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Spring's Coming !

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By louise1

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I thought i’d take some pictures of what’s flowering out there today – so here are just a few splashes of colour, that assure me that spring’s coming :-))

Anemone

Anemone

Bellis

Crocus

Bellis

Hellebore, Harvington Hybrid, double pink.

Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’. The flowers smell divine :-)))

Euphorbia ‘Baby Charm’ in flower.

Dodonaea viscosa purpurea. This has only been in the ground since the autumn and i’m chuffed to bits that it’s survived its first winter !

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You have some lovely colour at the moment Louise, considering the aweful winter we have had. I particularly like the anemone....mine are only just poking through the ground.. must check my daphne for flower buds (but am not holding my breath)....that is a pretty flower on the euphorbia..:o)

1 Mar, 2010

 

I just cant believe the colours you have already in your garden, my spring flowers are no where near at this stage and yet we live in Dorset, where we have been lucky with the very cold weather or snow. Not a great amount of either just rain rain and rain again. Your pictures are really nice anfd I feel just a tiny bit jealous.,
At least today it's been sunny all day, and I had a great time outdoors for the first time this year.

1 Mar, 2010

 

lovely pics louise, i feel brighter seeing them :o))

1 Mar, 2010

 

Thank you folks :-)
Seeing flowers in the warmish sunshine has such an uplifting effect at this time of year.

1 Mar, 2010

 

Hey! I have nothing like that going on in my garden! Just got Winter Aconite and snowdrops at the moment! Everything in your garden look so fresh and full of life Louise1!

1 Mar, 2010

 

Thanks Michaella :-)

This winter's seemed so long and cold that these are singing out in my front garden today - the sunshine helps make them look better too, doesn't it ? !
I can't stop looking at them !!!

1 Mar, 2010

 

lovely pics... you have a lot out in your garden...

1 Mar, 2010

 

How colourful your garden looks, Im afraid I have almost nothing in flower apart from Heather and a rather sad little viola! I love the Anemone and the Bellis daisy beautiful pictures!

1 Mar, 2010

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Uma
 

Beautiful bright colours of Spring, Louise! Thanks for sharing!

1 Mar, 2010

 

lovely and colourful Louise! you are lucky,nothing flowering in mine yet except for 5 snowdrops i didnt even know i had lol

1 Mar, 2010

 

thanks for the blog lovely photos

1 Mar, 2010

 

It's just not fair :-(
Well done you, its wonderful to see such colour at this time of year. Great, clear photos too.

1 Mar, 2010

 

You must have a very sheltered spot for the dodonaea to survive Louise. Good to see spring starting at last

1 Mar, 2010

 

Thanks girls :-)

Andrew, i'm staggered by it !!!!
I really thought it would, at best - get very damaged and at worst - die off completely, however, it's sailed through !
It really makes you wonder sometimes, when you read the labels warning of its impending doom and delicate nature.

This is planted in my back garden, which is a very different space to the warm, sunny, sheltered front.
This garden's shaded a lot in winter, although the plants position is in the south facing, sunniest spot - and in the shelter of a fence .... it's in my bronze border.

1 Mar, 2010

 

How lucky are you, have such lovely flowers in your garden, nothing in mine yet,only MUD,lol. I checked my daphne, got buds but no leaves,

1 Mar, 2010

 

Thanks Pepperpot :-)
Yours must be a deciduous type then, this one's evergreen with lovely variegated cream and green leaves .... the perfume from the flowers is wonderful :-))

1 Mar, 2010

 

The Anemone is lovely mine are just starting to show but I do have some snowdrops.

1 Mar, 2010

 

you must have had a lovely day looking at your pretty flowers.

1 Mar, 2010

 

Fantastic to see the anemones, and makes me realise that I have none in my new garden. Oh dear these trips to the garden centre will break my bank!

1 Mar, 2010

 

Louise how super, all that colour our anemones are a long way off, beautiful pictures love the Bellis think we will move to Somerset you get better weather lol

1 Mar, 2010

 

Thanks girls :-)
Seaburn, it was lovely, thanks .... looks like another nice day today too, shame i'll be working through it :-(
Sussexsarah, these garden centres and nurseries are definately the business to be 'in' !!!!!
Dotty ... come on, move down here ;-)))
The white and pink Bellis is my favourite ... they remind me of a dahlia flower !

2 Mar, 2010

 

Wonderful to see so much colour Louise and that's the first Hoverfly (on Crocus) I've seen this year ! You've lifted my spirits. :-)

2 Mar, 2010

 

Thanks Muddy :-))

2 Mar, 2010

 

so nice you have so much in flower at the moment, and very pretty too :)
things are slowly starting to move here

3 Mar, 2010

 

After the winter we've had it's so uplifting to see some bold garden colour! Everyone is just waiting for the spring and summer with such keenness, I think we'll all really appreciate it much more given the awfully cold and depressing winter we've had, hope to see more colour Louise!

3 Mar, 2010

 

Oh so lovely!!!! - Garden here is still frozen solid and even the snowdrops are just showing green tips... the snow's still on the hills and even around the edges of the walls in the garden! Brrr... but lovely to look at your pictures - maybe another 4 weeks and hopefully we'll be at the same stage.

3 Mar, 2010

 

OH! the anemone is just gorgeous. I have 5 of just this colour and shape in a green jug in my livingroom! Louise? have you thought of just covering the plants with leaves and a bit of soil in the fall? it might make a difference that more will survive for you. I do that with some of my plants in the garden and they do make it usually. I have been lazy in the last couple of years. so many have not survived. But I did cover a whole lot in my garden last fall so am curious what will come up.

My crocus always survive and I have little tiny bulbs, with tiny white flowers, they are just amazing as they always come up and also live a long time. I don't know what they are, as they once were given to me, by somebody, who bought a whole garden in bulbs and didn't want these in hers. They look like little stars. I haven't bothered to search for their name either. I just gave them a spot in my garden and said: welcome and do your best.

10 Mar, 2010

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