Whats Looking Good January 2025

My garden is looking depressingly messy , so you have to search for encouraging bits.

Fatsia flowerheads in the sunshine and a hellebore just thinking about getting in gear …

 

Helleborus argutifolius (Corsican Hellebore)


Helleborus seedling

Helleborus seedling freckled


Galanthus nivalis "Dionysus"


Galanthus plicatus "Wendy's Gold"

Primrose

Naturalised Galanthus nivalis


Sarcococca hookeriana the black berries are from last year.


Buddleja salvifolia "Alba" usually opens in spring

 

@NigelJ how does "Wendy's Gold" compare with Primrose Warburg?

 

@CarolineL I've never grown Primrose Warburg, but I don't think there's much in it. I had a chance of Wendy's Gold at a good price so I grabbed it and it's bulked up nicely.

 

That's good! I bought PW from a local specialist Visiting The Garden
Surprisingly it also seems to be bulking up, and is looking properly yellow(ish)
However, unlike my elwesii type which have been in bloom for ages, it's only just getting started.

 

Very little in flower at present just a few Galanthus, one Hellebore, Coronilla and some Daphne flowers opened today.