On 01/01/2014 21:41, Janet wrote:

Two hellebores, one reddish purple and one pinkish white
Ceanothus
Hebe Great Orme
Daphne bholua Jacqueline Postill
Senecio greyii

Janet Isle of Arran




Bulbine frutescens - 4 spikes of yellow flowers and buds
Calendula - 1 orange flower
Cyclamen persica - scattered red buds and white buds
Dianthus (alpine pink)cv - one pink flower
Echinacea 'Summer Cocktail'- 1 greenish flower opening, plus 1 green bud
Erigeron karv. 'Profusion' - many white flowers
Erodium reichardii rosea - 3 flowers, 2 pink buds
Eriobotrya japonica (Loquat) - at least 4 white flower clusters!
Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' - scattered puprle flowers
Hebe 'Gloriosa' - 4 tattered flower spikes
Hebe 'Sapphire' - 12 purple flower spikes
Helleborus argutifolius - 3 large green bud clusters
Helleborus hybrids - several white basal buds
Heuchera cv - 2 good flowering stems, soft pink
Mahonia japonica - 13 large sprays, 1 in flower, 11 showing colour
Pelargonium (regal) - scattered red and white flowers, some bud clusters
Primula belarina 'Buttermilk' - 1 flower, many buds, some with colour
Primula vulgaris - with yellow buds
Pulmonaria seedlings - many tight purplish buds
Rhododendron cilipinense - scattered tight pink buds
Rosmarinus 'Severn Seas' - many scattered dark blue flowers, many buds
Rosa 'Nozomi' - 1 pink flower, 3 advanced pink buds
Salvia uliginosa - 3 blue flowers
Scabiosa (dwarf) - 1 blue flower, 1 opening, 5 buds
Verbena bonariensis - approx 10 purple florets.

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On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay