February in the northern hemisphere

[Catwheazle]

The first one, this year. Should be Crocus leichtlinii

[Mariette]

Very nice!

For more than a week there was only a pic taken indoors, due to frosty temperatures: Neomarica syn. Trimeza candida with lovely scent.



Meanwhile, the crocus started here, too.

[Mariette]

Probably not stable.



Arum italicum



Eranthis ´Clare Swales´



A Cyclamen hederifolium seedling

[Robert]

Hi Mariette,

Thank you so much for sharing all the Crocus photographs. What diversity! It must be nice to see the slugs retreat and the garden bloom again. Maybe Jasmin and I will have a diversity of Crocuses like yours in our garden in 10 to 15 years. It is a very slow process in our garden, one step at a time. Slowly we are making progress with miniature Narcissus, Erythronium, and Primula hendersonii, as well as other species. I will have some photographs to share, however currently the weather is perfect to get important gardening projects done.

[Véronique Macrelle]

the pink-leaved cyclamen is lovely. i'd love to see a photo of it when it has lots of leaves.
the crocuses are bright... I think they need more sun at home: some are stuck in the rain.

like Robert, I'd like to be able to work in the garden, but our soil is too wet for that. we can, however, prune the branches that need it.

[Véronique Macrelle]

not too many slugs this year :

- in the 10 years since I was given a bulb of Leucojum vernum (from a forest in the Vosges), this is the first time I've been able to enjoy its flowering.

- The same goes for this Helleborus, which is usually always eaten. Not only are the florets whole, but she's also given me a volunteer seedling that's also flowering! It's been 4 years since it was planted.

my Galantus nivalis are also putting on a show, and some of them are a bit greener...
. I found it in a place where it had naturalised...

[Mariette]

the pink-leaved cyclamen is lovely. i'd love to see a photo of it when it has lots of leaves.

There is one Cyclamen hederifolium in my garden which occasionally produces seedlings with a pinkish center. As I don´t like to have things like that in my garden, I give them to friends who are more happy with them.
The pic is from an older seedling I gave away.



My preference is for interesting coloured flowers or leaves which merge into the general planting.





I don´t remember where my Leucojum vernum came from, but they flower reliably here. Some with one flower to the stalk.



Some with two flowers.

[Leena]

Very nice spring plants!
Here Leucojum vernum does well in a slightly moist spot, and it seems to like more moist soil than most snowdrops. It is said to flower later than snowdrops but here they all flower about the same time, in normal years when snow has melted. Now this year also Leucojums are peaking from the ground already.