Such beautiful colour, these pictures are so precious with the first signs of flower in the garden, we do cherish them. Here are a few of ours, we are so lucky to have such wonderful plants to brighten even the dullest of days.The last is Almond Blossom, so delicate.
Fairygirl your new Hellebore is stunning, so delicate yet so strong looking. I really like the contrast of the Gaultheria with the Snowdrops. The plant in the middle if the crocus circle is a buddleia 'buzz', it doesn't develop enough leaf coverage to shade the crocuses until they are naturally dying back, the position suits both plants happily.
Your garden is well ahead of mine Guernsey, your Camillias are beautiful and so vibrant. I just have the promise of buds on mine so far. I can almost smell the hyacinth from here. I don't have any in my garden at the moment and previously found outdoor flowers disappointing but yours are gorgeous, how do you care for them?
pitter-patter the second from bottom Hellebore is beautiful - you may well have tempted me to spoil myself with a new one ?
Thank you. The vibrant blue hyacinth has surprised us too. The bulbs are in their 2nd year and apart from an occasional B&Q plant feed they have had no extra attention. Normally after their first year hyacinth rapidly go downhill for me, so I am very pleased with this display. I love yellow and blue together. They do have a strong smell, which is o.k. if they are outside, but the perfume is too strong to have as house plants.
We have four large camellia bushes/trees. A red, pink, pink & red variegated and white. They were planted when the main house was built in 1882. The nursery/GC of the time imported many exotics for the Victorian houses being built at that time. Camellias aren't really exotic now, but they were back then. We also have a couple of remaining palm trees of that era. The buds and flowers get wind burn here Joyce, we had to carefully select the perfect flowers to photograph as some many of them had brown, wind burn on them.
Me too Beau ...in fact I've started making notes of planting places for the autumn, and crocus colours that I like ......did I ever mention how much I love this Forum
BTW Beau, my tulip pots this year are full of purple stripey ones inspired by your pics last year (or might even have been the year before) - Rem's Favourite mixed with a dark purple and a white .....will post photos when they do their thing. Bet you never knew just how inspirational you are
I planted some Ruby Giant crocuses in a small bed at the front and they have come up and flowered well but been firmly closed for the last 2 wet and woolly days. The white ones I put in the grass are no-shows which is a bit disappointing. However, the daffs that came up in the gravel path, right next to the house wall, have done well.
Lots of bulbs including iris reticulata in pots but not flowering yet apart form my wee snowdrop pots, brought from Belgian and flowering a week ago.
In the garden, a mimosa has been looking gorgeous for a fortnight and is still gong strong. No idea how long the flowers will last but they are a ray of sunshine.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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They are lovely tho aren't they? I really like small daffs - so much more wind resistant and not blousy - and have planted lots of new ones here but it's good to find surprises popping up in odd places.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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Such beautiful colour, these pictures are so precious with the first signs of flower in the garden, we do cherish them. Here are a few of ours, we are so lucky to have such wonderful plants to brighten even the dullest of days.



The last is Almond Blossom, so delicate.
Fairygirl your new Hellebore is stunning, so delicate yet so strong looking. I really like the contrast of the Gaultheria with the Snowdrops. The plant in the middle if the crocus circle is a buddleia 'buzz', it doesn't develop enough leaf coverage to shade the crocuses until they are naturally dying back, the position suits both plants happily.
Your garden is well ahead of mine Guernsey, your Camillias are beautiful and so vibrant. I just have the promise of buds on mine so far. I can almost smell the hyacinth from here. I don't have any in my garden at the moment and previously found outdoor flowers disappointing but yours are gorgeous, how do you care for them?
pitter-patter the second from bottom Hellebore is beautiful - you may well have tempted me to spoil myself with a new one ?
Lovely pictures
everyone got so much colour, my own garden looking so bland at the moment.
GD, very envious of the blue sky with the spring blossom.
My camellia is a late flowering one to avoid the buds being frosted. Yours are beautiful.
Thank you. The vibrant blue hyacinth has surprised us too. The bulbs are in their 2nd year and apart from an occasional B&Q plant feed they have had no extra attention. Normally after their first year hyacinth rapidly go downhill for me, so I am very pleased with this display. I love yellow and blue together. They do have a strong smell, which is o.k. if they are outside, but the perfume is too strong to have as house plants.
We have four large camellia bushes/trees. A red, pink, pink & red variegated and white. They were planted when the main house was built in 1882. The nursery/GC of the time imported many exotics for the Victorian houses being built at that time. Camellias aren't really exotic now, but they were back then. We also have a couple of remaining palm trees of that era. The buds and flowers get wind burn here Joyce, we had to carefully select the perfect flowers to photograph as some many of them had brown, wind burn on them.
As always beautiful blooms. I am especially loving the crocus this year. Note to self plant more this autumn
Me too Beau ...in fact I've started making notes of planting places for the autumn, and crocus colours that I like ......did I ever mention how much I love this Forum
BTW Beau, my tulip pots this year are full of purple stripey ones inspired by your pics last year (or might even have been the year before) - Rem's Favourite mixed with a dark purple and a white .....will post photos when they do their thing. Bet you never knew just how inspirational you are


I planted some Ruby Giant crocuses in a small bed at the front and they have come up and flowered well but been firmly closed for the last 2 wet and woolly days. The white ones I put in the grass are no-shows which is a bit disappointing. However, the daffs that came up in the gravel path, right next to the house wall, have done well.
Lots of bulbs including iris reticulata in pots but not flowering yet apart form my wee snowdrop pots, brought from Belgian and flowering a week ago.
In the garden, a mimosa has been looking gorgeous for a fortnight and is still gong strong. No idea how long the flowers will last but they are a ray of sunshine.
They are lovely tho aren't they? I really like small daffs - so much more wind resistant and not blousy - and have planted lots of new ones here but it's good to find surprises popping up in odd places.