I have three enthusiastic flowerers, Camellia, Primula and Geum, plus two which are not so happy, Lithodora and Erigeron. A Sarcococca and several Euphorbias are getting ready but are not quite there yet. It's nice to have a blue sky today and no rain or strong wind. Happy New Year!
Not a lot here either … not much even amongst ‘weeds’ which is surprising given that we’ve been able to do so little gardening this year … Viburnum Bodnantense’Charles Lamont’
Clematis cirrhosa ‘Freckles’
Dandelion
A lawn daisy
Sarcococca confusa
Rosemary officinalis
A self-sown primula
Hellebore orientalis ‘Tutu’
One of those little Campanulas … either portenschlagiana or the other one …
Rosa ‘Bonica’ blurry ‘cos it’s in a windy spot.
Another hellebore
Galanthus nivalis … no sign of them two days ago but they’re popping up now 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have hardly anything in flower in my Dordogne garden. I went out with my camera just in case but it wasn't worth it, even though I have some of the plants shown in some of your photos.
There are a couple of dark red pansies, a couple of purple violas and pink flowers on the cape mallow that Daughter 1 gave me for my birthday. That is in the open barn at the moment with its pot wrapped in polystyrene as I've read that it isn't very hardy. D 1 says it's hardy in her garden but it's by a south wall and I don't have any suitable walls here. There is a green flowered, rather dull hellebore out and there are a few daisies in the lawn.
The garden is waterlogged, more rain forecast.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Happy New Year. Here there are few wet and raggedy rose blooms but not worth taking photos of. Only Desdemona and Lady of Shalott are better. Anyway, I'll be pruning the roses shortly. There is this osteospermum still flowering and a fragrant winter honeysuckle which has started with a few flowers. Last one, I am not too sure what those tiny white flowers are.
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
Happy New Year everyone. No photos as I am rubbish at taking good photos. Clematis armandii, Clematis cirrhosa, Jasmine nudiflorum, Daphne bholua Jaqueline postill, Viburnum bodnantense, Viburnum tinus, Sarcococca confusa, Sarcococca hookeriana, Lonicera fragrantissima, Helleborus foetidus, Helleborus niger, primula vulgaris, Bellis perennis, Vinca minor alba, Vinca major, viola reviniana, Lamium purpureum, Magnolia grandiflora, Mahonia (no idea which one), Rose (no idea which one) Pulmonaria, Calendula. Some only had one flower but still a flower. Indoors we have Aeoniums, butterworts and many different orchids in flower ( 3 different Paphiopedilum species, 3 different Phalaenopsis hybrids, 3 Zygopetalum species, 1 Coelogyne species. Thank you @Papi Jo for doing the thread as it made us go out in the wind (just missed the rain) and really look at what is in flower. Amazing what is out there.
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Viburnum Bodnantense’Charles Lamont’
Dandelion
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
There are a couple of dark red pansies, a couple of purple violas and pink flowers on the cape mallow that Daughter 1 gave me for my birthday. That is in the open barn at the moment with its pot wrapped in polystyrene as I've read that it isn't very hardy. D 1 says it's hardy in her garden but it's by a south wall and I don't have any suitable walls here. There is a green flowered, rather dull hellebore out and there are a few daisies in the lawn.
The garden is waterlogged, more rain forecast.
No photos as I am rubbish at taking good photos.
Clematis armandii, Clematis cirrhosa, Jasmine nudiflorum, Daphne bholua Jaqueline postill, Viburnum bodnantense, Viburnum tinus, Sarcococca confusa, Sarcococca hookeriana, Lonicera fragrantissima, Helleborus foetidus, Helleborus niger, primula vulgaris, Bellis perennis, Vinca minor alba, Vinca major, viola reviniana, Lamium purpureum, Magnolia grandiflora, Mahonia (no idea which one), Rose (no idea which one) Pulmonaria, Calendula. Some only had one flower but still a flower.
Indoors we have Aeoniums, butterworts and many different orchids in flower ( 3 different Paphiopedilum species, 3 different Phalaenopsis hybrids, 3 Zygopetalum species, 1 Coelogyne species.
Thank you @Papi Jo for doing the thread as it made us go out in the wind (just missed the rain) and really look at what is in flower. Amazing what is out there.
Osteos are in the porch.