Flowering now in the garden March 2009

[Maggi Young]

some more flowers...... and foliage......
little crocus in the land of the giant (....foot ...... not so attractive a backdrop as Misty the collie in Corydalis thread))


a good blue Hepatica... pity about the chewed parts 


Scillas


some  of the chionodoxa/scilla types are confusing to me....


 now, this liitle  pink cutie  is a Scilla... or is it??


 spring bulbs co-exist happily with New Zealand plants..... here a Crocus sieberi tricolor with a Celmisia



a lonely narcissus .....


some N. cyclamineus hiding in a wee rhodo.....


more crocus in the scree


and here some crocus with a wee  NZ Aciphylla in a scree bed...

[Maggi Young]

Some more crocus.... they're looking a bit battered after some heavy rain and fierce winds lately, but I still can't resist them....








those rare lilies  sometimes mutlipy... Here is Molly, come to visit her pal Lily for a few days... they like to make sure all is well in the garden, as you can see...


but what about the foliage?
Erythroniums, Corydalis  and Colchicum leaves


paeony foliage is always very pretty as it emerges


The  lovely spotty shoots of Dactylorhiza Cruickshank hybrid is above ground nearly all winter


Primula denticulata is often dismissed as being too ordinary, but I like it and I lovethis dark form, especially when the flowers are still tucked down in the rosette of leaves


Some pink Hepaticas are growing well near some steps....

[Maggi Young]

There are Corydalis everywhere at the minute.... though they disappear very conveniently soon after flowering to make way for something new.




The  marbled Trilliums are making a move




This one has a close relationship with a marble leaved Erythronium....



A pale pink  E. dens canis

[Lesley Cox]

You'll have to persuade Ian to go away more often Maggi. It gives you, yourself, a free hand with the camera and choice of subjects.

[Lori S.]

Ahh, what wonderful sights! 

[Onion]

Maggie,

I think in the same way as Lesley 

(Sorry Ian)

[Onion]

Maggie,

wonderful plants and pictures. Like the "ordinary" primula. Especially the foliage.

[Lvandelft]

Maggi, when looking at those many super pictures of your garden, I got
a strange thought.
But after scrolling down and reading the reactions of Lesley and Uli, I
see they already cut my grass

Good to see your garden now and then with other eyes!!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful walk through the park Maggi !
Spring in Aberdeen now has a new meaning to me ! 

[Carol Shaw]

My goodness you've been busy Maggi - obviously time we visited you again to see it all for real

[maggiepie]

Maggi, I am amazed you find time to post in the forum.
Would think by the time you do your rounds each day to see what else has arrived the day would be just about over.
What a wonderful time for the garden, thanks for sharing it with us. 

[art600]

Is the little pink Scilla a bifolia?

We should not wish Ian to be absent, or we will not get the Bulb Log and Maggi will pine.  Rather we should encourage Ian to let Maggi post more pictures of the garden as it emerges and grows throughout the year. 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Maybe Maggi could write a weekly Gardenlog.... 

[wolfgang vorig]

some Eranthis

Wolfgang


 Eranthis Schwefelglanz
 Eranthis Grünling
 Eranthis  left Schwefelglanz,     right flore plena

[WimB]

Some plants that are flowering now:

1) Chionodoxa
2) Draba polytricha
3) Fritillaria raddeana
4) Narcissus
5) Narcissus
6) Narcissus
7) Viola