What's Looking Good in Feb 2015...

You'll have to show me yours, I have no photos of mine, yet. ;-)

 

Iris Katherine Hodgkin...............


Most were eaten by the slugs but a couple survived.................


That is pretty much all there is outdoors at the moment but indoors I have this Impatiens kilimanjari that I'm overwintering until late spring............


And Echeveria pulidonis just to move the thread along a bit.............

 

No photo's either (still can't find the camera lead for charging it up ) but, looking promising in my garden at the moment are the crocus bulbs I planted in October and the resident rose is showing signs of life (it has gorgeous yellow blooms, so I'm really looking forward to seeing that in all its glory).

I also have a pittosporum which I brought with me and bought for my previous garden in 2012. For the two years it lived there, it was a pretty green shrub which filled a space in full sun. I put it in a tub to bring it here and it was put to one side (the *only* sunny side) and during the past 5 months it has turned the most beautiful buttery yellow. A very cheery shrub, especially on dull days like today

 

I've got ....

... a snowdrop!!!!! It is the most beautiful snowdrop I have ever seen

Why so surprised? Well, I was given some (unidentified) bulbs by a lady from the Dogs Trust shop last year when I was volunteering. They had been in the storage shed for a year When I was given them, what with all the things going on in my world, I didn't get a chance to plant them It's only by chance that the bag they were in happened to make it's way here and not be thrown out. Anyway, still not knowing quite for certain what the bulbs were but vaguely thinking they were bluebells I planted them (not really believing they would grow after such poor treatment) and now .... I have a snowdrop There are signs that there may be a couple or three more just about to pop their heads above the soil and are definitely what my mother would call "a sight for sore eyes"

 

I've just sown some "grass" seeds - Xerophyllum tenax..............


Not sure as to how good this will be in the flesh but there are some more photos here.

 

Ipheon "Rolf Fiedler"................

 

Ooh! I love this :0)

 

Heathers and primrose in bloom, freshly planted dogwood (think it looks nice in front of the fence) a lil cyclamen seedling (self seeded) and dusk sky here in Coventry.

My packed out greenhouse, young acer forming leaves (exciting!), the border I worked on today, mature dogwoods looking good and a camelia being extremely true to it's label! Was a half price bargain last year and I'm keeping it potted for a while.

 

All looking good Charlie. The Camelia is a beauty. Can you post the name of it please. I can't make out the label.

 

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


It is one of the many buds forming on my Cantua buxifolia. A really nice surprise as the plant was heavily frosted when the electrics failed at the top of the garden and I had given up on any chance of blooms this year. The rest of the plant doesn't look so good though...........

 

Another dwarf Iris............

 

'Aphrodite,' Witch Hazel (new purchase).

Furry buds on magnolia 'Leonard Messel' (another new purchase).

Willow catkins on their way out.

And black willow, on its way, too.

'Erlinda' cotoneaster (standard) looking rosie-pink at this time of year.

The first of my spring bulbs, in a shady corner.

My red twisted corkscrew, budding up. (I love these, all year round!).

And my twisted sedge(Juncus 'Spiralis') along with another water-loving 'grass' I can't remember the name of. (OK, technically, these look the same all year round, but I love them). I'm on the look out for a red sedge to plant up with these for contrast.