Well it’s Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day (or was yesterday anyway) and February really marks the serious start of spring flowers.  Adonis, Winter Aconite, Crocus, Daffodils, Snowdrops, Witch Hazel, Primrose, Camellias, and Hellebores are all in flower.  We spent three and half weeks in California and it was delightful to see the flowers that had popped up in our absence.

Adonis remains one of my favorite flowers but only the early-blooming ‘Fukujukai’ is currently in flower.

The biggest impact flower at the moment is the winter aconite.

We actually have several Eranthis hyemalis cultivars with different shades of yellow.

They are all quite willing to expand and I am finding new specimens each year in the yard and forest in places where I did not plant them.

Another highlight at the moment is the Crocus tommasinanus (which also keeps expanding it’s spot).

The witch hazels are all in bloom

We also have numerous clumps of snowdrops that are not only clumping nicely but also spreading out into the lawn

The Camellia japonica that I brought back from California on my lap in the 70’s continues to put out early flowers.

And as I mentioned the Daffodils and Hellebores are beginning to do their thing.

The first early primroses (Primula vulgaris) are now showing up.  I don’t know why more people are not growing this lovely British wildflower which is anything but vulgar.

Meanwhile in the greenhouse there are many South African plants beginning their season

Yeah, I know the name doesn’t match the color in this Freesia but it’s all I have to go on at the moment.