Flowering now in the garden March 2009

[maggiepie]

Wim, are those violas a pale yellow or are they white?
Do they have a scent?

[WimB]

Helen,

they are a pale yellow and they have a faint scent. If I remember correctly there's "Apricot" in their cultivar name but I'm not sure.

[ChrisB]

Molly looks a good friend to your Lily, Maggi.  Double trouble for you eh?

[Maggi Young]

Molly looks a good friend to your Lily, Maggi.  Double trouble for you eh?

They are great pals, Christine. It was having Molly come to stay with us for her holidays that convinced us that a Westie was just what we needed.  Molly is here this week while her owner has a new bathroom installed... I think she'll have to go home tomorrow 
BUt that won't be before I have collected the wee black spaniel who is my occasional  "day girl" 
 It's pandemonium with the three of them hunting roundthe garden looking for the fox or a stray cat!

[maggiepie]

Helen,

they are a pale yellow and they have a faint scent. If I remember correctly there's "Apricot" in their cultivar name but I'm not sure.

Thanks Wim, I don't think I have ever seen that colour before, having a scent is a bonus.

[Paddy Tobin]

Wolfgang,

Fabulous eranthis - cultivars which unfortunately are not readily available here so many thanks for posting your photographs.

Paddy

[Lori S.]

Ooh, ooh, I've finally got one!  Despite that I already posted it in another thread, I'll beg your forgiveness for putting it here too (Bulbocodium vernum)...  (After all, by the time the other small bulbs are in bloom here, the rest of you will have tired of them long ago, and gone off to other wonderful things, LOL!)

[ChrisB]

Hi Maggi,

That's lovely.  I think I saw your black spaniel when we were in Perth.  She was a beauty.  I often think Nipper ought to have a playmate, but he's getting on a bit now, so it may be too late.  He's got a new next door neighbour, a Staffy, not my favourite sort of dog, but they are becoming a bit friendlier as they get to know each other though the wire fencing.

[ian mcenery]

Enjoying the flurry of photos folks I think the recent weather has brought out a lot of things.

Here are some of the rhodos in my garden at present. Best to post now as even a light frost kills yellow flowers

R mallotum with calophytum behind

R macabeanum close up and picture of shrub. Shame the tue yellow of this does not show . This was a seedling of the famous Trewithen plant but not as colourful a flower

R calophytum close up

[Michael J Campbell]

Part of my Camellia hedge in bloom. 

[Maggi Young]

My goodness, my cammellias are tight in bud still!

Ian, I would love to have the room for some of your "Big Boys".... though, even if I had space, they don't do so well  here. One or two sheltered gardens seem to keep them, but our place is too cold for the large leaved types 

[ian mcenery]

Ian, I would love to have the room for some of your "Big Boys".... though, even if I had space, they don't do so well  here. One or two sheltered gardens seem to keep them, but our place is too cold for the large leaved types 

Maggi shouldn't work here either but i can't resist trying. They usually get their flowers frosted before their time though but the foliage of all three means that they earn their space for the 12 months. I am watching the weather forecasts with fear and trepidation. I also have plants of sino grande, falconeri  and a couple of other large leaved ones as well as a number of tree species. God knows what will happen when and if they all manage to mature 

[WimB]

Helen,

they are a pale yellow and they have a faint scent. If I remember correctly there's "Apricot" in their cultivar name but I'm not sure.

Thanks Wim, I don't think I have ever seen that colour before, having a scent is a bonus.

Hello Helen,

If you want, I can save some seeds for you?

Greets

[maggiepie]

Thank you very much Wim, I would love some seed.
Will PM you .
Would you be interested in some V. Mandshurica seeds?

[Oron Peri]

Spring is definitely here.
This celebration of colores  is from this morning in my area.