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These are the flowers we had in the garden in early spring 2019, taken mainly on the Vernal Equinox. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
There's good news and bad news. The good news is that the bulbs in the north bed and the succulents nearby are all flowering better than ever before. Here the north bed this time last year and now:
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The succulent bed was so insignificant last year that I didn't even take a photo of it. Here it is this year:
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And the plants in the north-west bed that we planted last year have transformed it almost beyond recognition:
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What's that enormous bush at front right? I thought it would flower, but there's no evidence yet:
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It will have to prove itself or leave.
And the ill-fated Clematis “General Sikorski” is still not dead.
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Clearly it's sensitive to other plants invading its root space.
On the other hand, various plants have suffered or probably even died. Here the Echium and the Euphorbia, last year then this year:
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And here the Buddlejas in the south:
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Last month's lonely climbing “Iceberg” rose has not stopped flowering, but now the blooms aren't as lonely:
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Here are the rest:
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