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
Flickr: Peak Rambler
We got flowers
Geranium and Lily apparently!
YAY
The pond lily's have full leaves now and are budding nicely, it won;t be long, sun permitting, before they're in flower.
2013 photos & vids here
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WendyBartter said:About the same stage at mine too Mike, lovely to see & lily pads make great umbrellas as well as bathing mats for Spadgers!
Ours are supposed to flower May - August, but they always seem to be a month later for the full flowering period. Apart from that, everything seems fine, so I'll leave alone and not worry .
Some backlit grass seed heads caught my attention
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That's brilliant Nige, love the way the light captures the grass seed against a dark background.
Tony
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wherryman/
Tony T said:look forward to your blue period Nigel
Did you not see the pornographic damsels he posted Tony, truly shocking!! LOL
Went to Arne today and there were a good few foxgloves about
And another flower what I did see, but no idea what
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Regards, Hazel