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
A pond lily looking rather resplendent......
Daughter found this" little fella "in the Garden..
Do you think ? like us all here at home, it quite realistic CHOL:):)
Wonder if anyone would know how I could preserve this artistic dead leaf. Maybe spray with a clear lacquer?
Hi Kate, what a realistic shape, I know I've been duped a few times by curled leaves in shape of birds or butterflies; maybe a few layers of hairspray could work ..... different methods HERE
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Regards, Hazel
Hi all
Fantastic photos of wonderful flowers and shrubs on here.
Here are some from our long, narrow, steep garden. My hubby designed it, and this year we've tried to choose plants which will attract more insects.. with some success!
We've had many gatekeeper, large white, holly blue, red admiral and peacock butterflies this year. They particularly like the erigeron (mexican daisies), scabious and herbs. The bees seem to go mad for the oregano in particular!
Best wishes
One bag down, another eight to go.!!
Home produced compost, so no cost for the soil (which will now be worked into the flowerbeds in the garden).
Perhaps not production on an industrial scale, but boiled up with a large dollop of salted butter....yum...slurp...!! :-)
My bird photos HERE
Growing a couple of new varieties this year, quite late planting so only just blooming now ...
Ranunculas
Lilac/White Anemones
One of my Water Lily flowers ... been quite prolific this year for such a small pond, this is about the seventh one but only get them individually, so fleeting though, only open for about three days at most!
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Tony
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wherryman/
Fab photos folks, and Karen, your flowers are looking wonderful.
I've been a bit lapse of late photo wise, but here's a couple.
From a recent drive to the Peak District, the heather on Froggatt Edge starting to bloom nicely.
The newly planted lavender and erysimum (well, it was back in April/May time) is flourishing well.