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Spring flowers in pots

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  • Red mapleRed maple Posts: 1,138
    That’s what they’ll be then @Fairygirl. They’re no taller than about 6 inches.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited February 2023
    Fairygirl said:
    ..apart from that Katharine Hodgkin one- which is one of the most hideous colours of any plant I've ever seen  

     I couldn't agree more.  This is what you want:  Pantone "iris" colour of the year.



    Sorry if it's a bit overwheming but I was unable to make the image smaller.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited February 2023
    Well there you are … it’s a good job we’re all different … I love
    I. ret. ‘Katharine Hodgkin’ 
    https://www.ballyrobertgardens.com/products/iris-katharine-hodgkin-reticulata#:~:text=Iris%20%27Katharine%20Hodgkin%27%20%28Reticulata%29%20has%20been%20called%20the,yellow%20flowers%29%20and%20Iris%20histrioides%20%28pale%20blue%20flowers%29. 
    😃 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I just don't like pale blue @Dovefromabove, especially with those freckly, yellowy, sickly colours  ;)
    The rich colour of Pauline or J.S. Dijt are my favourites, but I'm a sucker for Deep Purple, and I don't mean the band....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Red mapleRed maple Posts: 1,138
    I’ve just had a look at your link @Dovefromabove and agree with you, it’s a pretty Iris.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited February 2023
    @Dovefromabove Flowering in my garden at the moment, good job I'm rubbish at loading photos. It's good we don't like the same things. I'm not sure there is a plant I hate. Yes there is, that Salix Flamingo sorry to those who love it.

    They form tiny bulbils after flowering which is the problem, feeding them can be effective for year two but flowering stock is always deminished. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I loathe that Flamingo thing too @GardenerSuze, which is why I rarely reply on threads concerning pruning it to make it look good, because I don't want to be a hypocrite about it.
    I'd only ever prune it right at ground level  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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