Really feeble contribution from here - a couple a native primroses, a white double hellebore (name unknown), and a lone kerria japonica flower (the native one, not the pom-pom variety).
Am I allowed to include a bunch of daffs from Sainsbury's? First of the season and popping open one by one in a vase on the windowsill! 😁
Sorry but it's far too wet to go out and look, there's not much anyway. From the front window I can see a cyclamen I know the sarcoccua is flowering because we smelt it in the way out yesterday, no doubt some Helibores are trying their best. From the back the Anenome in a trough had flowers that have been bashed off, I think some violas are hanging on. Lots of bulbs pokeing through but none in flower. Nearly forgot the Mahonia down by the Apple tree is doing it's thing, one of the few bits of brightness on a miserable day .
I didn't get the chance to go out and take any photos yesterday. Today, the wind has pretty well blown all the remaining flowers to, well, goodness knows where. And that's after the heavy rain pounded the plants. However, one pot under the verandah, actually still has a couple of flowers - although, given the sounds coming from outside, I'm keeping an eye on the roof.🙄 This is an exposed north Kent coast!!
THIS is the only flower that stayed still long enough NOT to come out blurry.
It's pouring here and blowing a hoolly so no photos for now. But, bracing myself against the wind in a run to the bins, I notice my first snowdrops are up! Hurrah! That was worth flagging the flower count for me. Thank you Papi Jo for helping me to attend more closely.
Other things out - lots of orange violas, erigeron annus, camomile, oestos, Hellebore Anna's Red in that 'half out' stage. Lots of cyclamen. I'm not sure what types, but they are starting to bud again - bedding types and probably hederifolium as i don't think I have planted any coum or others. Red rose - Etoile DH. Rosa Moonlight.
I'm very pleased to note that my Petunia Red Velour has made it through the frosts so far (unprotected). Also the (annual) Cobea album has lots of new growth. Whether either get through to spring will depend on what Jan and Feb through at them, but I feel quite hopeful at this (early) point. It looks like we are returning to frost next week.
Congratulations everyone for courageously confronting the elements and roaming your gardens for those precious January flowerings. You can still post your flowers here until the end of January...
Any flower at this time of year gives me so much joy, not much around except for the hellebores in my garden. I think this is Anna’s Red …
Not sure what the white hellebore in the background is called but I love this bright red cyclamen which has popped up, I can’t remember ever planting it, so a very nice surprise.
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Am I allowed to include a bunch of daffs from Sainsbury's? First of the season and popping open one by one in a vase on the windowsill! 😁
Today, the wind has pretty well blown all the remaining flowers to, well, goodness knows where. And that's after the heavy rain pounded the plants.
However, one pot under the verandah, actually still has a couple of flowers - although, given the sounds coming from outside, I'm keeping an eye on the roof.🙄 This is an exposed north Kent coast!!
THIS is the only flower that stayed still long enough NOT to come out blurry.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful