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!
Glorious spring, glorious colors, and glorious photos!
ReplyDeleteFrom 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.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful photos. And my favorite of all flowers, the forget me not, instant childhood memories. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteI'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.
ReplyDeleteYou 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.
ReplyDeleteEspecially not in our relatively small space! Dave has toyed with getting a hive, but we haven't done it yet. Maybe when we retire!
DeleteAll 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.
ReplyDeleteThe white daffodils do look like cut-up fried eggs!
ReplyDeleteSpring is just a treat, isn't it?
Your photos are terrific! The colors really pop! Well done, Steve! Happy Spring!
ReplyDeleteSpring 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!
ReplyDeleteAll that blooming has put a smile on my face. It all looks so nice especially the yellow against that blue sky.
ReplyDeleteThe flowers are all so beautiful! Thank you for sharing them with us!!!
ReplyDeleteUkraine flag colors in the first photo. Beautiful flowers, each one a marvel in all that sunlight.
ReplyDeleteAh, I didn't even think of the Ukrainian connection, but you're right!
DeleteA 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.
ReplyDeleteWe are still stuck in bloomin' winter! Different "bloomin", obviously. It's nice to see your spring colours.
ReplyDeleteLovely Lovely Lovely! Thanks for this snip of beauty during my work day :)
ReplyDeleteWe were promised a sunny, warming day today. Nope! Overcast and raining. Your picture of the forsythia is delightful. Love the yellow and white daff.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers to start my day. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ed. You need a bee hive in your garden. One would be entirely manageable.
ReplyDeleteWe just got 4.5" of rain in the past twelve hours, so your sunny flower photos are a welcome sight.
Wow! That's a lot of rain!
DeleteWe'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?
ReplyDeleteI'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!)
DeleteStill waiting here. I'll just have to revisit this post if the knee-jerk weather gets me down. So lovely.
ReplyDeleteThat first photo, I’d adore framed
ReplyDeleteThat is a surprisingly long gap between the yellow and white daffodils blooming. Nature knows best.
ReplyDeleteYou are definitely in springtime mode; everything looks gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteJust loverly thanks.
ReplyDeleteYour little patch of London is a little patch of heaven. Thanks to your gardening skills.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words, everybody! Glad I could give you all a floral boost! :)
ReplyDeletelove 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.
ReplyDeleteYour 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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