My favourite A - Z flowers.

Loads of lovely flowers here Spritzhenry lets hope spring is just around the corner.My Pulmonaria has suffered quite a bit I am keeping a close eye on it.I like photos G S P and B .

Clever you, a stunning collection, could not have done any better myself......super pics.

Mmmm, i love flower blogs :-))))))

Beautiful flowers and pictures Spritz.

Thanks for a lovely blog Spritz. So many beautiful flowers. Have you no Achillea in the garden as Achillea is Yarrow and would have filled the "Y" spot.

You have done well.
Some of these have gone on my wish list - notably the Uncinia rubra( I remember seeing it with you before ) , and Nepeta. I haven't seen a pink one before. Also you've reminded me of Omphalodes. I had a stripey one in my old garden but it died when I moved.
All you need now is a Yucca - or maybe not lol. Yarrow might be nice. I love it's feathery foliage :o)

Thanks - I'm pleased that you liked it!

Yes, Toto - I have Achillea - maybe I could edit the blog and add it! :-)

I really enjoyed seeing all those different flowers. I was particularly interested in the shade loving ones. Now your challenge for the summer, if you wish to accept it, is to find a plant for your garden that begins with Y :)

A latin name. Gee? So I'm not allowed Toto's suggestion? Hmmmm.....I reckon that might be a challenge too far....lol.

dont you have a yucca?

Nope - I don't like them, either! :-((

Another thoroughly enjoyable blog. Looks as if you'll be stuck with a Yucca if you want to complete the set!

Thank-you that was a great choice.

Lovely choices, love them all ,omphalodes is a new one to me have to look out for that for my new shady border:-)
I have a daylily called Yabba Dabba Do, lol, that wouldn't count though would it.

As ever beautiful choice of plants from a terrific garden, it must have been so difficult to choose.

Full marks Barbara, and a really lovely choice of plants aswell.

Thanks, Simbad - yes, find an Omphalodes c. 'C.I'. - it's a wonderful plant - you'll love it! There are others, O. verna and O. 'Starry Eyes' but 'Cherry' beats them, due to its larger flowers.

I couldn't really count your Day Lily....:-(((

Thank you Stroller and Carol for your lovely comments. :-))) It really WAS difficult! It took ages to decide.

lovely plants and pictures barbara, ive just got two heleborus but no name on them, will post another pic when flowers open, lots of your plants i really like so will be putting them on my list :o))

What lovely plants you have..... enjoyed your blog...... beautiful pics...

How about Ypsilandra thibetica, Spritz?

You beat me to it Gee. Brilliant little white flower for shade in the spring (see my photos on this site). You'll need to find a specialist supplier though

Oooh! Thanks - I shall remember that - I'll go and take a look at yours, Andrew. Aren't you two clever to think of a 'Y' for me! :-)))

Hi Sandra and Holly - I'm so pleased you enjoyed it! Which plants are on your list, Sandra?

Ok so I'll go and boil my head.
I do particularly like the Nepeta nervosa pink cat and the Thymus serpyllum. I'll try to fine the Nepeta butcan you tell me if the Thymus will grow in the border or does it need a wall or a pot as they normally like very well drained, verging on dry conditions?

I'm afraid I can't take any credit for it, Spritz, I just googled 'plants beginning with Y' :) !!

You shamless cheat Gee. Just the sort of thing I would have done.

I know, Toto, and I'm getting better at it all the time :)

I know, practice is needed. I've been practicing for many years and am almost proficient.

Well, your suggestion is a good one for now, Toto - because Ypsilandra is only on my favourites page as from a few minutes ago! It isn't growing in my garden, so I can't add it into the blog, can I? I haven't even started to look for one!

I could cheat and 'borrow' one of Andrew's photos of it, I suppose - but he might notice. :-S.

What a smashing blog, it was really interesting. I see you like pinks and blues too. I have that brunnera and I think its a lovely plant, the foliage shines out from its shady place under a large acer. :o)

It's difficult to choose other colours, I admit - I do have a 'hot' border in late summer to early autumn, though!

Yes - I really like the Brunnera, with or without flowers.

i would like erodium manescavii, incanillea snowtops,nepeta nervosa pinkcat, patty plum and barocca, all lovely and always more besides these, list is never ending barbara, every time i see a plant on here i want it lol

spritz - you might be able to get the ypsilandra on your visit to Long Acre Plants, it's the sort of place that might just have it

I'll look in the Plantfinder, Andrew. I was just going to do that!

Oh dear, Sandra - Garden Centre vouchers for your birthday/anniversary/Christmas presents?? lol.

is that the correct spelling andrew, im trying to see what its like but not coming up on search
think your right barbara about the vouchers lol

Yes - I've just found it at Long Acre Nursery, Sandra - try that.

I got stuck on the beautiful Saxifrage page!!! Then I 'focussed' and went to Ypsilandra. :-))

What a lovely set of pics Spritz, you have some wonderful plants in your garden. :o)

will do barbara, thanx :o)) found it, its very pretty :o))

A lovely blog to keep us going - thankyou ! I've just put Verbena corymbosa onto my shopping list. :-))

Thanks, and it's hardy. Mw, and I can recommend it!

Good, Sandra. :-))

A lovely plant catalogue, Spritz. Stunning flowers, but my favourite has to be that Uncinia rubra. :-))

You can imagine how difficult it was, David - choosing from some letters of the alphabet - 'C' especially! and 'G'. Glad you enjoyed it, though. x

I can. Compiling an A-Z of favourite plants could be quite "addictive", methinks. I couldn't get beyond A, as wouldn't be able to choose between our Allium or Aquilegia. :-))

A hardy Agastache...and it's beautiful..I'll keep an eye out for this. the Erodium is especially beautiful and unusual as well! Some truly lovely photos Spritz. I tried to think if I had a Y to offer you but I don't think I do. Would a Yew or a Yucca do? but not very interesting! I'm awaiting delivery of Ypsilandra Thibetica from Jacques Amand....I'll send you a photo if it flowers!

Yes, I was delighted to find new growth at the base when I cut the stems back last week!

Andrew suggested Ypsilandra - I have an order in with a Nursery that stocks them, and I'm plucking up courage to contact them for the third time in a week to add yet another plant - oh dear, they must be getting fed up with me - the crazy woman in Somerset who can't get her act together! LOL.

Thanks for the lovely comments. :-))

my pleasure!!

:-))

Spritz ,another smashing blog and a lovely way to pass away the dull wet days when stuck indoors and a bit fed up. Have to admit my wishlist grows every time I see a blog from you, plus I can now name a lot more of my plants as well..lol......

Enjoyed your blog Spritz, and love the erodium (wish list) I used to have the Readers Digest Book of Creative Gardening and played this game with my old garden. I had to have at least one plant from each page though I did cheat a bit. I have a new plant for Y...yushania, it's a bamboo and fully hardy and sounds lovely until "spread indefinite" oh well:-)

You can keep that Yushania, Ba - anything that says that is a no-no! I have ordered an Ypsilandra - haha - my alphabet will be complete, then!

I still have that book - it's nice to have a browse through it.

Thanks. Ll. I aim to please! Sorry about the 200 page wish-list though! LOL.

I don't wish to be picky Spritz, but I think you still need a 'Q'....brodiaea???? Couldn't you grow a little oak? :-)

Great blog Spritz - thanks - and lots of lovely ideas - 'cos I am in the planning process!! :0))

Oh Ba - I thought 'Queen Fabiola' would 'do' for 'Q'....I haven't got room for an oak tree - even a little one! lol.

Thanks, Sooze - I'm glad it's useful. :-)))

Your garden sounds utterly delicious.

Thanks, Ss. That's very kind of you! :-)

A lovely selection Barbara :-) But I think it might be time you started growing some Yams!! lol

Scabiosa ‘Barocca’ appears to be quite low-growing like thrift - is it?

Just looked to see all your lovely plants again Spritz and weigela carnival is a new one on me, it's flowers are gorgeous, what is its growth like? I've recently bought 'monet' ....well it looked beautiful in the brochure, just twigs at the moment though:-)

No, Sarah - Barocca grows to about 15" I suppose. It must have been the angle of the photo. Ha! I have an Ypsilandra thibetica on order - so no yams....sorry. lol.

Ba - that Weigela is a normal sized one - I prune it every year after it's flowered, and keep it at about 6' tall. I bought 'Monet' last summer, too - and it's like yours - but the foliage was beautiful! It should have survived....I hope!

Mine's in the garage at the moment:-)

Hiding from view, keeping safe, or waiting to be planted?

I've potted it up, but i'm worried about the weather, it's snowed again here:-( I hope it's alive:-)

Can't even pronounce Ypsiwhatisface..... ;-)

The Barocca is gorgeous...

Sarah - I just hope it survives - I think it will. Fingers crossed!

Now - say after me -

IP...SIL...AND...RA...

Three times should do it, LOL.

Ba - it should be OK if the compost hasn't frozen!

Ip sil dandruf

Ip sid andrum

Ip si dindilum

give up.....

LOL. Not good enough! In fact - utterly, completely hopeless! hee hee....;-)

No, the compost is fine I've only recently potted it and it's stayed in the garage, I wonder should I keep it a little damp??

i think you should, yes. If it were out in the garden it would be in damp soil, wouldn't it!