Saturday seems to come round ever so quickly, so once again I’ve been wandering round the garden, looking to see what is worthy of being photographed for this weeks effort. I wasn’t disappointed, lots more new flowers have opened, so here we go…………
Primula.
It is the start of the primrose season, lots of the wild one in the lanes of Devon, making the banks look beautiful. This one is in the side garden near the back door, Primula Wanda , seems very happy, increasing nicely.
Violet.
Devon violets are popping up in all the borders. I have to keep aneye on them as they have a habit of taking over at times.
Narcissus
Narcissus St. Patrick’s Day started opening a week early this year, quite often it is late, coming after March 17th.
The flower of St. Patrick’s Day is rather pretty with a pale yellow frilly trumpet and almost white outer petals.
Epimedium.
Epimedium Amber Queen has just started flowering, but has hundreds of flower buds waiting to open.
The flowers might be tiny but they look like little jesters hats to me!
Anemone nemorosa.
I was very surprised to see the little wood anemone, Anemone nemorosa, had started flowering the other day, this seems rather early to me.
Prunus spinosa.
The hedge outside the entrance to the garden here is of Blackthorn or Prunus spinosa and at this time of year is a delight with so much beautiful blossom. The gales during the week weren’t very kind to it and a lot of the blossom ended up in the field next door.
Prunus Kojo no mai.
Prunus Kojo no Mai is now in full flower and looks very pretty from where I am sitting now with my laptop. I think the narcissus are February Gold and the Hellebores are almost over but have been very good this year.
It’s lovely when the blossom joins in with the flowering bulbs, spring has certainly arrived. Whenever the weather allows, I am out tidying up all the mess left from the winter, but I can only do a bit at a time, the old body just doesn’t work like it used to! Some days it rains all day long so no work is done then, thats when I turn to my gardening books and laptop and order more plants. Yesterday I think we had a bit of everything thrown at us, including quite a lot of sleet and hailstones, today though looks promising, bright sunshine so should get more work done.
Thanks to Jim at Garden Ruminations who organises SOS gardeners, do pop over to him to see lots of other gardens around the world.
Your Prunus Kojo looks lovely with the daffodils and hellebores underneath Your Prunus kojo looks lovely with the daffodils and hellebores underneath, just like the St. Patrick’s Day narcissus. Very nice colour
Thanks Fred, the Prunus is such a lovely shrub, mine now has a little sucker coming up about 6ft away, I’m hoping I can transplant itsometime.
Epimedium Amber Queen looks like a real gem. Hope the weather rights itself for you and everywhere. It’s wild times here too, dancing between record-setting 89F one day and freezing the next.
E. Amber Queen is an amazing plant Susie, so many gorgeous flowers every year.The weather is behaving today, lovely sunshine all day, but still rather cold!
Wonderful to see all those blossoms! Your Primula Wanda is a very vivid colour. I think that shade would look nice among our pale yellow ones.
Primula Wanda has been here a long time Kathrin,so is very happy in the garden and obviously likes my soil. I agree it would loook nice among the wild yellow ones but they do interbreed so you end up with dusky pink ones!
A lovely six. Your spring garden must be delighting you Pauline.
Thank you Liz, I am really thrilled with it at the moment, it makes sure I go for my daily wander!
I love the epimedium also! I might have it in a corner somewhere. The weeks do go faster and faster and faster.
Glad you like it too Skyler, hope you find it!
Your Prunus Kojo no Mai looks lovely and the Blackthorn hedge is a show. Narcissus St. Patrick’s Day is a wonderful pale yellow.
I have just found another small one on the rockery Graeme, about 6ft from the original, I think it is a sucker so wonder if it can be moved?
Oh, lovely…just lovely! These will be blooming here within a few weeks, so thanks for the preview. 🙂 Prunus Kojo no Mai looks beautiful with all the colorful spring flowers at the base of it.
I’m sure your garden will catch up once the weather warms up a bit Beth. More new flowers open each day, such a wonderful time of year.
‘Amber Queen’! I have neglected to check on mine and it hasn’t jumped out at me so presumably isn’t doing much. I could nip out now and see if the slimy assassins are at it.
Can’t say that I’ve ever noticed anything eating my Amber Queen Jim, daffodils round it get eaten but not Amber Queen.
Reminder to self – check out the epimediums!! Despite trimming the leaves I never seem to get a particularly good show, and I am fairly confident I have cut early enough to not risk cutting flowering stems 🙄I didn’t think frost would be much of a risk for you in Devon, Pauline, but I am clearly wrong. We have had very few this winter and early spring, although it was close a couple of days ago. Spring blossom on trees is such a joy, both in the garden and the hedgerows
I forgot to cut my leaves back this year Cathy, it doesn’t seem to matter with Amber Queen as the flower stems always rise above the foliage. We have only had a couple of frosts this winter, but not the day we had sleet in the afternoon!