May was a little warmer than normal and the flowers in the garden eventually responded despite the not nice Spring holding them back originally. All except the water lilies, which flowered three weeks later than usual. We couldn’t blame the wet Spring for their lateness, though, could we? 🙂 Above pic is one of the Oxalis.
Above is Edrianthus pumilio from the Balkans, a lime lover.
View down the drive with Sedums growing on top of staddle stones. In the round black pot is the smallest Elm tree in the world. I believe, that when it reaches its maximum height, it’ll be a towering eight inches! 🙂
Japanese painted ferns ensconced in a round trough. These need acidic soil.
Another round trough with alpine plants growing in tufa, no soil. Erinus alpinus is the purple flower.
One of our water features in the West Garden. Unfortunately the water had been turned off when the pic was taken.
An Irish cultivar discovered in 1905, Berberis “Corallina compacta”.
A lovely Dodecatheon in the Alpine House near the Water Garden.
Rhododendron “Graffitti” in the cabana.
Foxgloves seed around the garden and are very welcome. The apricot ones always seem to revert, though.
His royal highness, Emp, keeping an eye on things and making sure we don’t step out of line. 🙂
