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Spring has truly sprung in Crescent Garden!
Following a wonderful display of snowdrops in January and February, the sun and mild weather in March has brought out a stunning array of flowers. The excessive rain during 2024 must have agreed with the development of the primroses, as we have had a magnificent display of the natural cream and the very pale pink primroses in many places. You don’t normally see so many primroses like this East of Devon!
The white periwinkle (Vinca minor alba) growing in the ‘Jubilee garden’ has flowered continuously from January/February and is still putting on a lovely show into April.
The delicate rush daffodils, Narcissus jonquilla are looking beautiful in the west end Repton basket and in the bed around the Ginkgo biloba.
Other daffodils like Narcissus pseudonarcissus ssp Obvallaris,the Tenby daffodil and Narcissus pseudonarcissus Lobularis, the Lent lily are popping up in various beds in the Garden now. The lovely pale Tulipa cluisiana peppermint sticks and the strident, red and yellow striped Tulipa Keizerskroon are also putting on a good show in the beds near the fountain.
In more hidden areas of the Garden, Epimediums and Snakes Head Fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) are popping up in the more wooded areas of the garden. We have been treated to a very fragrant Winter/early Spring with the flowering of the Daphne odoratis, Winter flowering honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima), Wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox) and Edgeworthia chrysantha.
(Extracted from the Regency Crescent Garden Head Gardeners Report Spring 2025)
The white periwinkle (Vinca minor alba) growing in the ‘Jubilee garden’ has flowered continuously from January/February and is still putting on a lovely show into April.
The delicate rush daffodils, Narcissus jonquilla are looking beautiful in the west end Repton basket and in the bed around the Ginkgo biloba.
Other daffodils like Narcissus pseudonarcissus ssp Obvallaris,the Tenby daffodil and Narcissus pseudonarcissus Lobularis, the Lent lily are popping up in various beds in the Garden now. The lovely pale Tulipa cluisiana peppermint sticks and the strident, red and yellow striped Tulipa Keizerskroon are also putting on a good show in the beds near the fountain.
In more hidden areas of the Garden, Epimediums and Snakes Head Fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) are popping up in the more wooded areas of the garden. We have been treated to a very fragrant Winter/early Spring with the flowering of the Daphne odoratis, Winter flowering honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima), Wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox) and Edgeworthia chrysantha.
(Extracted from the Regency Crescent Garden Head Gardeners Report Spring 2025)
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