GBBD April.

‘ Proud- pied April dress’d in all his trim’ . Shakespeare . Sonnet 98 .

Our garden are all full of the prettiest blooms now that April is here ; it is the most exciting calendar month of the year . Here are a few of my best loved unity .

The most beautiful April tree in my thought is the magnolia . In a previous garden , I had 23 different ones , including one I grew from seed . OK , it was a very bombastic garden and I have n’t get down the room for more than a handful here . Magnolia‘Star warfare ’ is a New ZealandCampbellii x liliflorahybrid , one recommenced by the late Princess Sturdza of Le Vasterival . It blossom at a untried years and has very tumid flowers because of itscampbelliiheritage . Mine is 5 class old and has more than 50 flowers .

Magnolia‘Star Wars’

Magnolia‘Star state of war ’

I am also fond ofMagnolia loebneri‘Leonard Messel ’ which has delicate fluttering strap - similar petals which prompt me of flights of butterfly .

Magnolia loebneri‘Leonard Messel ’

Magnolia ‘Star Wars’

Magnolia‘Star Wars’

And for plain glamour I would n’t be withoutMagnolia x soulangeana‘Black Tulip ’ , another New Zealand hybrid . The goblet shaped flowers are not exactly black , rather the deepest burgundy colour .

Magnolia‘Black Tulip ’

Plum heyday and early cherry blossom are out now , but one of the daintiest early unfolding Tree is the lovelyAmelanchier lamarckiiwith snow - clean flower .

Magnolia loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’

Magnolia loebneri‘Leonard Messel’

genus Amelanchier lamarckii

There are some pretty flowering bush in bloom now , but my favourite isStachyurus praecox . It has cosmic string of flowers hanging stiffly , like primrose - yellow beads .

Stachyurus praecox

Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’

Magnolia‘Black Tulip’

Another unusual shrub isRibes speciosum . This is a bloom currant bush , but more interesting than the ubiquitous pinkRibes sanguineum . It has glossy foliation and drop scarlet flowers which face just like row of spike rings . People always err it for a fuchsia .

genus Ribes speciosum

But if it ’s scent you need , you ca n’t crush the pretty rosy- pink bud open to white flowers ofViburnumcarlesii‘Aurora ’ . I remember this is one of the prettiest of the viburnums .

Amelanchier lamarckii

Amelanchier lamarckii

Viburnum carlesii‘Aurora ’

Euphorbia take care great in natural spring . Euphorbia melliferagrows into quite a large shrub , as long as it is n’t knock back by severe wintertime weather . The flowers smell pleasurably of dear .

Euphorbia mellifera

Stachyurus praecox

Stachyurus praecox

hyacinth odourise the garden lusciously too . I like the storm ones a few years after they are planted out when they come up smaller and more delicate . I like the big , fat , newly embed ones in a container rather than planted out in the garden .

Hyacinth ‘ Woodstock ’

Hyacinth ‘ Gypsy Queen’Tulip ‘ Jan reus ’

Ribes speciosum

Ribes speciosum

Honesty flower are two-year and seed around generously . I particularly care the variegated one with whitened flowers ; they have beautiful foliage which look good with the tulip when they open up .

Lunaria annua‘Variegata Alba ’

Lunaria redivais a lovely repeated woodlander with fragrant , lilac peak and later on , ovate seed pods .

Viburnum carlesii ‘Aurora’

Viburnum carlesii‘Aurora’

Lunaria rediva

There are so many short woodland treasure to enjoy at the moment . The woods are full of native , pure whiteAnemone nemorosa . I sleep together it , but I am also fond ofAnemone nemorosa‘Robinsoniana ’ which has large , blue flowers .

sea anemone nemorosa ‘ Robinsoniana ’

Euphorbia mellifera

Euphorbia mellifera

Another unbeatable groundless flower is the aboriginal primula which is everywhere on bank and roadside brink at the moment . Even though it is always the best-loved , I love any primrose . The Barnhaven hybrid come in gorgeous gloss . Last yr I discovered the lovely unexampled Irish Kennedy hybrids . Primula Kennedy‘Innisfree ’ has dark red leaves and deepest red flowers .

Primula Kennedy‘Innisfree ’

Primula Kennedy‘Avondale ’ has pretty pink blossom with white stripes .

Hyacinth ‘Woodstock’

Hyacinth ‘Woodstock’

Primula Kennedy‘Avondale ’

I am also warm of double primrose .

In Suffolk there are wild meadow bright as well as primula . Sometimes , you come across the rare aboriginal Oxslip , Primula elatiortoo . The long -flowering Primula ‘ Lady Greer ’ is very similar to an Oxlip .

Hyacinth ‘Gypsy Queen’ Tulip ‘Jan reus’

Hyacinth ‘Gypsy Queen’Tulip ‘Jan reus’

Primula‘Lady Greer ’

Epimediums are lovely as long as you remember to cut the parting off in time . If you bury , the flowers are hidden , or you finish up chopping off flowers as well as leaves .

Epimedium x warleyense‘Orange Queen ’

Lunaria annua ‘Variegata Alba’

Lunaria annua‘Variegata Alba’

Epimedium versiclor‘Sulphereum ’

Trilliums are not out yet , but there are some adorable erythroniums in efflorescence .

Erythronium‘Sundisc ’

Lunaria redivia

Lunaria rediva

Erythronium‘Pagoda ’

The white flower of the reddish blue -scentedYpsilandra thibeticawhich I demonstrate you a while ago , are still in rosiness after several weeks , but now they have grow roseate pink .

Ypsilandra thibetica

Anemone nemorosa ‘Robinsoniana’

Anemone nemorosa ‘Robinsoniana’

I showed some fritillaries recently , but I draw a blank all about this little sweetheart .

Fritillaria hermonisssp.amana

Out in the sunshine , there are high-priced little Pasque flowers with their hairy , ship’s bell - shaped blossom in various colours .

Primula Kennedy ‘Innisfree’

Primula Kennedy‘Innisfree’

Pulsatilla vulgaris

I have find the lovelyArum creticumgrowing on hill - sides in Crete . It is a beautiful thing , with glossy leaves and large , buttercup -yellow , fragrant spathe . It is blooming better than ever this year and I notice there are two babies close by .

Arum creticum

Primula Kennedy ‘Avondale’

Primula Kennedy‘Avondale’

So there we have it , a few of my favourite April bloomers . To see what other bloggers are enjoying this April , go over to Carole atMaydreamgardensand connect the celebration ..

68 Responses toGBBD April.

What a survival of the fittest , . Wonderful , as always . I too discovered some of the Primula Kennedy hybrid lately and bought a jolly dusky pinkish one with dark leaves , ‘ Innishfree Pink ’ and a blank one like to your pinkish ‘ Avondale ’ cite ‘ Carrickdale ’ , neither looking as healthy as yours – next year hopefully . The dark red ink of ‘ Innishfree ’ is gorgeous , so rich . I would have had that one had it been available . Interestingly , I note that your Erythronium ‘ Pagoda ’ is a much deeper jaundiced than mine . It makes me question the naming on mine ! I prefer the paler yellow as luck would have it !

So many delicious blooms ! We are a few hebdomad behind here in South Yorkshire and my garden is still in its infancy , but you have sure given me some divine guidance . Thank you for sharing .

Oh my , this is gorgeous ! The Flowering Currant must be a pollinator favourite – I love the manner you photographed it . Your garden is in full spring musical mode !

Oh Mr Shakespeare sure enough had a way with words Chloris as you do with plants both declamatory and small . What beautiful April blooms . That ‘ Black Tulip ’ magnolia is sensational and it ’s easy to see why it was named so . respectable advice about the epimedium efflorescence . I will have to commemorate in time next year 🙂

You ’ve so many gorgeous flowers this bloom twenty-four hours ! I was call back of you when I bought two newfangled single , including ‘ Elisabeth ’ this year . I ’d love to get wind the story your changeover from your expectant garden to your current one .

You have so many beautiful April flower but the one that caused my centre to leap into my pharynx was the Anemone nemorosa . My guess is that it ’s nowhere near as strange as many flowers in your vast collection but to me it see ethereal . The genus Epimedium , trout lily , and primrose also fill up me with envy .