What's looking good in March

Obviously not much - so I though I would show another picture of my Brugmansia sanguinea, taken yesterday.



I understand that Brugmansias can be split into warm and cold plants. B. sanguinea is a cold plant, which must explain why it has been flowering all winter in my hall. The temperature ranges from 45F to 60F and its under a low power fluorescent light, which was designed to just keep it alive - so the flowers are a real bonus.

Next to it is a yellow Brugmansia of unknown parentage. It was flowering outside over the summer, which makes me think that it might be in the warm plant category. I am delighted to say that it too is just about to flower as well - with just one flower pod - so far.

 

Not much looking good here, PeterS, but your Brugmansia is looking lovely. Thank you.

 

Lungwort is early this year.

 

Nice Sanguinea Peter, I gave up on that one as I could only get flowers early and late in the year.

It seems your set up allows it to flower all winter which is probably what it likes, well done.

 

Zizzy - lovely bit of colour. I think Pulmonaria are very pretty.

Pete - thanks. Yes, B.sanguinea seems to be happy, even though the light level is not very high. It doesn't have huge dramatic flushes like most Brugmansias, but has just chugged along with a few flowers most of the time. However you seem to have confirmed my thoughts, that if it likes flowering over the winter it isn't going to do much outside over the summer. But I now have a dozen or more different Brugs growing from seed, so perhaps I can get by without.

 

I'm on the fence here Peter, as to me the best individual brug flower I have come across is Sanguinea, however I agree you dont get the mass flowering of the more usual kinds.
I'm sure if we lived in the right climate, of hot summers and coolish wet winters there would be room for both kinds.
But here I'm sure the mass summer flowerers will always be tops.

 

Thats not a bad show considering the winter we've just gone thru

My currants are only just at the leaf stage.

 

I think you've got under soil heating Shiney:D[hr]
Still next to nothing blooming here. Though there is one notable exception -

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[size=medium]Your garden is looking great - as always - Shiney. Just beautiful in Shineyland.
And great pics. Thank you. I just love that pic of the rhubarb- you could sell it to a magazine.
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Some beautiful pictures everyone. As Alice says Shineyland is looking lovely - love the catkins.

 

Shiney, you've a lovely garden and lots of interest there too

Dave W, 'Simply Peachy' is a great name, it's gorgeous !

 

Lovely Shiney. Thats a lovely and unusual Hellebore.