First roses and other beauties in my garden this Easter Saturday 2025

After a few days away, and the start of the week when it was sunny, the garden had moved on and we were greeted with a lot of colour, including the apple blossom.  My friend Maggie also a keen gardener, had been watering.  Luckily I took pictures before the wetter, windier and cooler weather set in, but again this rain is very welcome after quite a few dry weeks.  I'm joining in the weekly SOS get together over at Jim's. 

1.  I purposefully did not add any new auriculas to my collection this year. I could have, but I didn't! Maybe it is because I vowed I would have fewer plants in pots going forward. The ones I now have just fit nicely on the Shed Shelf.

Peak Week for Auriculas

2. Over on the round table a few more pots draws the eye, and encourages us to sit outside for a cuppa on sunny days. The Primula Treborth Yellow was planted up in the bowl in mid November last year and has proved strong and healthy.  The little viola is unnamed but I could not resist it!

3. There are a number of violas in the garden that are just left to do their thing.   The originals are Viola Tricolor, Viola Bowles Black, and Viola Corsica, all flowering but a small handful of plants are showing that a little cross pollination has also taken place, as can be seen in the bottom right picture with a larger primula amongst the Viola Tricolor. Ants move the seed around, and they are easy to remove if they start to grow in an inconvenient spot. Having just had a very short season on the violets, I am veering on the side that the violas are my favourite of the two types, as they have a far longer flowering season.

4. The First Rose in bloom this year is the lovely single flowered Rosa Canary Bird.  The branches spring about gently in a breeze adding a little animation to the garden.

5. Tiarella Spring Symphony is beautifully placed, as we sit in the conservatory to have our breakfast it appears to glow as it is backlit by the morning sun.

6.  The Arum Lilies correctly named as Zantedeschia aethiopica, a long name which just doesn't stick in my head, are starting to open.  I think the first couple of flowers are a little weather beaten!