Adonis amurensis ‘Fukujukai’
As usual for a February GBBD the Adonis is the most striking flower in our garden. They always begin even when snow may be falling and they shake off the cold days. Good luck finding any because nurseries seldom carry Adonis any more. If you find them scoop them up in a hurry.
Adonis amurensis ‘Fukujukai’
Elsewhere there a lot of winter aconite, hellebores, and snowdrops. The snowdrops are showing an increasing ability to propagate into the lawn and are multiplying every year.
Galanthus nivalis ‘Blewbury Tart’
And the winter aconite are everywhere, both where I’ve put them and where they are now spreading.
Winter Aconite happily spreading
There are even a couple of unusual cultivars that are spreading as well.
Eranthis hyemalis ‘Schwefelglanz’
Eranthis hyemalis ‘Orange Glow’
The Hellebores are just getting started but their flowers are always arresting and we usually cut some for display in the house.
Helleborus x nigercors ‘HGC Green Corsican’
Helleborus x hybridus PDN Yellow
Helleborus x hybridus PDN double bicolor
Helleborus x ericsmithii ‘Winter Sunshine’
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Cotton Candy’
And out in the woods the Helleborus foetidus has continued to put out its flowers.
Helleborus foetidus
Of course it’s also worth noting that the early daffodils are just finishing. Many more to come.
Narcissus ‘Rinjveldt’s Early Sensation’
And the first of the Camellia japonicas putting out their wonderful flowers.
Camellia japonica red
Of course in the midst of everything the crocus are doing their usual springtime thing.
Crocus tommasinianus
Sometimes when you walk about the yard you go just to inspect the things that you expect to be blooming. I almost missed the first ot the small Iris sticking up its little flag.
Iris histroides ‘George’
And over in the alpine bed I found this little polygala putting it’s first flowers out.
Polygala chamaebuxus
It’s worth pointing out the greenhouse also has flowers to share with us.
Cyrtanthus breviflorus
Cyrtanthus hybrid
Geissorhiza inaequalis
There’s also a tiny thalictrum that needs to be planted outside
Thalictrum urbanii
We recently returned from California with its flowers galore so I was very pleased to see how many things were in flower here in Maryland. I put together a little SLIDE SHOW to share the general effect of my first walk around the yard last weekend.
That Adonis is pretty! If I ever see it for sale I will make sure to get it.
Your comment prompted me to look once again for Adonis and I still couldn’t find any sources for the plants but I did see that you can buy the seed from Sheffield’s Seed Company in New York. I think I’ll give that a try.
Many lovely early spring flowers, but the Adonis amurensis ‘Fukujukai’ is so extra special. Your February is starting out nicely.
The tiny Thalictrum urbanii is so sweet: will it be planted in the elevated alpine bed?
What a good idea. I’m sure I had a spot in mind when I originally ordered the plant from Japan, but I will have to confess that I totally ignored it last year. Part of the problem is that because its in the greenhouse it’s flowering now when it is too cold outside and then remembering it later in the spring gets problematic. I see now that it would fit very nicely in the alpine bed.