Binoculars Topbird? We were out there in the persistence. I suggested postponing til tomorrow but was over-ruled. Probably best, another frost tonite would have wiped out even more flowers.
And a new bud opening on a calendula I'd left intending to gather the seeds!
Also:
Photinia
Tight buds but some colour showing on a cyclamen
Tight buds (at ground level - is that right?) on a hellebore
Quite nice to realise there's more happening out there than is immediately obvious. Glad I went out earlier while it was just drizzly. Saved the real soaking for the whole family to enjoy on our NYD walk. Just thawing out / drying off now...
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'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Campanula Muralis (as was , now Puncdoc's Port whatsit)
Euphorbia I won in a raffle
Hellebores Foetidus & Winter Moonbeam and buds showing on Niger
Feverfew
Pansies
Geum 'Totally Tangerine'
Roses - a couple of very battered flowers on 'For Your Eyes Only'
and a single perfect bud just opening on 'Champagne Moment.'
Colour showing on buds of Daphne Mezereon , buds to be seen on Magnolia and Camellia, catkins on Hazels and lots of daffodil noses showing. Spring is on its way!
Hi all, this New Year's Day Flower Count is an excellent idea --- and motivation to go out in the cold to find those hardy flowers! I'm amazed at the number of species found by some people here. Makes one wonder about their micro-climate... We've had an interesting episode of frosty fog in my part of Brittany recently, which proved fatal to some lingering flowers. However, I went out this morning and managed to take pics of 12 hardy flowers (well, actually, only 11, but I hope number 12 will be accepted too). View the bigger picture (and answers) on my garden site at http://www.rezeau.org/wp-garden/en/new-years-day-2017-flower-count/
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I know Nut - I'm just a pathetic excuse for a gardener
Happy New Year to you & yours - hope we can manage some more trips this year
Happy New Year Topbird (and all other flower counters)
Topbird, I will PM you a link to an open garden
In the sticks near Peterborough
More than the two I thought (but not much more):
Primula vulgaris
Viburnum (don't know which type)
Plus:
Antirrhinum just hanging on
And a new bud opening on a calendula I'd left intending to gather the seeds!
Also:
Photinia
Tight buds but some colour showing on a cyclamen
Tight buds (at ground level - is that right?) on a hellebore
Quite nice to realise there's more happening out there than is immediately obvious. Glad I went out earlier while it was just drizzly. Saved the real soaking for the whole family to enjoy on our NYD walk. Just thawing out / drying off now...
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Thanks for making me get out of my chair and look, Dove! Actually there were more than I expected too... though not a lot compared with some of you!
Viburnum fragrans
Lonicera purpusii 'Winter Beauty'
Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve'
Some sort of variegated Euphorbia
Helleborus orientalis (dark-flowered seedling)
Viburnum 'Dawn' (been flowering for weeks)
Primulas (red, blue and double purple)
Vinca
E. Bowles' Mauve
Campanula Muralis (as was , now Puncdoc's Port whatsit
)
Euphorbia I won in a raffle
Hellebores Foetidus & Winter Moonbeam and buds showing on Niger
Feverfew
Pansies
Geum 'Totally Tangerine'
Roses - a couple of very battered flowers on 'For Your Eyes Only'
and a single perfect bud just opening on 'Champagne Moment.'
Colour showing on buds of Daphne Mezereon , buds to be seen on Magnolia and Camellia, catkins on Hazels and lots of daffodil noses showing. Spring is on its way!
Hi All,
I only got to do my count this morning.
It's been been colder this winter than it was last year and so there aren't as many flowers out but more than I thought.
Cyclamen hederifolium (just)
Winter Heathers white and pink
Various Primroses and Polyanthus
Periwinkle
Campanula (rockery type growing in wall)
Red Campion (just)
Pot Marigold
Winter Jasmine
Viburnum tinus
Viburnum bodnantense Dawn
Sarcococca ruscifolia
In pots - pansies and viola, polyanthus and primroses, and just hanging on alyssum, dianthus, nemesia
Nearly out – Skimmia, buds on patio rose
Hi all, this New Year's Day Flower Count is an excellent idea --- and motivation to go out in the cold to find those hardy flowers! I'm amazed at the number of species found by some people here. Makes one wonder about their micro-climate... We've had an interesting episode of frosty fog in my part of Brittany recently, which proved fatal to some lingering flowers. However, I went out this morning and managed to take pics of 12 hardy flowers (well, actually, only 11, but I hope number 12 will be accepted too
). View the bigger picture (and answers) on my garden site at http://www.rezeau.org/wp-garden/en/new-years-day-2017-flower-count/
Happy New Year everyone!
i have just seen the thread. Here they are
hellebores
camelia
winter jasmine
sarcococa
winter honeysuckle
primula
pansy
cyclamen
stocks
daphne
witch hazel
viburnum dawn
viburnum burkwoodii
skimmia
mahonia
choisya
Couple of more little things but they are like preserved from autumn rather than flowering now....
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Good selection you have there Newb. Some of ours are a bit later to flower here, like Sarcococca.
We do a count every year - it's quite good for ideas for new plants as well, so it's useful as well as interesting
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The confusa type has flowers open. Winter gem has just buds.
Also winter daphne have buds, it is the summer one who still has some flowers and buds.
Snapdragons have some flowers though i dont know if they are fresh or just preserved....