Today I'm joining hostess Pam at Digging to celebrate some spring foliage, to see other posts, join her there.
I was anxiously hoping for the return of my Trillium luteum I planted last year, and finally Eureka!-some gorgeous leaves, it may be too much to expect a flower this year-
I was anxiously hoping for the return of my Trillium luteum I planted last year, and finally Eureka!-some gorgeous leaves, it may be too much to expect a flower this year-
Pulmonaria seedling leaves with gorgeous silvering-
It's raining! The plant who jewels up the best, Lady's Mantle-
Oxalis adenophylla and Saxifrage 'London's Pride'-
Vinca 'Wojo's Gem'-
So much pretty foliage in the spring!
Hannah
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Love your "Lady's Mantle" with sparkling rain drops, I must see if ours look as lovely. Cheers, Jean.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jean, they show off raindrops so splendidly!
ReplyDeleteHi Hanna,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your foliage, especially the Trillium. I planted a non-variegated one a friend gave me, but it did not survive last winter.
I have lots of native Trilliums that came with my woodsy areas, but I wanted a special one. I don't know if there is any possibility it could bloom, but I'm glad it is alive.
DeleteThat is some incredible foliage, Hannah--especially with the raindrops coating the plants. Just beautiful! My Trilliums haven't emerged yet--probably mid-May. :)
ReplyDeleteIt was a surprise rainy day today for the photos, my regular Trilliums are blooming. They always look like big bouquets.
DeleteYea for the trillium! Is it native to your area? It is here, in the Upstate of SC. Love that Lady's Mantle too.
ReplyDeleteNo, I have a native Trillium growing in my yard but T. luteum is native in the NE United States. The Lady's Mantle was growing here too. It spreads well from self-sowing, it has taken over an unruly bank and looks great.
DeleteWow! You do have some beautiful foliage! I love your area of the country--so, so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI looked up your Scutellaria ovata, it looks very nice, but it says it likes calcareous soils, which is probably why I don't succeed with some plants that grow well in Texas, probably like the Sphaeralcea too, which I would dearly love to grow.
DeleteI have Trillium luteum along with a number of other varieties. Just love those mottled leaves. The saxifrage and oxalis combo is lovely. I don't think I can grow Saxifrages here; I'll have to check it out.
ReplyDeleteLondon Pride is a great plant, I just break off the cute flower-like heads and stick them in the ground. Perhaps if you had a place to winter them over in pots you could set them out in spring, but I don't know if they could then bloom or not, though they are cute anyway. Another Saxifrage with reddish leaves does well in pots, I know. It's great that you can grow Trillium luteum, I hope to see the flowers someday.
DeleteYou have some wonderful foliage in your garden and I love the photo with the droplets of water on the leaves of the Lady's Mantle...so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lee, I knew when it was raining that I had to go check out the Lady's Mantle.
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