Friday Photo: In the pink

Thought I would share a few images with you of things that are looking good in my garden at the moment. The Daphne smells amazing. The Cherry is my wishing tree, and the Hellebore one of the few that survived the winter of 2010. I have been trying to increase my stocks of Hellebores from seedlings, its a case of wait and see whether they are garden worthy plants though. Time will tell.

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Tom Lynch 09 March 2012 at 12:49

As always, the cherry blossom looks amazing, and I really like that 2nd image, did you use your macro lens for that?

Zoe Lynch 09 March 2012 at 13:01

Yeh, I love that tree - putting another later flowering cherry in once your Dad has finished removing the patio in the corner. Prunus 'Amanogawa' which is a fragrant fastigate late flowering cherry with mazing autumn colour.

No - just the bog standard 18 -55. Got down on my hands and knees to take it. It's a bit breezy for macro shots here today.

Preseli Mags 09 March 2012 at 17:04

That's a gorgeous hellebore (mind you, I've yet to meet one I didn't like, but that one's particularly lovely.) I really must plant a Daphne - do they like damp acidic conditions? - and I need a cherry wishing tree too. As usual your garden photographs turn into my garden shopping list!

Zoe Lynch 09 March 2012 at 17:11

Hi Mags,

yes - I have acidic soil too and the soil is pretty moist in that spot. The Daphne is planted under the Cherry (Prunus cerasifera 'Nigra' ) as are the Hellebores, so its a real pink fest!

Preseli Mags 10 March 2012 at 11:51

Ooh thanks Zoe - I have just the spot for that sort of pink fest too. Just need to source the plants now.

Annie 10 March 2012 at 01:06

Gorgeous, gorgeous images Zoe :D

Zoe Lynch 10 March 2012 at 10:33

Thank you :D

elizabethm 10 March 2012 at 22:45

Very beautiful. I have some beautiful hellebores up here and my daphne bholua is flowering for the first time but there is a whole load of brutal construction of a new barn going on and that rather overshadows the rest! Love,love the cherry! Might have to find a place.

Zoe Lynch 10 March 2012 at 22:54

you might think about prunus myrobalan rather than the nigra for your garden as the nigra has Dark purple leaves and I am not sure that would look so well where you are, where as the prunus myrobalan's are green ( flowers are white though) You can eat the fruit by the way - both are forms of Cherry Plums.

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