After a successful thread started back in March 2020 at the start of the first lockdown, its probably about time to start a new one for 2022. Thank you to all for your contributions, no matter how small or big, each has been valuable and interesting, and hopefully you will continue to contribute to the 2022 thread.
The old thread: Plants, flowers and shrubs; Share your photos here can be viewed on the link below
https://community.rspb.org.uk/chat/f/the-tea-rooms/206836/plants-flowers-and-shrubs-share-your-photos-here#pifragment-4313=1
I'll kickstart this thread with some snowdrops that have come out in flower, crocuses will be out in many places soon, and then daffodils, and many more to follow throughout the year, and it will be nice to see what wild or garden plants, flowers or shrubs you come across on your wanders or around your garden. Without these plants, flowers and shrubs, nature would struggle to survive, they all a part of the valuable cycle of life, insects need them, birds need the insects, and so on through to the mammals,
I mentioned daffodils, these shoots are growing very well among the snowdrops, and it won't be long before the bluebells start showing shoots...
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
On a currently rare wander down the garden, just before Mrs PR fed the fish, I managed to grab a couple of photos of the pond lily flowers looking good.
And one of the newer lily flowers showing well...
Cin J
My dad always used to say , toes in the shade and heads in the sun for Clematis - I have never ever managed to grow one successfully.
Update on the nectar border
What glorious colour CJ and a joy to see
Germain said:My dad always used to say , toes in the shade and heads in the sun for Clematis
Yes, my dad was a gardener and used to protect the soil base around the stem of Clematis with broken slate and mulch etc., to retain moisture in the well drained ground they grew in; he planted them slightly deeper; we seemed to do well in NW England and grew them in our last garden trained up a free standing wooden trellis. Loved the double ones - can't remember the name but Crystal Fountain rings a bell ! Also the good old fashioned Nelly Moser and a white variety called Avalanche. Happy days and memories. !!
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Regards, Hazel
Germain said:Is that a Clematis, Linda? it is a stunning colour.
Thank you Cin, but only to be thrown backwards again, hence the absence again.
The Rudbeckia has started to flower and I am loving the variations in the centres