RE: Checking out the spring time blooms on a beautiful sunny day
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Beautiful ! I think the top yellow one next to the old walnut could well be Scotch Broom.
The bluebells might be Spanish rather than Native - they tend to be a lot more vigorous, to the point where I'm starting to treat them as a weed. At some point I'll dig some up and experiment with the juice from the bulbs, apparently they used to use it as a glue in bookbinding.
The unknown thing in the blue pot is likely to be Pieris Japonica - we've got one, it's one of my favourite things in the garden. It also turns out to be toxic if eaten. But then when I look up the stuff I've got, I might as well declare it to be officially a Poison Garden - I've got Lords & Ladies, Firesticks (caper spurge), Enchanters Nightshade, Foxgloves (digitalis), and goodness knows what else that really shouldn't be eaten or rubbed on the skin !