RHS Garden Harlow Carr in Harrogate, North Yorkshire is a great visit and today the sun shone all day, the bees emerged, and one could see the plants opening out to welcome spring. So here are the highlights.
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| I’m no great lover of heathers though …. |
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| Catkins can be as good as blossom |
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| “Anna’s Red” and certainly on my newly created shopping list |
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| Another of those catkins |
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| Skimmia japonica “Red Diamonds” |
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| The head only of the towering reed sculpture |
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| Kale “Redbor” is tasty too |
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| Primula palinuro |
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| Primula allionii ‘Mrs Dyas’ |
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| Primula ‘Joan Hughes’ |
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| Primula allionii ‘ Apple Blossom’ |
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| Saxifraga species and my favourite today |
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| Olsynium douglasii |
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| Primula ‘Netta Dennis’ |
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| Dionysia aretioides ‘Bevere’ and spectacular |
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| Fritillaria raddeana |
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| Draba yunnanensis |
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| Cornus mas – a mass of blossom |
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| We had a visitor at lunch |
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| Location for lunch |
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| Visitor 2 |
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Trying to catch up among blogs… what a beautiful, refreshing view of spring! I always did want heathers, but have never gardened in a really appropriate climate 😉 I love the looks of that Fritillaria raddeana; it seems quite graceful in comparison with the imperialis types.
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Catching up is hard and personally I feel I have a few too many balls in the air. Spring is a time for growing and I suppose the daylight hours are increasing.
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