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Spring has arrived in the Beechgrove Garden

20 April 2018

After a snowy March, a burst of sunshine has kick-started The Beechgrove Garden.

From the Cherry ‘Sweetheart’ blossoms to the Nepal poppies, everything seems to be on the turn. Feast your eyes on these beautiful plants as they start to reach for the sunlight.

A Beechgrove planter in the Alpine garden

Camellia ‘Ballet Queen’

Camellia ‘Ballet Queen’ with its pink to red coloured peony-like flowers

Amaryllis ‘Double Dragon’

An appropriately coloured Amaryllis for Beechgrove͛’s 40th or RUBY Anniversary

Cherry ‘Sweetheart’

Cherry blossom, a promise of the crop to come (Crew, gardeners and presenters fight over the cherries in summer.)

Nepal poppy – Meconopsis nepaulensis

Early foliage with sparkling raindrops
A classic spring combination

Pasque flower – Pulsatilla vulgaris

Also known as the Pasqueflower as it puts on a striking show at Easter

Silver Birch with Bamboo in background

The gardeners give the silver birches an annual spring bath to make sure the stems are bright white

Pieris japonica

Lovely evergreen shrub which flowers in spring

Hebe ‘Red Edge’

Hebe ‘Red Edge’ flowers in summer, but until then the leaves are as good as its name

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