Wisteria Update: 21 May 2013

For those in the know...:

Casita will be 'prime time' this weekend (25/26 May)

Next week for the standard wisterias (27/28/29 May)

The plants in front of the house are a little later (first week of June)

Garden Update May 17 2013

It's cherry blossom time at Iford.  On the terrace, Peto's last surviving Cherry is in full flow.

 The standard wisterias are a week or two away, but those on a southerly facing wall, such as the front of house are just opening up.  Hopefully we will not have any frosts as the number of buds looks enormous.

 The scent from the Daphne burkwoodii (above) on the Conservatory terrace is overpowering in the evening.  But perhaps the star of the show right now is the cherry in the Japanese garden, hanging like clouds above the 'Fuji' rock.

Roasting wisteria

Glorious weather at 25C has brought the wisteria into full bloom, finally. Now's the moment to see it - and the lucky recipients of this spectacle are a delightful Russian group who enjoyed the garden in the evening light with a cream tea. Mmmm.