The tamarisk is beginning to bloom and it is covered in thousands upon thousands of tiny pink flowers:
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Cheating a little with an indoor plant. My wife is the expert and tells me this is Aeschynanthus, otherwise known as the lipstick plant.
Obviously benefitting from the proximity to my Audiovectors.
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Tree peonies - not this year’s, to be honest, and I’ve no idea which variety they are. They must be over 30 years old now. I took that photograph a couple of years ago - pity they are so short-lived.
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This Aquilegia (granny’s bonnet, columbine) is looking rather delightful:
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Self seeds like mad, and good for pollinators, every garden should have some
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This is Thalictrum pubescens (king of the meadow, tall meadow-rue):
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My favourite meconopsis, mop-head. It’s flowers can be huge at 8”across and although mine is 5” here, it’s still the largest meconopsis. Very strong, tall flower stem. Gem.
Anemone obtusiloba pradesh. Another gem, although a photo of a delicate flower surrounded by large bark chunks doesn’t do it justice. Flowers open white then change to rich blue/purple with powdered velvet surface.
Sarracenia flava maxima
Ceanothus concha. Covered in bees and smells of honey.
As my ophrys scolopax has now produced 5 flowers and counting, the previous award should be upgraded to lifetime achievement.
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I hereby bestow upon you a lifetime achievement award for your exemplary hyperfastidiousness 
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Another Aquilegia (granny’s bonnet, columbine) but this one has intense colouration:
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Just for you…
Bottle brush tree in my father’s garden.
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It’s the first time I’ve ever seen the bottle brush tree and here’s a medal for presenting such a fine specimen 
This is Ranunculus repens (creeping buttercup) waking up to greet the sun this morning:
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I have a bee friendly border , and am quite happy with buttercups in it , or indeed any wild flower
I look on it as a sanctuary for them, no weed killers, no insecticides , no industrial strimmers .
Also have a rougher area at the bottom of the garden which is currently a riot of red campion
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This is Linnaea amabilis (beauty bush) and it is covered in thousands of delicate flowers:
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Every garden should have a Gunnera in my opinion! More for the foliage than the flowers although they are spectacular in their own way. These are relatively small but the flower spikes can be over a metre in length.
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And to all at Chez Satori, I would just like to say how much I have enjoyed your photos of your plants and garden
best wishes
Ian
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Hawthorn is a shrub but left to its own devices it can grow to almost tree-like proportions:
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This is Pyracantha (firethorn) which has beautiful flowers that turn into berries (a good source of food for the birds in winter):
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