I'm delighted to find 10 plants in flower this year - a bit of an improvement on last year's grand total of 2. It's lovely that so many of them are scented, definitely a bonus in winter. Sorry, no photos!
Snowdrop Viburnum fragrans Lonicera purpusii Sarcococca ruscifolia Erica carnea (white and pink) Ragged robin (I see quite a lot of posters have this in flower!) Salix boydii Saxifraga sancta (tiny yellow-flowered alpine) Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise' Chaenomeles speciosa 'Nivalis'
@Guernsey Donkey2 - I think no.4 is ivy-leaved toadflax. What a wonderful lot of flowers you have in Guernsey in January! Not jealous or nuffin...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Don't be jealous Liri - I have seen plenty of flowers on here that we don't have in our garden - no spring bulbs in flower yet, not even snowdrops, and no Vinca (periwinkles either, we do have a large garden and I did walk the fields too which gave me an extra 10 between them. We are desperately lacking sunshine here, it may be milder but much duller than your weather for the past month or so.
Also down on last year's here. None of the summer flowers are hanging on this winter, apart from the inevitable geum Totally Tangerine. Narcissus were in full bloom last year, this year there are a few that have dropped their heads but only one actually opened.
Otherwise I have:
primulas and primula vulgaris
Lonicera fragrantissima
vinca minor (and one single flower on the vinca major)
Coronilla glauca 'Citrina'
Rosmarinus officinalis Prostratus
Mahonia - going over now but still a few flowers
Viburnum bodnantense
Viburnum Tinus
Iris unguicularis Walter Butt
A couple of flowers on a small erigeron seedling that's healed in in a pot
And a dusky pink Hellebore that I don't remember planting there.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Impressive lists and photo posting skills from Papi Jo and Guernsey Donkey 👍.
Not much on show here in cold but sunny MCR... Evergreen shrubs skimmia japonica, viburnum tinus, my tree heather and the little heathers are flowering.
Some little primula "Wanda", polyanthus "Striped Victorian" and winter violas in a purple patch near the front door are cheerful.
Summer leftovers still hanging on, annual lobelia, salvia horminum and faded hydrangea blooms.
No show from my hellebores yet, but happy to see lots of bulbs starting to peep up their noses. Roll on Spring🌷🌷🌷😊.
Here are mine. A few borderline or cheats... Choisya ternata out of focus, Viburnum tinus, Vinca minor, Solanum jasminoides 'Album'. Jasminum nudiflorum, Erigeron karvinskianus, Rudbeckia, Kerria japonica (there's been a flower or two on this all year). Bergenia, Viburnum bodnantense, Leycesteria formosa, Helleborus. Rosmarinus officinalis, Rosa 'Wee Cracker, Pelargonium in the greenhouse, Iris foetidissima (OK, they're berries... but so bright!).
Lots of bulbs coming up, including snowdrops, but no flowers yet.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
A few bits on my terrace. Pansies, violas, a very confused strawberry plant, several cyclamen, heather, lobelia and alyssum which refuses to give up, unknown pink flower! Also rosemary which I forgot to take a photo of. Oh and the two héliportés.
Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
My total is 26 which I'm really surprised at but I'm afraid as we only got back this afternoon I did a very quick jog round the garden so no photos - sorry. My list as follows:- Violas, pelargoniums, bergenia, hellebore orientalis, lonicera purpursii, vinca alba, snowdrops, cyclamen, primula, hebe, hellebore corsicus, veronica peduncularis, white heather, native primrose, clematis 'Freckles', fuchsia (just one flower), heuchera, lobelia, pansies, winter jasmine, begonia (hanging on in) bacopa (ditto) erigeron kar., rosemary prostata, rose 'Winchester Cathedral' and helleborus niger.
I'm amused to see now that I've used a mixture of Latin names and common ones - old habits die hard. Unfortunately I think a lot of these might get clobbered overnight as frost is forecast.
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Pansies, anemones, a solitary buttercup, a couple of peeking sweet williams and something very droopy I can’t name!
Im on the border of London and Kent.
Snowdrop
Viburnum fragrans
Lonicera purpusii
Sarcococca ruscifolia
Erica carnea (white and pink)
Ragged robin (I see quite a lot of posters have this in flower!)
Salix boydii
Saxifraga sancta (tiny yellow-flowered alpine)
Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise'
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Nivalis'
@Guernsey Donkey2 - I think no.4 is ivy-leaved toadflax. What a wonderful lot of flowers you have in Guernsey in January! Not jealous or nuffin...
The real star is the Winter Honeysuckle which smells lovely. It's the first year that this has been so noticeable - worth going outside for!
Otherwise I have:
primulas and primula vulgaris
Lonicera fragrantissima
vinca minor (and one single flower on the vinca major)
Coronilla glauca 'Citrina'
Rosmarinus officinalis Prostratus
Mahonia - going over now but still a few flowers
Viburnum bodnantense
Viburnum Tinus
Iris unguicularis Walter Butt
A couple of flowers on a small erigeron seedling that's healed in in a pot
And a dusky pink Hellebore that I don't remember planting there.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Not much on show here in cold but sunny MCR...
Evergreen shrubs skimmia japonica, viburnum tinus, my tree heather and the little heathers are flowering.
Some little primula "Wanda", polyanthus "Striped Victorian" and winter violas in a purple patch near the front door are cheerful.
Summer leftovers still hanging on, annual lobelia, salvia horminum and faded hydrangea blooms.
No show from my hellebores yet, but happy to see lots of bulbs starting to peep up their noses.
Roll on Spring🌷🌷🌷😊.
Choisya ternata out of focus, Viburnum tinus, Vinca minor, Solanum jasminoides 'Album'.
Jasminum nudiflorum, Erigeron karvinskianus, Rudbeckia, Kerria japonica (there's been a flower or two on this all year).
Bergenia, Viburnum bodnantense, Leycesteria formosa, Helleborus.
Rosmarinus officinalis, Rosa 'Wee Cracker, Pelargonium in the greenhouse, Iris foetidissima (OK, they're berries... but so bright!).
Lots of bulbs coming up, including snowdrops, but no flowers yet.
My total is 26 which I'm really surprised at but I'm afraid as we only got back this afternoon I did a very quick jog round the garden so no photos - sorry. My list as follows:-
Violas, pelargoniums, bergenia, hellebore orientalis, lonicera purpursii, vinca alba, snowdrops, cyclamen, primula, hebe, hellebore corsicus, veronica peduncularis, white heather, native primrose, clematis 'Freckles', fuchsia (just one flower), heuchera, lobelia, pansies, winter jasmine, begonia (hanging on in) bacopa (ditto) erigeron kar., rosemary prostata, rose 'Winchester Cathedral' and helleborus niger.
I'm amused to see now that I've used a mixture of Latin names and common ones - old habits die hard. Unfortunately I think a lot of these might get clobbered overnight as frost is forecast.