I’m still here, I haven’t floated away yet, but the water is still rushing through my garden and down the road. Snowdrops are still doing well in the back garden and the woodland but now the crocus on the back lawn have opened up adding a bit of colour to the view from the windows. Goodness knows what is happening in the rest of the garden, it is too boggy to explore on the odd occasion when the rain stops. We actually had a dry sunny day yesterday, so it was a good opportunity to photograph the crocus in all their glory.
All the crocus were intended to be C. tomasinianus, but there seem to be a few interlopers!
Snowdrops under the Acer Sango Kaku are doing well and increasing nicely.
The squirrels are always digging holes to find the acorns they have buried, the lawn round the crocus is full of small holes where they have been.
Another general view of snowdrops, still just the specials, the wild ones are just starting to flower so should have them to photograph next week.
The crocus are open, ready for any passing bee to come and help itself to nectar and pollen.
The willow, Salix Mount Asso, has been looking so drenched recently, but yesterday began to dry out, but still not looking very fluffy!
I don’t understand how the crocus are doing so well when it has been so wet for so long. The “lawn” as such is 90% moss so I would have thought it to be too wet for the bulbs to survive. I’m not complaining though, just enjoying them all, think I might add some wild snowdrops to the mix for next year.
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Crocus photos ( especially the 1st ) are fabulous ! The rain doesn’t seem to have affected them. 👏
Thanks Fred, in spite of all the rain it is their best year yet!
Wonderful crocus photos – a heartening sight. I’m glad you’ve had at least one dry and sunny day. Hopefully there will be more.
Glad you liked them Graeme, the sunshine made all the difference! We had more sunshine today, in between all the heavy showers, I’m hoping we will have more next week.
I think we’ve been very lucky here in the north west of England, it’s rained a lot today but we’ve had plenty of dry days. It’s lovely to see that you have so many resilient, colourful plants!
The flowers keep coming, no matter what the weather does Helen. I wonder about the ones that are still sitting in flood water but no doubt I will soon find out!
Oh fun! How sweet to have a field peppered with Crocuses, and the interlopers add sparkle to the collection! The budding Willow stem is really pretty, too. 🙂
The crocus are on my back lawn Beth and brighten up the view from the window! I agree that the odd ones of a different colour brighten things up, maybe I will add a few more.
The crocus look gorgeous, Pauline, and so much better when they have some sunshine and warmth to open! Mount Aso is gorgeous, isn’t it? I am sorry it is too soggy to get out and have a proper look around the garden – I didn’t realise it would be such an advantage when we started putting paths around our garden!
Sunshine certainly makes a difference for the crocus Cathy, lovely to see them open at last. I’m afraid paths are no guarantee to stop flooding, one of my paths is a running river and has been since before Christmas!