Here's a roundup of what's been happening in the garden over the past several days. Yay spring!
First, the forsythia is blooming, always stunning against the blue sky.
The primroses are too, including this one that I found abandoned in a broken pot on a footpath. I'm guessing a landscaper or gardener dropped it (hence its tattered look).
The first forget-me-nots have appeared...
...as have our white daffodils, which come a month or six weeks after the yellow ones. (And look like chopped-up fried eggs!)
The spotted lungwort is blooming away and yesterday after work, as Dave and I sat in the garden, we saw a bee (or possibly a bee fly) buzzing around the flowers. I've seen a handful of bees this week.
And finally, our blooming quince.
It's nice to see life returning to our little patch of London!
32 comments:
Glorious spring, glorious colors, and glorious photos!
From this blogpost may one deduce that you are fond of flowers? Co-incidentally, I am fond of flowers too - my favourite being the cauliflower! Excellent with cheese sauce and grilled Lincolnshire sausages.
What wonderful photos. And my favorite of all flowers, the forget me not, instant childhood memories. Lovely.
I'm so jealous! I love northern flowers and miss them as much as my old friends from NYS. It's always a joy to see pictures.
You need a beehive in your garden. My parents used to have around 120 hives. I wouldn’t recommend that many while holding down full time jobs.
All lovely. I do like forsythia. There's a house here that has one in their front yard. And I've planted forget-me-nots several times and they are supposed to reseed but I haven't had any luck with that.
The white daffodils do look like cut-up fried eggs!
Spring is just a treat, isn't it?
Your photos are terrific! The colors really pop! Well done, Steve! Happy Spring!
Spring is really blossoming there with so much beauty. I love seeing your flowers and being reminded of the names of them. Aging brains need this kind of reminder!
All that blooming has put a smile on my face. It all looks so nice especially the yellow against that blue sky.
The flowers are all so beautiful! Thank you for sharing them with us!!!
Ukraine flag colors in the first photo. Beautiful flowers, each one a marvel in all that sunlight.
A beautiful variety of flowers and colors. I didn't realize that the white daffs bloomed at a different time. I think I have one, not being a daffodil person. I'm definitely on Team Tulip.
We are still stuck in bloomin' winter! Different "bloomin", obviously. It's nice to see your spring colours.
Lovely Lovely Lovely! Thanks for this snip of beauty during my work day :)
We were promised a sunny, warming day today. Nope! Overcast and raining. Your picture of the forsythia is delightful. Love the yellow and white daff.
Lovely flowers to start my day. Thank you.
I agree with Ed. You need a bee hive in your garden. One would be entirely manageable.
We just got 4.5" of rain in the past twelve hours, so your sunny flower photos are a welcome sight.
We're seeing pretty much the same things flowering here in Oregon at the moment, I think our climates are very much the same. Would you ever want to start a little vegetable garden?
Still waiting here. I'll just have to revisit this post if the knee-jerk weather gets me down. So lovely.
That first photo, I’d adore framed
That is a surprisingly long gap between the yellow and white daffodils blooming. Nature knows best.
You are definitely in springtime mode; everything looks gorgeous!
Just loverly thanks.
Your little patch of London is a little patch of heaven. Thanks to your gardening skills.
Ah, I didn't even think of the Ukrainian connection, but you're right!
Thanks for the kind words, everybody! Glad I could give you all a floral boost! :)
I'm just not very motivated to grow food. Dave talks about it sometimes but we never do it. (I'm not sure where we'd put it, for one thing!)
Wow! That's a lot of rain!
Especially not in our relatively small space! Dave has toyed with getting a hive, but we haven't done it yet. Maybe when we retire!
love the flowers. Is your garden large enough for a hive? my daughter has a patch of borage about two metres long and last spring it had so many bees, she ordered a hive and is planning to order bees and have homegrown honey.
Your garden is going great guns, Steve. It's gorgeous. So far ahead of anything here. It has to just make you happy to look out and see that!
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