What's looking good in February ....

Yep, spring is just around the corner I'm sure, there are crocus popping up now and everywhere there are little patches of colour.

 

Lovely pics everyone,

I have these and I`m very proud, because this is usually my scruffy bit of the garden.

 

I had some dwarf Irises a few years ag but lost them.
Yours are a particularly nice colour.:gnthb:

 

Thankyou Strongy, I can`t for the life of me remember what they are called though, I`m afraid I`m a very bad gardener for doing that.

 

Those iris. They almost look tropical...

 

To help............................( I just wish it felt tropical out there at times-although maybe they had crested in the title )

 

I love dwarf Iris and the tiny 4-6 inch tall purple ones grow wild on the lane outside my gates. I think your lovely one is possibly Iris histrioides.'Katharine Hodgkin'. The wild white ones are covering the roadsides here at the moment.

Having started this month off with my first bloom on my Cherry Plum tree, it is now in full bloom and I'm looking forward to my first year of fruit ... (says she crossing everything in sight) ....





Stopping off at Lidl yesterday I noticed the Magnolias in full bloom, which I thought was rather early. However, I have looked at the pictures I took last year and they were taken on 22 February ... so 'tis the time for them.

 

Oh, lovely, lovely everybody and thanks for sharing. :gnthb:

Like strongy, I had the flags a couple of times but for some odd reason, never got them to appear, never mind bloom, in the second year. Never seen one the colour of yours, Claire, very pretty, almost like a painting.

I have my fingers and toes crossed as well for you, Sis!

 

I went up into the mountains yesterday and all the Acacias are coming into full bloom and the air is heady with a wonderful honey scent. I didn't get pictures but am going back up later in the week perhaps so will try and get some good shots.

In the meantime, the owner of the restaurant we went to gave me this bunch of Acacias as I was leaving, a mix of A longifolia and A melanoxylon, so I'm enjoying them on my kitchen patio ....

 

Winter Aconite, Snowdrop and Spring Crocus all out along with Witch Hazel.

 

I'm sure Claire's lovely present from her children is Iris histrioides.'Katharine Hodgkin' as mentioned above .... I had them, along with some plain mini / dwarf purple ones ... they are so unique.

Bob, the cherry blossoms are plums ... 'cherry plums' the P i s s a rdi which are tiny plums which look like cherries .... do you not know them?

Hey ... well done with germination of the Cannas ... looking forward to seeing some flower pics later this year ,,,, :yho:

 

Yellow is a prominent spring colour........brightens up the sometimes dull days.
Here are some gorgeous Crocusus..........Is that the plural?

 

Not quite yellow but gorgeous.

 

Another small Iris that you see at this time of the year is Iris reticulata http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/5166.shtml

One of mine is currently flowering - but I think the others have gone