At last!

Now I know Spring has come,bringing my favourite flower...


[ 26. March 2006, 02:22 PM: Message edited by: Paladin ]

 

Too right!

 

Beautiful flower Pal. I'm waiting for my primrose to flower, has a nice fat bud.

 

I'm so pleased with it...grew lots from seed.
Now I'm waiting to see if my cowslips will come good too,I sent another member some seedlings last year and am awaiting results...but that's much futher north.

 

First Narcissus bulbocodium opened today, always a good sign!

 

For me Primroses are indeed the first sign of spring - more so than daffodil. One of my pink ones (still the wild primrose) has just popped a couple of flowers, but my yellow ones have yet to flower.

 

I have found over the years that planting the seedlings in my meadow grass area they flower earlier than in the border. Natural habitat conditions I suppose,protection from cold then having to get their heads up before the grass does!

 

Luv your primroses,I thought I would go for Cowslips B/Q plants last year in hopes of making wine like my Somerset Granny used to they are in bud now funny thing the caterpillars did not touch them, incidently found and dispatched 7 this morning they cannot wait to start munching.

 

This is my Cowslip nursery.Some will be transplanted to the wild grass area soon.

 

Nice cowslips and do I see Cyclamen Neopolitana behind? Mine like the same conditions.

As to my cowslips/primroses I am afraid they are all very promiscuous. a frend gave me som cowslips and I planted them next to an orange/red primrose and the following year I got very large orange cowslips. Have to say they are lovely. Year after year they come back same colour and type seeding themselves around quite happily, could I have a new breed?

Wish my primula vialli would do the same!

as to bulbocodium, mine are much later if any have survived after builders, but I have just aquired Narcissus Rupicola which I am just waiting to peep open - I live in hope!

 

I'll have to get a pic of my Fritillaria Uva Vulpis which has just opened, even if it means laying down on my newly laid turf. I HAD a big primrose bud but something has had it! :( I'll have to wait for the next bud now which has just emerged

 

Does anyone know the other plant in my pic please,trying to ID for shoot site.
It has pink flowers in full sun but white two feet away in the shade of my corkscrew hazel..is that normal?....I will of course post pics come flowering time

 

Top middle or top right?
Top middle with the pink buds looks a bit like Pulsatilla.
Top right dunno.

 

Pete ,it's the same plant but the one on the right has been covered over until I pulled some out to keep it off the Cowslips. I expect the crowding discoloured the leaves and stopped it forming flower stems.

 

Oh, take back what I said then