As I sit here, on yet another dismal, wet and grey weekend, chomping away at some toast and marmalade Mrs PR has kindly done for me, along with a nice cuppa, and sorting through the few photos I've managed to grab so far this year, I think I recalled a thread some time back of plants or flowers people have seen, but couldn't find anything in the searches.
So, without further ado, I thought why not set a thread up for , where all can share their photos, not just in the wild, but the garden, local municipal parks, anywhere, because without these plants, there wouldn't be nature.
It's not unusual to see flowers virtually all year through, not because of global warming, climate change or whatever scenario you prefer to use, but because some plants are hardy and prefer to be winter borne. But for many, the first flowers they really see properly, are snowdrops in February, followed by crocuses (late February- Mach) and then the delightful daffodils (March/April)., bluebells (April time), and much more.
So lets put some colour back into the grey world, spring is coming, so here's a few to set things going.
February; snowdrops
February: Sweet Violet
March: the first daffs in bloom
March: always a sign that spring is on the way, the primrose
March; crocuses (from a local municipal park)
March; mini daffs in our garden
and some proper daffs in the garden, starting to bloom
BTW, I've seen my second bee of the year, having a nosey around the daffs above, the first was late Feb, the second was earlier today, but on both occasions, the weather wasn't right to get the camera out...
Mike
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Your mystery wildflower looks like Herb Robert to me ... www.wildlifetrusts.org/.../herb-robert
SunnyKate2 said:
Mike b
Is this same I wonder,?It seems to be a weed as masses grow under the hedging( I still don't know the name CHOL:):)
Very much like that one, and musk mallow which I'm plumping for, loves that sort of environment, so does Wood Crane's-Bill, but the leaves made me feel its more musk mallow
WendyBartter said:Your mystery wildflower looks like Herb Robert to me ... www.wildlifetrusts.org/.../herb-robert
Thank you, that seems more like it, the leaves are definitely the same.
The erysimum looking good, even on a dull day, and was host to a few bees...
Yesterday, Friday, was a busy day, the weekly shop, and then a trip to the local garden & DiY emporium, because I need some flowers for a recently cleared out flower bed, and erysimum was top of the list, I love the way it spreads once established, and the bees seem to like to as well, along with some lavender.
Luckily for me, its a raised flower bed, so I took my portable folding seat out, and with the garden trowel, set about planting, and here is the end result.
One day, the erysimum will be as spread out as the one below, which was planted back in 2018.
PimperneBloke said:That's very neat and tidy Mike :o) We went out this morning, and picked up a couple of climbers (a clematis and a winter jasmine) and some trellis to cover half the red brick wall at the end of the garden. Just got to get the urge to dig now!
Thanks PB.
Yesterday was a nice cloudy, and cool day, which helped with the inclination.
You'll have to post a piccie or two once they're planted.
We think this is a variety of Alium, lost all records of any labels, but with its cycle its more like an alien.
It starts of wrapped in a skin.
Then it slowly starts to break out.
Until its fully open and then the individual flower heads start to open.
Finally open to look like this....
Tony
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wherryman/
Another different Alium, Christophei