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
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
2013 photos & vids here
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Lovely to see the waterlilies Linda, we had quite a few on the pond in our last garden and are a lovely feature as yours show.
WendyBartter said:saw on Gardners World that Monty said they needed dividing if the new leaves stood up instead of laying flat, it's a rip 'em apart job, wonder if it'll survive?
I had 7 plants Wendy and stripped down three of them, repotting in aquatic soil and they did well. You can just pull/split them apart and they will be absolutely fine. we had so many in the end we used to supply my Aunt with new plants. So don't worry and start dividing them once they have finished flowering !!
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Regards, Hazel
Linda257 said:
My 1st pond lily emerging cautiously lol
And beauty worth waiting for.
Ours have finished flowering for 2021, albeit a very short period this year.
These are Rudbeckia 'sunbeckia' perennial plants I got online on sale for just £1 each couple of months ago, never expected such a show this year ... doing what I intended too!
A late comer, usually the lily flowers are finished by now, but there's still life in the gal for 2021, under the fountain....