Spring Interest
It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want—oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!
- Mark Twain
As the days lengthen, our eyes instinctively start scanning the winter-battered landscape for signs of spring. That’s why every garden needs at least one early riser: somewhere cheerful to rest the eye whilst the rest of the garden pulls itself together. Magnolias and flowering cherries are the classic choice, and with so many varieties to choose from, selecting one is a pleasure. Here we recommend some of our favourite spring chickens, but don’t forget to browse treefinder for lots more inspiration!
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Wisteria × valderi 'Eranthema'
In early summer, 'Eranthema' produces a cascade of delicately scented pea-like flowers, ha -
Wisteria floribunda (purple)
The Japanese wisteria are one of the most spectacular wisterias with its fragrant racemes -
Wisteria 'Jissai'
This lovely wisteria is a natural occuring hybrid native to Japan. The elegant pale blue, -
Wisteria brachybotrys 'Showa-beni'
A relatively new cultivar with pubescent pinnate leaves, giving them a soft, downy appeara -
Wisteria floribunda 'Alba'
A vigorous cultivar of Japanese wisteria offering a impressive display of elegant, droopin -
Ficus carica
Figs are native trees of Syria and Persia, and have been grown in Britain since Roman time -
Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum 'Pearl'
A small, spreading semi-evergreen shrub, reaching up to 1.5m, related to witch hazel, bear -
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
One of Australia's beautiful native trees with a large spreading habit, grey-green leaves
