I had a purple/white one flowering up until about two weeks back when it just couldn't get past the first major dip in temperatures...aah well, its done terrifically well considering I hacked the single plant apart two years back and now have a large clump of five that flowered their socks off this year past.
Would love to add a red one this year as they seem to like my soil
Panda I'm not much use at ID plants but I think your first one starts with an H and the fourth flower looks to me like the flowers on my viburnum. Basically no help
Panda - 4th one is valerian - it is a semi-wild plant that does incredibly well for me here in England but also in my Languedoc garden, despite the dry months there. It will grow about 2 footnhigh and become quite woody as the season goes on, flower its socks off and then selfseed too. I cut it down when it gets really leggy, pull out the ones I don't want and enjoy the pink flowers in areas where not much else wants to grow!
Love the snowflake Garden Girl - I've got leaves but don't expect flowers for months yet!
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It does, Wintersong.
Panda
My slugus giganticus are hibernating.
Haven't been able to do a proper count, the frost never melted, I'm in a frost pocket on the side of a hill. May I do it tomorrow?
DD, your Hellebore looks amazingly unfrosty.
Very sheltered spot for it BL, under a very large conifer. One side of the garden has stayed frosty all day but other bits got some glorious sunshine.
4th Panda, I only know names as they still have the labels on them.
Love your garden Wintersong - looks amazing with that path down
. And beautiful hellebore DD - mine are many weeks off flowering yet
Here is the pics I took earlier but could not up load then - Penstemon
Snowflake
Violas
OHoOH green with envy
The wi d is still blowing. Rain hammering down.
OH drove (very willingly I must say) up to town to big sisters today. He is starting the New Year with mega brownie points
tomorrow if it stops raining will take a take out over snowdrops and move the detritus of the storm
A A Milne
Lovely lily, my snowdrops are not even showing yet.
@Gardengirl, Beautiful Penstemon!
I had a purple/white one flowering up until about two weeks back when it just couldn't get past the first major dip in temperatures...aah well, its done terrifically well considering I hacked the single plant apart two years back and now have a large clump of five that flowered their socks off this year past.
Would love to add a red one this year as they seem to like my soil
Panda I'm not much use at ID plants but I think your first one starts with an H
and the fourth flower looks to me 
like the flowers on my viburnum. Basically no help 
Panda - 4th one is valerian - it is a semi-wild plant that does incredibly well for me here in England but also in my Languedoc garden, despite the dry months there. It will grow about 2 footnhigh and become quite woody as the season goes on, flower its socks off and then selfseed too. I cut it down when it gets really leggy, pull out the ones I don't want and enjoy the pink flowers in areas where not much else wants to grow!
Love the snowflake Garden Girl - I've got leaves but don't expect flowers for months yet!
Panda, your last but one looks a bit like valerian.
I like the snail in the sedum
Happy New Year
In the sticks near Peterborough