May

Early May.

The evergreen  Banksian Rose, collected for |Joseph Banks in 1807 from China, where it was already popular. Flowering period about a month.

Spiraea

Symphytum (dwarf comfrey)

This tub started with daffodils, then switched to tulips, and now has iris siberica in (see a later photo)

Kingcups and bog cabbage in front, purple hazel behind, and invisible pond in between. The hazel marks the grave of our first cat Sally.

The tulip Greenland

The Cercis flowers before its leaves come - this one is cercis canadensis Forest Pansy.

Apple tree in blossom, with lilac behind.

Pieris, in the ericacious bed as it needs lime-free conditions.

Alpine phlox

Mid May.
New additions to the auricula theatre.

A new bearded iris from East Ruston Garden

Giant alliums

Geranium, with choisa behind

Little nodding geum

The pea lathyrus verna

The rose 'Dunwich Rose', foreground

Phlox

Abelia

Tulip

Pittosporum in flower.

Geranium kashmirianum

Veronica

Late May

Dwarf lilac

Dunwich Rose

Corydalis

Banksian Rose

Solomon's Seal

Auricula theatre

Rose 'Canary Bird'

Persicaria, highlighted with geranium

Chives

Rosa moyesia Geranium

Ferns, behind the stately gunnera

Plants in pots, awaiting planting or sale.

Crinodendron, in the ericacious bed

with pieris in foreground

Purple leaved weigela

this one with a variegated sport

Iris time, Iris siberica 'Stephen'

Cornus in flower.