Harlow Carr Gardens again... An area of gently sloping banking among some mature trees has in recent years been planted up with an abundance of spring bulbs and spring-flowering plants. It looks very pretty: a multi-coloured carpet that gives an impressionistic effect. It's interesting that our spring flowers (certainly our native ones) mostly come in soft shades of blue, mauve, yellow and white. Against the fresh greens of young foliage, it's such a pleasing palette. I loved these anemones:
Elsewhere, flower beds and containers were filled with tulips and hyacinths. The Fritillaria Imperialis (Crown Imperial) is a plant of the lily family, native to the mountainous areas of Turkey, Iran and across to Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Himalayan foothills. It's rather spectacular:
Lovely colors, the plantings create an impressionistic landscape.
ReplyDeleteOh how lovely! I liked the way you highlighted the flowers in the first shot. Yes, isn't spring grand!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post. We had a week of hot weather which made the spring flowers come & go really quickly but now it is cool again and the trees are blossoming so they should last a bit longer I hope.
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful
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