The glory of the garden at the moment is the Tamarisk tree. I took this photo across the garden from our bedroom window.
Its warm pink flowers on soft, floppy stems dance lightly in the breeze
It is a playground for the sparrows who bounce on its branches and pick little buds from its flowers.
At the start of this year, after the bad weather of late last year, it had turned a strange brown colour and we were afraid we had lost it but it has bloomed again in the warm weather of the last week or two.
The only worrying thing is that it should flower in late summer - once again this year spring and summer have all rolled into one. I wonder what will be left flowering in the garden during the months that are supposed to be summer? I hope this wonderful display isn't its swan song!
EDIT 14/5/11:- Due to the problems with blogger over the last few days I lost 8 comments on this post. I've replaced them by cutting and pasting from the e-mails I received and putting the names in of the people who left them. Thank you everyone. I've noticed that one or two comments I left on your blogs have diappeared too, I've been back and left them again where I could but I apologise if I've missed anyone:)
EDIT 14/5/11:- Due to the problems with blogger over the last few days I lost 8 comments on this post. I've replaced them by cutting and pasting from the e-mails I received and putting the names in of the people who left them. Thank you everyone. I've noticed that one or two comments I left on your blogs have diappeared too, I've been back and left them again where I could but I apologise if I've missed anyone:)
What a little wonderland your garden is!
ReplyDeleteYou're right everything has come into bloom so early with this crazy weather we're having..Sweet Williams and Digitalis have just flowered and I'm already eating homegrown strawberries..what is this world coming to?
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What a wonderful plant - evrything is very topsy turvy this year. Your garden is HUGE! I wishmine was as big. xxxxx
ReplyDeleteRosie it is beautiful even though it may be short-lived! I fear we are in for an early autumn this year. I already have small pears and apples on my fruit trees. Let us hope we can prolong the beauty of our garden plants. x
ReplyDeleteHello Rosie:
ReplyDeleteYour Tamarisk is indeed looking wonderful. Such a froth of pink- quite like Candy Floss at the fair.
All across Hungary Tamarisk grows wild and this year it has been spectacular. Perhaps the very warm spring following a very cold winter. And, yes, as you say, it seems very early in its flowering.
What a beautiful tree. I don't think I've ever seen one in our area.
ReplyDeleteThats one gorgeous tree....
ReplyDeleteThe tree looks amazing, so does your garden :)
ReplyDeleteBee happy x
Have a delicious day!
Ah, you can see this from your bedroom window??
ReplyDeleteHow perfectly wonderful.
They're lovely plants, aren't they? I hope yours survives - it looks very healthy. Lovely garden. Abby x
ReplyDeleteYou have a beautiful garden. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAnne xx
Oh what a glorious garden you have ~ surely a testament to all your hard work! And what a view from your bedroom window ~ I should never want to leave my room with a view like that! Just lovely! Love Brenda
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful tree. I don't think I've seen one before. Even if the blossom is fleeting, I'm sure the pleasure it brings year after year is not.
ReplyDeleteI don;t think I have ever seen a Tamarisk tree. How pretty it is x
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful tree! I have lost quite a few bushes over the hard Winter, including my negro bamboo, but the stuff which has survived is certainly blooming earlier than normal.
ReplyDeleteHow pretty, you have a lovely garden. Mine is a bit of a shambles at the moment as all my efforts are going into my daughter's jungle. I shall shortly be visiting Lincoln I think - didn't know about the potter on Steep HIll:)
ReplyDeleteYou have a beautiful garden. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAnne xx
Don't worry, Rosie. Your tree looks gloriously healthy and I am sure the temps will straighten out! Enjoy your view!
ReplyDeleteOh what a glorious garden you have ~ surely a testament to all your hard work! And what a view from your bedroom window ~ I should never want to leave my room with a view like that! Just lovely! Love Brenda
ReplyDeleteLovely garden! It is huge!
ReplyDeleteBest regards
What a lovely garden.I love the tree.It is surprising what has survived the harsh winter and what has not.We have lost all our honeysuckles,a skimmia and a broom.
ReplyDeleteThey're lovely plants, aren't they? I hope yours survives - it looks very healthy. Lovely garden. Abby x
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with that tree! And your garden! I don't think I've ever seen a Tamarisk tree before; it's absolutely wonderful. :)
ReplyDeleteI do love Tamarisk trees. My mother used to have one in her garden. They are so whispy and airy. What a beautiful display.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos and your garden looks great as always!
ReplyDeleteI adore the light pinkness of the tamarisks in this setting.Here in South Australia they grow very well by the sea and have a slightly darky less frothy look.
ReplyDeleteWow I love the colour of that tree!
ReplyDeleteBlogger was a pain, my post went and I had to write it again!
Thank you for the lovely comment on my post too.
love
Lyn
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What a beautiful tree Rosie. I just had a picture in my mind of all those happy sparrows bouncing about on its branches!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the spring/summer display and I hope that there are surprises in store for later in the season.
Marie x