My Bloomfield Courage weeping rose was in need of a pruning this year and I may have been a wee bit savage with it. This rose misses out for years on end and then I take to it with secateurs and saws. The trunk on it has become larger over the years than the pipe supporting it. I never imagined when I planted that tall thin rose it would become so thick. Spring has seen new growth sprouting out all over, in a matter of days it's taken off like a rocket.
The tree peonies are lovely at the moment with their huge blooms. Surprisingly all that rain we had didn't damage their flowers too much. I have no idea of its name but this one's colour is quite striking and it produces several flowers reliably every year.
The erythronium has opened out since yesterday. They have such pretty little delicate flowers and although some of them do multiply in my garden, it is at a very slow rate.
The daffodils didn't fare so well with all that rain and many are laying over. They might stand up again if we get some sun, but they're just about finished for this year anyway. There is still the odd clump of very late flowering varieties still to come, such as Twin Sisters and one I'm keen to see, Sundisc.
I moved my Cantua before winter, not knowing if there was enough left of it to grow. It had been smothered by other larger shrubs and there was very little live wood on it. I only remembered having that plant after seeing one flowering in the garden of a local house last spring. Of course mine hadn't done well, let alone flowered, for some years in its unsuitable position, so I set about saving it. So far it has put on a decent amount of new growth in its new sunny position, and maybe next spring the wood will be mature enough for some flowers.
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