Some colour in February

Some flowers taken today.

 

Gorgeous Stephen. How come your Iris are out and mine aren't - not fair!

 

and more..

 

Now you just stop showing off mister. You must have a huge heated tent over your garden, come on, admit it now

 

Well it's not my garden (I wish!) it's the botanical garden up the road, however no tent.. imagine where we'd be with a tent. No frost here in this garden this year!

 

What is the plant in the seventh photo Stephen?

 

We're on an estuary near the sea, you can see the sea from the coasts of the estuary (River Dee). I know in Llandudno, a town even milder than here, where the Winter we've experienced this winter, is normal in Llandudno, Fuchsias there are in leaf and flower all year round in a normal year.

 

longk, the red flower is presume you mean, is Ribes speciosum (Fuchsia flowered gooseberry), this is a Winter flowering summer deciduous? plant, hardy to around -10C, strange one really.

 

Thanks Stephen. One to investigate I think.

 

What is the first plant in the first post? (Small pink flowers)

And also the 7th (round leaves and red flowers)

 

Fuchsia microphylla.

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A lovely show of Spring colour Stephen and I like your camera set up too,
Jenny