Pics from Kings Heath Park gardens, Plant id pics

Tulips & perennials in the TV gardens, not part of our plant id this week but I took many pics as it was looking really good this spring. Behind the yew hedge are some gardens that famous designers have designed several years ago - by John Brookes and Bonita Betularis. Pics to follow!

Theres some interesting plant combinations in the tv gardens - this is Lysimachia cilliata 'Firecracker' & Euphorbia cyparissias 'Fens Ruby'. Also Tulips & dafodils amongst other things.

A chaenomeles (flowering quince) amongst other climbers.

Rheum palmatum 'Atrosanguineum' has lovely soft undersides of the leaves. It gets quite big (the leaves & the plant!) and looks good with ferns, Darmera peltata, Astibe, & Gunnera (the spiky giant 'rhubarb')

Trifolium repens 'Purpurascens'

Viburnum x juddii - gorgeous scented flowers

Spring catch-up pics taken about a month ago.

Magnolia stellata at the Winterbourne Botanic Garden

Unusual sandstone garden- part of Winterbourne Botanic Garden in Edgebaston

We've moved and the start of a new garden begins!

This update is a little late! I'd hoped to go to a snowdrop garden last month but what with a late cold winter & then sudden onset of spring, i've been mostly just enjoying the crocuses in Kings Heath especially around the parks. Highbury park is my favourite.
However, having now moved to our own house, I can finally get stuck in on a new garden project, which is very exciting!!!
C & myself are living in a 100 year old + house with a narrow and somewhat shady patch- not sure if you can call it a garden yet! The previous owners had 2 simple borders at the sides with many shrubs hacked back...I've found so far, a small Camelia, a honeysuckle, lots of Sedum sp. and a nice surprise: lots of crocus bulbs that came up in the bed outside of the kitchen.
Yay.
Plans for week are definately maybe a garden visit ..possibly Batsford Arboretum. I've been twice before and I'm hoping to see gorgeous Hellebores this weekend..It's a lovely place especially in spring.

Pictures to follow!