Whats Looking Good in February 2014

Link to January's thread,

http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/whats-looking-good-in-january-2014.55588/

 

Iris "Katherine Hodgkins".........................

 

This looks good to me too.....................


Racammes of flowers forming on my Clianthus puniceus. It is loaded with them

Just found new flower buds forming on my Desfontatnia spinosa too

 

And it looks good to me too longk. Your variety of plants and flowers always amaze me!

 

Thanks! My problem is that I like things that are a little different. I have three hardcore growing projects (as in "I will succeed with this") on the go at the moment;
Cubanola domingensis - sown autumn 2011 and will hopefully bloom this year.
Greyia sutherlandii - sent to me as a seedling by Sirius. Probably two or three years from flowering.
Musschia wollastonii - Notoriously tricky to germinate and grow on successfully when small. Should bloom next year if the seedlings survive.

The trouble is I go on forums, see what others are growing and think "gotta have one of those"!!

 

And we are so very glad that you do Longk as we get to see things unusual things we wouldn't otherwise see,
Jenny

 

Others lead and I follow Jenny!
I will confess that my Cubanola seems a little unique, as does the Greyia from Sirius.
You and I will be talking I'm sure in the spring regarding the Salvia seedlings that I hope to have from all the seed that I bought or was kindly sent to me by PeterS!

 

It's not raining and there is good light today so a few bits of cheery colour in the front ( north facing ) garden:










Jenny

 

And my "first loves"
Camellia magnifoliae


Bob's Tinsie


and a Bobs Tinsie flower - facing the front door!


Windowbox daffs - won't be too long now


and snowdrops

Jenny

 

I love the buds on my Skimmia.....it's doing ok in a shady place although some's been having a bite out of it!

More buds, Pieris this time.



And a little visitor who was watching me from a safe place!

 

That Bob's Tinsie is gorgeous Jenny

 

That's a beautiful colourJenny - a perfect flower!

Skimmia looks nice and healthy Fern but I just love the little fellow watching you - real cutie!
I haven't seen mine yet this year but when I work in the garden he stays close by and if I move into the front garden he follows me.

 

Lovely pictures Jenny and Fern!

 

Fuchsia perscandens is loaded with buds and here is the first bloom of the year.....................

 

Winter Aconites looking good, and starting to self seed yaaay

A couple of self sown hellebores flowering for the first time

Hellebore 'Double Ellen' a purchase from Hodsock Priory last year, we're going again next week so who knows what'll sneak into my basket

Looks like my hellebore Silver Dollar's bit the dust but it did leave a couple of seedlings, unfortunately they don't come true so not the same lovely leaf colouring

Thought the foliage on this epimedium looked pretty good