What's Looking Good in February 2025

[NigelJ]

Anemone blanda with lesser celandine in the sun last Saturday.

 

[Zigs]

Lovely @NigelJ

 

[Zigs]

 

[Logan]

 

[Zigs]

Looking good Logan

This time last year we cut the hedge down, these came up where it was

 

[Logan]

Thank you @Zigs love your snow drops.

 

[Anniekay]

 

[Sheal]

What is the shrub please @Anniekay ? It looks like Ribes but the leaves don't seem right.

 

[Anniekay]

What is the shrub please @Anniekay ? It looks like Ribes but the leaves don't seem right.

It's Loropetalum. It's common name is Fringe Flower bush.

 

[Sheal]

Thanks Annie - I like it. I've had a quick read about it and will keep it in mind.

 

[Anniekay]

Thanks Annie - I like it. I've had a quick read about it and will keep it in mind.

This one will grow into a tree if you let it, but there are dwarf varieties and a variegated one called Jazz Hands. That one only gets around 3-4' tall and wide.

 

[Sheal]

I like the fact it's evergreen and doesn't mind semi shade. The only drawback is it's spring blooming. I'd prefer something that is summer flowering, which there's a lack of in the garden.

 

[Tetters]

I like the fact it's evergreen and doesn't mind semi shade. The only drawback is it's spring blooming. I'd prefer something that is summer flowering, which there's a lack of in the garden.

There are some nice Escallonias that may fit the bill. They flower from about June until autumn, this one is rubra macrantha. Otherwise there are several Wygelas to xhoose from. Deutzia is a good one for early summer too, and I think ''pride of Rochester'' is my favourite. This one is a hybrid called strawberry fields.

 

[Jersey Devil]

Built this planter for my neighbor this winter out of pallet wood.

 

[Anniekay]

Built this planter for my neighbor this winter out of pallet wood.

Did you paint the bird house and flowers on it too? It looks really nice !!

 

[Anniekay]

 

[Jersey Devil]

Did you paint the bird house and flowers on it too?

No way !! I can't draw stick figures. They are metal decorations I got online. The flowers are wood, those I slapped paint on just to make them stand out. She loves flowers and birds so I made it to her liking. Me, I would prefer fishing stuff on it

 

[Sheal]

View attachment 3154 There are some nice Escallonias that may fit the bill. They flower from about June until autumn, this one is rubra macrantha. Otherwise there are several Wygelas to xhoose from. Deutzia is a good one for early summer too, and I think ''pride of Rochester'' is my favourite. View attachment 3155This one is a hybrid called strawberry fields.

Thanks @Tetters . Escallonia haunts me. I had a 90ft hedge in the past, never again. There is one here in the garden but I think it will have to come out. It looks old, is more wood than foliage and I don't think it will cope with hard pruning.

I like Deutzia 'Pride of Rochester' and thought I'd bought it for my last garden. When it flowered it turned out to be 'Strawberry Fields' and I was really annoyed as I'm not a lover of pink flowers.

 

[Sheal]

Built this planter for my neighbor this winter out of pallet wood.

Oh I like that Jersey Devil! Unique and rustic - perfect.

 

[Zigs]

Me, I would prefer fishing stuff on it

I used to go fishing a few times a day