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 Clematis Montana Rubens flowering over our pergola, all on macro.
Tony
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wherryman/
I've been trying for a while to get a decent photo of the two species of bluebells we have, but the light has never been right, but I finally managed one, using the big lens from axcross the garden!
Love apple blossom!
Down the bottom of the garden, for the second year running, we have an orange poppy
Sorry my phone will not give clarity, but here is one of my beautiful azaleas, thought you might enjoy the brightness.
Stunning Azalea display Kate, reminds me of our Australian garden where we had a bank of Azaleas; will see if I can hunt out a photo of it.
post edit: found a few old photos taken in our Australian garden including a huge rose which used to grow well in Victoria.
and here was the bank of Azaleas we had along a brick pathway running alongside the house …..
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Regards, Hazel
Beautiful Hazy
The soil must be Acidic,like here on Dartmoor.
There is Rose that flowers to a similar size alongside my azalea ,I will attempt to capture when in flower.
You can see the leaves in this scap.
Also notice the Hostas emerging to the back of the feature.The Forget me nots have been very prolific this year,and I left them.
Still a stunning photos Kate, from both posts