Every Easter Sunday the Easter Bunny hides easter eggs in Our Garden@19 for the Grandchildren to find.
Searching the garden for the elusive Easter Bunny...
The obvious place to start is in the Spring Garden where the Tenby daffodil is flowering...
...with primroses and Pulmonaria Sissinghurst White
...around the garden the various Hyacinths are showing off, I think their flowers look like pixy or fairy hats...
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| H.Pink Pearl |
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| H.Carnegie |
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| H.Blue Peal |
Some plants in the garden are too small to hide an Easter Bunny, the wild celandine, which I love to see flowering in the spring, although it is very invasive...
...is complemented by its much smarter cousin Ranunculus 'Brassen Hussey', discovered by Christopher Lloyd growing in the woods at Great Dixter.
The forget-me-not blue Brunnera macrophylla...
... Chionodoxa luciliae growing in an old tin bath
...and Anemone nemerosa are too small.
Saxifrage drendsii 'Highlander'
...along with a delicate contribution from Saxifrage 'Nottingham Gold'.
In the Oriental Garden, where for Easter, a pair of ducks had taken up residence by the water feature...
...along with the Corylus avellana 'Contorta'...
Magnolia 'Stella'
In other areas of the garden the Magnolia x soulangeana 'Lennei' is providing colour against a blue sky...
and Cytisus praecox Albus is providing scent.
Searching through the foliage in the garden, there are the emerging leaves of Erythronium Pagoda...
...alongside the beautiful patterned leaves of Arum italicum subsp. italicum ‘Marmoratum’,
whose name an Easter Bunny could hide behind...
...an ideal hiding place would be among the coloured foliage of Chionochloa rubra...
...the bees are busy searching the flowers of the Ornamental Cherry looking for their easter present.
In pots on the patio is the first tulip to flower, Passionale...
...alongside the Malus Golden Hornet underplanted with 'tete-a-tete narcissus, behind which is hiding...
... among the primroses, two small Easter Bunnies with Easter eggs and 'Carrot sweets.'
The grandchildren had made cakes for easter tea.
...Mmm...
What did you find hiding in your garden this Easter?
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I planted some Erythronium Pagoda in a tub last year but not a sign of them. Maybe they don't like tubs.
ReplyDeleteI also planted some in pots, they are just showing, there is hope yet.
DeleteLovely tour of your garden. I might have to go and find my own Easter egg now to eat! My Erythronium Pagoda are at the same stage as your, with the newer planted bulbs just a touch ahead of last year's. Love Magnolia Stella - I wish I had a suitable place for it.
ReplyDeleteThank you Annette, M. Stella is not very fast growing and therefore doesn't become to large. I guess you could also prune it if ever it did out grow its space.
DeleteOh what fun your grandchildren must have had Brian and you must have enjoyed the hunt too.
ReplyDeleteI certainly enjoyed helping to eat the cake!
DeleteLucky Easter bunnies with such a lovely garden to hide in and so many beautiful blooms.
ReplyDeleteThank you Chloris.
DeleteI hope the grandchildren appreciated the plants as they hunted.
ReplyDeleteWe are trying to inspire!
DeleteThank you for showing us the lovely spring blooms that you found while you were looking for the eggs the Easter bunny left, Brian!
ReplyDeleteSadly he didn't leave any eggs for the adults!
Deleteoh, what fun your grandchildren must have had! All the easter bunny left me in the garden were some battered daffodils after the storm.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to hear about your daffodils. I don't think the storm was as severe
Deletehere as in some other areas.
A lovely post Brian, with all your spring flowers. I suppose the children were concentrating too much on looking for eggs to notice them all, but I'm glad you had the opportunity to capture them and share with us. And that cake looks absolutely scrumptious!
ReplyDeleteWe are trying to cultivate an interest, they build a small garden each year for when the garden is open for the N G S.
DeleteThe garden is full of colour and variety for so early in the year. It is special moments, like Easter egg hunts that make all the hard work in the garden worthwhile. I would enjoy a slice of that cake with a large mug of tea in your garden too! Amelia
ReplyDeleteThank you Amelia, all the family seem to enjoy the garden at different times of year. You would be welcome to tea and cake.
DeleteA splendid place for an Easter egg hunt! My most memorable one from my childhood was through azaleas in full bloom... I would say the flowers left far more of an impression than the eggs! Love your saxifrages :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Amy, we didn't have Easter egg hunts when we were children. I remember my father always boiled eggs for breakfast on Easter Sunday and would draw faces on them.
DeleteLots of fun - and colour in your garden. The saxifrages are beautiful. My LO had fun finding some brightly coloured plastic eggs in the garden to put in his basket. Next year they may have treats inside them too!
ReplyDeleteMake sure there are some treats for mummy as well!
DeleteAll the fun of the easter egg hunt. My baby grandson is just a tad too young yet but many lovely easter ahead me thinks.
ReplyDeleteYou've a lovely selection of spring plants growing in your garden. It's wonderful time of year isn't it?
I think each year ours may becoming to old for it, although we all like treats what ever age. The treats may change with time!
DeleteBeautiful round-up of what's on in the garden!
ReplyDeleteI particularly like the blue hyacinth - so bluebell-ish.
We have celandine in the garden but it restricts itself to a slope under trees. I'd rather have them than creeping buttercups!
And your corkscrew hazel looks good. We have one in a pot but I almost forgot to cut off the straight "suckers", so it is probably a bit weakened.
Keep up the good work :)
Thank you, I do like the celandine, although in this garden left to its self it would take over the whole garden.
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