During spring garden clean-up and pruning in my Harborton Hill garden, I delight in these fantastic spring blooming shrubs.

Top to bottom: Lonicera standishii (Fragrant winter honeysuckle), Edgeworthia chrysantha (snow cream), Ribes sanguineum ‘King Edward VII’ (King Edward VII flowering currant), Stachyurus salicifolius

 

Stachyurus salicifolius is spectacular with it’s pendulous chains of chartreuse urn-shaped flowers.

Edgeworthia chrysantha blooms ahead of its foliage with magnificent umbels of fragrant flowers.

Lonicera standishii (winter honeysuckle) begins blooming in February with sweet-smelling flowers.

Ribes ‘King Edward VII’ (flowering currant) drips with clusters of deep pink flowers.