Rather a poor show here, a bunch of Narcissus have been flowering for about a month, a few Penstemons, bedraggled Pansies in tubs and some catkins on the Hazel in a mixed hedge.
As the winters get colder my flower count gets less. Looking back on photos I now have nothing so good. just the odd one hanging on. Hellebore Bergenia Hydrangea buds. Primroses. No primula Ragged Robin, used to have a clump. Bowles mauve, just! pulmonaria Rubra agaranthumUsually lots of flowers past years just one flower. Vinca, just one flower, used to be lots. No sign of snowdrops at all yet.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Posted a video showing most of the flowers in the garden here today. Missed out on the sarcococca, some penstemon that are still holding on to a small few flowers, some primroses that were buried in some fallen leaves and a buttercup I just noticed that would bring the approximate count up to about 30 different varieties which I think is good even if most are not at their best.
Pretty much the same as usual : Mahonia Native primulas Hellebores - niger only All three of those have been in flower since November, and that's normal here.
The only other things showing are snowdrops about an inch up - the ones in the baskets. Some of the early bulbs started because of the very warm autumn, but they've slowed now. A few bits of new growth on the early macropetala clematis, and the cotoneaster has lots of berries. The birds never touch that one - I've forgotten which one it is ... Some nice fungi too.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Lonicera fragrantissima Narcissus 'Rijnveld early sensation' (reliably up for Christmas in just one spot in the garden - the rest come a couple of weeks later) One scarlet sweet william gallantly hanging on in a pot by the door Rosemary 'prostratus' (not sure which one) covered in buds with a few blooms just breaking winter pansies Viburnum bodnantense Viburnum tinus Echinops ritro (!) Rosa 'Blue Moon' Erysimum 'apricot twist' - actually quite a few flowers on that one
The biggest splash of colour is cornus sanguinea 'midwinter fire'
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens Little white rose bush, don't know its name, it came with the house. Flowers its socks off for months on end and smells delicious.
I'm happy with anything flowering today in this garden - it's a promise of joys to come...
Brambles Daisies Herb Robert Dandelion Ragged Robin Crocosmia (the common "wild" one) Annual Rudbeckia Bidens Hesperantha coccinea Pink Princess Erica darleyensis
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Curious @Lyn you say that your winters are colder now, when for so many of us it's the opposite. It just shows that although the general trend is in one direction it will not necessarily be the same everywhere. Many of the flowers I posted in my report should not be out at this time of year at all.
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just the odd one hanging on.
Hellebore
Bergenia
Hydrangea buds.
Primroses. No primula
Ragged Robin, used to have a clump.
Bowles mauve, just!
pulmonaria Rubra
agaranthumUsually lots of flowers past years just one flower.
Vinca, just one flower, used to be lots.
No sign of snowdrops at all yet.
The last aster for this season
Mahonia
Native primulas
Hellebores - niger only
All three of those have been in flower since November, and that's normal here.
The only other things showing are snowdrops about an inch up - the ones in the baskets. Some of the early bulbs started because of the very warm autumn, but they've slowed now. A few bits of new growth on the early macropetala clematis, and the cotoneaster has lots of berries. The birds never touch that one - I've forgotten which one it is ...
Some nice fungi too.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Lonicera fragrantissima
Narcissus 'Rijnveld early sensation' (reliably up for Christmas in just one spot in the garden - the rest come a couple of weeks later)
One scarlet sweet william gallantly hanging on in a pot by the door
Rosemary 'prostratus' (not sure which one) covered in buds with a few blooms just breaking
winter pansies
Viburnum bodnantense
Viburnum tinus
Echinops ritro (!)
Rosa 'Blue Moon'
Erysimum 'apricot twist' - actually quite a few flowers on that one
The biggest splash of colour is cornus sanguinea 'midwinter fire'
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Winter and summer jasmine, Jasminum nudiflorum and J.officinale
Sicilian chamomile, Anthemis punctata
Marigold, Calendula officinalis
Perennial wallflower Erysimum
Pelargonium
Chaenomeles japonica
Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens
Little white rose bush, don't know its name, it came with the house. Flowers its socks off for months on end and smells delicious.
Brambles
Daisies
Herb Robert
Dandelion
Ragged Robin
Crocosmia (the common "wild" one)
Annual Rudbeckia
Bidens
Hesperantha coccinea Pink Princess
Erica darleyensis
Fuchsia Brutus,
There are quite a few buds on an osteospermum plant, but I couldn't see any flowers today.