What's Looking Good In February

Ornithogalum fimbriatum


Crocus sieberiTricolour


Galanthus nivalis


Anemone blanda


Anemone blanda pale

Crocus tommasinianus

 

Hi Nigel,

Are your Anemone Blanda early ?
I planted some for the first time last Autumn and there are no signs of them, although everything else is doing well.
I was wondering if they're hard to get established ?

 

@Anthony Rogers Yes they are early this year, I'd normally expect them early March. so far they've been flowering since early February.
I didn't have any problems establishing them. The tubers don't like being dried out to much though. Tubers benefit from soaking overnight before planting. Also they don't particularly like wet conditions. Mine are under trees and relatively well drained but not baking dry in summer.

 

Thanks Nigel.
They should be alright then, just a bit later than yours.
I did soak them first as I thought they'd be the same as A. Coronaria types that I've grown before.

 

Lovely photos everyone cheered me up on a wet miserable day - Gives you hope with the promise of whats to come in the garden so

 

In the conservatory.
Clerodendrum Ugandense is still flowering.


The orange Bougainvillea has started to flower again.


Christmas Cactus is hanging on.


The Lemon has five good sized fruits, I don't know how long they take to fully ripen or if they will, it will go outside mid May.

 

Lovely Woo, Spring is almost here!

 

CROCUS time.

 

Looking good Our Mandy; the observatory is blending in well

 

Looking much better with the plants around it Armandii, I particularly like......the welcoming door mat.