattle and I found myself simply not planting their favorites. I found anecdotally that slugs avoided red lettuce in favor of green, so I only planted the darkest red varieties I could find. I would be curious to know if any ornamentals favored by slugs that have red leafed and green leafed varieties show such a preference. Now my arch nemesis are Japanese beetles. I feel like I have fewer than when I first started gardening here. My three pronged approach against JBs includes not watering the lawn, a milky spore lawn treatment, and meticulous hand picking of the little devils. I found fewer than a hundred last year. I used to catch more than that in a month and there were many that escaped my attempts. We have slugs, but oddly, I never see them on garden plants.
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Stunning magnolia. It really is a glorious time of year, and yes your clematis looks as good as mine if not better! Mine could do with a bit of shaping but it’s a climber with a will of its own in terms of where it wants to go! I do t have any Fritillaries, am omission I must correct, they are so pretty.
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Absolutely agree on the clematis having a mind of its own!
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Magnolia, clematis, fritillary – you have it all! My Thalia are not as white as yours, do you think I’ve been diddled?
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I think mine were more cream/pale yellow to start with 🤔
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That helps me feel less victimised. 😊
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Oh my goodness…I saw your title and opening paragraph and was excited. And then your photos of lovely things happening and blooming really pleased the eyes. Lovely blooms all the way through! Magnolia bloom time is a special time in the garden. 🙂
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🙏 thank you.
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That’s a gorgeous photo of your fritillaries. I found one of mine this morning with three flowers, but no signs of the others that were planted last year. Your garden certainly is in full bloom. I’ve often admired Clematis ‘Apple Blossom’ but perhaps it’s time I put one in my own garden! Your Magnolia is magnificent. I hope you are able to remove the bamboo. One of my daughters has a similar problem in her garden. 🙁
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Beautiful photos today. I will have to see if I can find Clematis armandii “Apple Blossom”.
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It’s great for early flowers and for covering large spaces!
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The markings on the fritillaries don’t look real. They are so pretty.
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Nature is wonderful!
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Oh heck – I hope the bamboo can be got shot of in your daughter’s garden. Thalia is such an elegant looking Narcissus. One of mine has just started to flower – although the first flower hadn’t quite opened this afternoon. Fingers are crossed it hasn’t been eaten before I can photograph it.
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I’m on to bindweed this week. It’s such a fun garden😬
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Gorgeous six, beautifully photographed.
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Thank you. Very generous of you. ☺️
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The Mahonia looks like the straight species of Mahonia aquifolium, which happens to be the Official State Flower of Oregon. Rhody and I noticed it blooming all over western Oregon just a few days ago. It is nice to see Leucojum in someone else’s garden.
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The other day I was sat in the sunshine beneath a Clematis armandii and the air was filled with its perfume. To have one in your garden must be wonderful. I had a similar Bamboo problem many years ago. There is light at the end of the problem but it takes a while to reach it.
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Re the bamboo it doesn’t seem to be what’s causing the problem in the lawn but I’d still love to take it down! But it’s not my garden 😂
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Clematis armandii are fabulous, but the one I bought (from SR and very expensive), died so I never saw it in flower. Maybe as well as it would have been far too big for my garden.
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I’ve heard a couple of people say the armandii have died. Always a mystery why some plants just do not take. I am watering the new tree once a week and worrying that I will overwater.
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