Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day. February

At last the conditions feels Spring - like ; the birds are singing and more flush are appearing every twenty-four hour period . With the sunshine the little species crocuses have all opened up . They flower much earlier than the big fat Dutch crocus .

The first three are in the front garden , but the little lilacCrocus thomasianusin the bottom row have spread all over the back garden along with the wintertime aconite . They depart in colour from very pale lilac to quite dark . I was enthralled to obtain a coffee tree -coloured one tinged with yellow amongst them . I have never seen a crocus this colouring before . There are muckle of snowdrops around , but this is the firstLeucojum vernumto blossom . The flowers are like little lamp shade . They are much pretty than the tallLeucojum aestivum .

Leucojum vernum

Leucojum vernum

The first trivial irises are coming in to bloom . I grow some in pots in the glasshouse so that I can add them in to love in spite of appearance when they are blossom .

Muscari ‘ Golden Fragrance ’

I have shown you plenty of snowdrops , so just three today .

Leucojum vernum

I show you my lovely littleNarcissus minor‘Cedric Morris ’ which do into efflorescence for Christmas Day . It is sterile so flowers longer than any of the others . It is still in bloom now and just as endearing .

Narcissus modest ‘ Cedric Morris ’

My lovelyDaphne bholua‘Jacqueline Postill ’ has been in blossom for some clock time . Now the later - flower shrubDaphne odora‘Areomarginata ’ is getting chubby bud .

Lonicera elisae

Two pretty pink flowered bush have come into bloom now . One is a Camellia whose name I have forgotten but it is a middling shell pink . The other is actually a tree , a Nipponese Apricot tree diagram , with the most wonderful dark pink blossom .

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Oh how lovely to see spring in your garden … so endearing . I have it off it will be just as wonderful once it give up by here in about 6 week .

Your coffee - color crocus is very exciting as I ’ve never seen one that gloss either . I hope it spreads well for you ! I planted Muscari ‘ Golden Fragrance ’ in the reason in the fall after admiring it ’s toothsome fragrance in some other gardens . It has yet to make an appearance where it was institute but many of my bulb seem to have found unlike abode good manners of the thoughtful squirrels who have been engaged all wintertime re constitute for me . If I can find any of the M. ‘ Golden Fragrance , ’ I ’ll have the squirrels pot one up to enjoy in the glasshouse next twelvemonth . Happy GBBD !

The blue Iris almost leaps off the screen , Chloris . It ’s rattling , as are your beautiful hellebore . I ’m really envious of the yellow Clivia , though – I brought one with me from my former house but , after 4 years , it has yet to bloom in its “ new ” environment .

Oh so many gems Chloris . I enjoy perusing them all except from crocus thomasianus . I plant huge number in our lawn last fall – not one came up ! Must be those dratted squirrels again ! That pernicious chocolate imbue crocus is most attractive . I go for that it reproduce for you to make swathes . I ’m with you on grow hellebores from ejaculate . It ’s so exciting hold back for the first flowers to appear and if you require lots of false hellebore it ’s an inexpensive way of achieving that as long as you are prepared to wait a while .

such endearing image of spring flowers – alas , none in my garden yet , so have been walk in the local woods where snowdrops are everywhere . The coloring material of those little irises is just super .

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Your clivia is quite squeamish . Beside , the heyday theme is long enough . Very often I find it is too short and the flower somehow stay squeezed in the leafage .

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day. February