It’s a holiday weekend here and I have managed to keep two extra days for gardening! In reality this means two days of weeding, mostly. I can sometimes understand the non-gardener’s take on things. I do also have some seedlings and divisions to pot on. It’s not all bad. Here’s six good things from the garden this week.
One
The first camassias are out. They opened up last weekend which seems rather early but they are coinciding nicely with the euphorbia.
Two
There are more tulips to enjoy, these are at the shadier end of the garden and are a mixture of ‘Shirley’, ‘Barcelona’ and ‘Queen of Night’.
Three
The iberis is in full flow, cascading down a wall and there are one or two ‘Thalia’ narcissus in the background.
Four
I have my first asparagus spear, several of the later ones have been nibbled by the darling ones.
Five
The forget-me-nots have flooded the veg plot this year. I’ll have to been pretty quick to pull those up before they go to seed but for the moment they are a cheerful sight.
Six
I have one lone tulip ‘Cairo’ of about twenty I planted a couple of years back. It’s a lovely colour and I am tempted to add some more. I just have to accept that they don’t always stick around.
So it’s weeding and watering the pots for me. We had one good shower but that’s all and only light showers are forecast. I had a rest from my daughter’s gardening – avoiding the dismantling of the tree house but I did see that a mystery tree there is now in leaf and flower and is clearly a laburnum. Not one of my favourites but as I keep saying, it’s not my garden!
I’ll will be stopping by Jim’s garden this weekend to see what’s going on there and with the other SOS gardens. Wishing everyone a happy time in their gardening spaces.
n20gardener 
Indeed, the blue flowers of the camassias are also open because I can see the first flowers for a few days – I will add them in the next week’s Six.
Congrats on the asparagus! You will soon be able to enjoy/eat them.
Happy Easter
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Happy Easter to you too. I hope I have enough asparagus to make a meal!
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Hope the s&s leave you some asparagus.. I love the camassias, that is a new flower for me.
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I’ve got some white camassias to come. Hoping to get more asparagus as one doesn’t really cut it!!
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Why are tulips not reliably perennial? They are grown as expensive annuals that bloom only briefly here because they do not get enough chill during winter to bloom much again, even if they do survive. That would not be a problem there.
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I’d love them to be reliably perennial but it seems only the species varieties tick that box.
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Do you know why? I mean, do you know why they are not as perennial as they should be? It seems to me that they should be more reliably perennial where winter weather is cooler.
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I have no idea!! 😁
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They like to be baked in the summer and have a cold winter, unfortunately most of the UK is wet in both summer and winter so the bulbs often rot. A lot of the modern hybrids are basically just annuals.
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Well, they likely get sufficient warmth here, but not sufficient chill.
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I’ve been about this. Where mine do best seems to be on partial shade. Quite mysterious.
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Oh, I love the Camassias at the beginning! It’s so fun to view blog posts from gardeners who are just ahead of us with the blooming season. Everything you’ve shared is just about to happen in my locale, and it’s great to have a preview. 🙂
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I must stop by your garden. As you say so interesting how the gardens compare over the seasons.
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Your garden is looking a show. Wow to the camassias – they look great against the euphorbia.
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Thank you. Suddenly things are getting going. Which is always a positive!
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I had my first camassias bloom this spring. I was very pleased with them.
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They can look very intense in certain lights. I like them
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Oh, yes, the invasion of the FMNs. My garden is full of them, even pots and raised beds! Thankfully easy to pull out. Also loads of chickweed this year! And my camassias are way behind yours. They were not very good last year, so I am waiting to see if they improve, otherwise they might get dug out. I find the leaves get very tatty like the aliums.
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Just pulled my fmns for this year. I have wood avens everywhere. There’s always something!
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The camassias and euphorbia are acolour match made in heaven. Love the combination. Fingers crossed your asparagus survives.. Don’t you use slug pellets and then cover with a crate?
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That’s a good idea!! I’ve been able to pick more this week which has been great
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Beautiful Camassias – and the Iberis looks fabulous too. I love your Forget-me-nots. I let them do their own thing in the borders or wherever the seeds land. I wouldn’t like to be without the sea of colour they bring to the garden in April.
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