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
The tulips are almost fully open, there's always an awkward bud or two....
Into the abyss!
The first of our bluebells has started to flower
Finally, all twelve tulips heads are fully open....
Next will be the bluebells, though they're looking a bit depleted at the current time....
Not a lot to add, the tulips are still in fine fettle, the daffs have withered away, rather quickly, the bluebells are just starting to show, along with snowbells (pics tomorrow hopefully).
For today, another bluebell plant has blossomed.
Stella Cherry growing slowly
Morello Cherry (vigorous)
First apple blossom after 3 year's recovery from canker
Bird Cherry
What a lovely time of year this is!
Russ
Lovely stuff all, got a couple from my hours exercise walk this morning
And a couple of arty farty attempts yesterday In the garden (where's Nige when you need him?!)
A quick snap on my phone... of one part of the gardens,just seeing hostas coming through ,whilst the azalea is going over.
Lovely photos Russ, nice to see the cheerful colours
They're nice clear photos PB.
Lovely