Showing posts with label tulip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tulip. Show all posts

Sunday, 8 May 2011

Early May trug shots - pink and green freshness

mibuna, radishes and retro curly parsley
so cute -and great weed-suppressing mulch/catch crop
flea beetle starting now but leaves still ok for stirfry
beautifully glaucous; nutritious shredded in stirfy

Tulips from the Big bulb plant and a bunch of oregano

a full on blowsy combo that has given great vase value

frilly textures and champagne rhubarb

Mixed leaves including spinach, tatsoi, mustard greens...

Thursday, 14 May 2009

A 'soft' day in an English May garden

Last week garden designer Charles Rutherfoord opened his Clapham garden to the public. There was a soft rain and the sky was overcast, and this allowed the colours of blooms to glow a little more. Here (left) you can see tulips just about to go over, and irises in the foreground ready to take their turn. Visitors were softened and awed by the loveliness of this urban garden.