Coombe Wood on Bank Holiday Monday

Perhaps it wasn't such a good idea to go on a Bank Holiday Monday . . . or maybe I should have made my visit much earlier. I know how hard the gardener works and I found it quite difficult to see people treating the gardens carelessly. A couple of children were kicking plants and stamping on them without any attempt being made to discourage them and several other children were playing hide and seek in the wide flower beds next to the lawn in front of the sundial - no attempt to stop them trampling through the flower beds.  bit later I heard a man say to a young boy "If you push her again I'll kill you." Nice!

Off-putting aspects of the walk aside - the tulips are looking fabulous.

Arch

Purple tree

 The aliums are on their way

A carpet of pink petals as the blossom falls 

Orange azaleas - I haven't noticed these before.

Tiny white flowers

More of the scented yellow azaleas are opening now. 

Red acer leaves with subtle little red flowers 

Pink rhododendrons

 Looking closer at the anthers

Last time I posted pictures of the hellebore pods I said I had only seen them with even numbers of pods - this time I saw a lot of them with five pods.  

I have no idea what this is but there's loads of it several tiers of delicate creamy white flowers which form little clusters of pale green berries.

Fluffy little white flowers.

Here come the lily of the valley

Back for another look at the May-tree - from underneath it this time.

These little flowers weren't much bigger than buttercups.

Back to admire the tulips before going home. 

 A closer look at the miniature euphorbia on the way out.

Thank you very much for joining me