April - What's looking good in the Garden this month?

Pulmonaria ‘Blue Mist' (Lungwort). An evergreen, low growing plant.  The leaves are dappled with cream spots.  Masses of pale blue flowers between March and April, however it prefers semi shade.

Chionodoxa ‘Pink Giant' (Glory of the Snow). An early flowering bulb that creates a carpet of flowers when planted liberally.  Flowers in March, and prefers full sun. 

Daphne bholua ‘Peter Smithers'.   A quick growing semi evergreen shrub, reaching 2m.  Masses of highly scented flowers which come into their own between January and March.

Daphne odora ‘aureomarginata'.  A popular, early flowering, evergreen shrub with leaves which have a cream edge to them.  The highly scented, purple/pink flowers are visible December to March.  Max height and spread of 1.5m and it prefers a sheltered spot, in partial shade.

Camellia japonica ‘Pink Perfection'.  An Evergreen, upright shrub with Pink double flowers  which are at their best between February and March.  Max Height 2m Max Spread 1.8m.  For best results it requires lime free ericaceous soil/compost.

Cornus ‘Midwinter Fire' (Dogwoods). This Deciduous shrub is grown mainly for their colourful, bright red, winter stems.  Frost hardy it will reach a max height of 3m and a max spread of 2.5m It requires full sun.

All of the above plants are available for sale from our Garden Centre.