The Clematis 'Freckles' is covered in flowers and has been all winter.
Sarcococca confusa
A few violas in pots
Viburnum tinus
Viburnum bodnantense 'Charles Lamont'
Helleborus orientalis 'Tutu'
Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Snow Love'
Helleborus argutifolius is budding up nicely but not open yet and other hellebores aren't blooming yet either
Snowdrop noses are peeping up through the leaf litter but no flowers and no sign of any primroses either.
On the plus side the only 'weed' flowering is a pink deadnettle ... not a chickweed flower, dandelion, cat's ear, plantain ... nothing that I can see ... not even the little perennial creeping campanula is flowering ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gosh - everyone has so many flowers! I did go out and look to see if there was anything that hadn't been there a few days ago, but it was still the same. My garden is mostly evergreen/foliage, but the Hellebores are lovely, and lots of early bulb foliage and stems are poking through. H. Nigers have been flowering since early November. Some snowdrops starting to peep through beside that one
and Hellebore White Lady is flowering. Blue Lady is just stems at the moment
Native primulas still flowering in various parts of the garden
This dianthus has hardly stopped flowering, and the little violas have been the same
The birds don't eat the berries on this Cotoneaster. Still some pyracatha berries left too
The nicest thing to see was new growth on the alpina clematis Constance. Getting ready for it's usual burst of blooms in a couple of months But the sunset at about 3.45 was probably the nicest part of the day, heralding another frost. Plenty to make me smile
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Dove, is the Helleborus 'Ericsmithii' especially goo in your opinion? I had thought of putting it next on my list.
It had been very reliable, flowering by Christmas and going on and on for months every year since it was planted probably about six years ago. It is in the southwest facing corner by the front door step ... in relatively freedraining soil ... if probably benefits from being near to a late summer flowering clematis viticella which gets a fair bit of food and water through the summer. If it ever stops raining I’ll take a photo tomorrow
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Daisy
Red Dead-nettle
Forsythia
Helleborus foetidus
White Dead-nettle
Groundsel
Common Speedwell
Chickweed
Perennial Sowthistle
Helleborus x hybridus
Euphorbia ceratocarpa
Lonicera purpusii
Mahonia bealei
Hazel
Cyclamen coum
Shepherds Purse
Sarcococca confusa
Snowdrops
Annual Meadow-grass
Lonicera elisae
Hairy Bittercress
Lamium maculatum
Corydalis ochroleuca
Ompholodes verna
Feverfew
Dandelion
Hacquetia epipactis
Petty Spurge
Chimonanthus praecox
Pussy Willow
Aconites
Viburnum x bodnantense
Mahonia x media
Oryzopsis miliacea
Scabious
Erysimum ‘Bowles’ Mauve’
Violets
Jasminum nudiflorum
Erigeron karvinskianus
Garrya elliptica
Cats-ear or similar
Erodium pelagonifolium
Calendula arvensis
In the sticks near Peterborough
Erigeron karvinskianus (one flower on the plant in the cold greenhouse)
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I did go out and look to see if there was anything that hadn't been there a few days ago, but it was still the same. My garden is mostly evergreen/foliage, but the Hellebores are lovely, and lots of early bulb foliage and stems are poking through.
H. Nigers have been flowering since early November. Some snowdrops starting to peep through beside that one
and Hellebore White Lady is flowering. Blue Lady is just stems at the moment
Native primulas still flowering in various parts of the garden
This dianthus has hardly stopped flowering, and the little violas have been the same
The birds don't eat the berries on this Cotoneaster. Still some pyracatha berries left too
The nicest thing to see was new growth on the alpina clematis Constance. Getting ready for it's usual burst of blooms in a couple of months
But the sunset at about 3.45 was probably the nicest part of the day, heralding another
frost. Plenty to make me smile
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Dove, is the Helleborus 'Ericsmithii' especially goo in your opinion? I had thought of putting it next on my list.
If it ever stops raining I’ll take a photo tomorrow
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.