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...instead of causing more trouble over in @Kirby's relaxing tea thread, I spent the afternoon pruning back the Kerria japonica and taking some more pictures of what's in bloom now.  I had to quit halfway through on the pruning because my green waste bins were full. It's a pretty large plant now, and very well established.

I dug out a couple of offset plants (it spreads by runners, like a less aggressive running bamboo) to donate to the Spring Garden and Arts Center sale.  Not sure you can buy it anywhere here now, since Capital Nursery shut down. They were really the only connoisseur nursery in town.  Green Acres is the one that tries now, but they just don't have many employees with real world experience. :( 

Heree are "Night Rider", "Brushfield's Yellow",and "Glen 40", along with "Carter's Sunburst" and said Kerria.

 

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^^^Cater's Sunburst

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^^^Night Rider

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^^^Brushfield's Yellow

 

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^^^Glen 40

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...there are some of the later ones that have not yet bloomed, like "Hollybright" , Queen Bee",and "William Hertrich".  The plant of William Hertrich is about the size of a small tree now, and covered with flower buds, so it might put on quite a show later on.  If anything looks worthwhile, I'll post some more pictures.  Usually what happens if we have a cool Spring is we go right into the hotter weather, and stuff gets sunburned.  But this year so far is exceptional for both color and quality of the flowers.  It's almost like gardening back east somewhere. :)

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All of these are lovely it's true.......but........

The rose of all the world is not for me.
I want for my part
Only the little white rose of Scotland
That smells sharp and sweet—and breaks the heart.
 
Hugh MacDiarmid
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...it's probably a good idea not to want camellia's in Scotland.  That would really break the heart. :)

That flower named Scentsation is strongly and sweetly scented, and was hybridized by a retired guy down in the SF Bay area nearby. It's back in the corner next to the Clematis armandii, which would also be a tough plant to grow where you live. I sit back in that corner on a bench some mornings drinking tea and watching the birds hopping about up in the high branches,

This is probably why Scots are so much less demanding than all the spoiled, entitled Californians I live among.    A hardy folk, and still in touch with their roots where you live.  The only thing my guys are in touch with is Instagram. :( 

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...some stuff in bloom today:

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^^^Fairy Blush (a small flowered camellia)

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^^^John XXIII

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^^^William Hertrich (huge flowers, a Reticulata hybrid)

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^^^I think I called this "Yesterday" when I posted a photo of it.  It's actually "Tomorrow". 

This is what happens when you are always in the present.   You get yesterday and tomorrow confused. :whistle:

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^^^ a special, larger flowered selection of Clematis armandii, from Monrovia nurseries. Strongly and sweetly scented.

 

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...every year there's a lot of snow and rain, and the reservoirs fill up, there are some anxieties about how fast you can channel the water down into the ocean without flooding people.  The anxieties are greater if the warmer weather hits early. So far it's been great, but it couild all change next week.  There is a crappe tonne of water going down the American and the Sacramento right now, but neither is anywhere near flood stage. They just started dropping the discharge rates, because there's no rain in the near forecast. USGS 11446500 AMERICAN R A FAIR OAKS CA

The Russian river almost always floods in a wet year, and it has this year too.

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...I think everything is in bloom right now.  Here are some of the last to open.

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^^^Dixie Knight Supreme  (don't blame me, I didn't name it).

 

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...Queen Bee ( a very large Reticulata hybrid. Flowers are 8" across)

 

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^^^Mahotiana Supreme

 

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^^^  mix of Scentsation and Nikki Crisp.  Very heavy bloom this year.

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^^^Nuccio's Gem (still going strong).

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^^^Mrs Charles Cobb

 

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^^^a recent miniature introduction from Japan, the name of which I can't recall.

 

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^^^William Hertrich

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