Whats Looking Good February 2025

I'm envious. I've got a couple of patches that would really suit being filled with a big specimen like that! And how lovely to see the bees too.

 

What a fantastic tree @shiney really beautiful.

Well it’s so lovely to finally have a few bits of colour in the garden. My daffodils tête-à-tête are starting to bloom all around the garden.


Including these … I emptied a pot last summer as I wanted to use it and tipped the contents under a hedge in the corner of the garden. It had some daffodils bulbs in it which I was too lazy to take out. I couldn’t believe it when I saw them flowering, some weren’t even buried as you can see in the photo! So much for planting them deep!

I went to the garden centre to buy compost for the spring and ended up with a spur of the moment purchase, Camellia Paul Jones Supreme. I’ve put it in a largish pot for this year and if it survives I’ll plant it in the garden.


Hellebore, can’t remember which one, and crocus in the background in my stumpery.

 

Hellebores

 

A clump of snowdrops. Not long now till everything starts growing again. I’ve been sowing pelargoniums and snapdragons inside.

 

Daffodils.


Looking down from halfway up the slope. Skimmia, hellebores & hebes, then the daffodils which are growing in a derelict pond I filled in. That's still not the bottom of the garden ...


Hazel catkins against a rare blue sky.



Snowdrops.


Pulmonaria.

 

Iris reticulata, celebrating some sunshine!

 

There is not much colour in my garden, but life is definitely coming back. I can see new shots starting and ferns are also looking good.



The tree fern has survived and will be tidied up later on.



I cut the Gaura and all other perennials down seeing the new grow.



This morning, I have sown flower seeds and hopefully, they work out.



I bought yesterday 6 plugs of Lavender and gave them a new pot to grow on
.


My Salvia April Night cutting has also made progress.



Just for fun, I had sown new Echinacea in January and they really decided to germinate.



The Daphne gets first flowers and the smell is marvellous.

 

Galanthus ikariae

Scilla mischtenkoana


Crocus tommasinianus "enjoying the sun".

Galanthus nivalis naturalised.

Dark Hellebore different parentage to all the others.


Purple crocus

Naturalised self seeded Crocus tommasinianus

Anemone blanda

 

Some more signs of spring in the garden here:

Comfrey flowers


First bumblebee I've seen on the crocus flowers


Crocus


Osmanthus burkwoodii flowers


Darwin's barberry


Lots of fresh frog spawn


Happy gardening!

 

Another Iris Reticulata (Harmony) has flowered today. Definitely the best blues so far!



Signs of good things to come. Wallflowers developing with emerging Tulips.



Newly repotted Fan Palm below bank with cut back grasses and perennials.

 

Whilst I was outside looking at how the daffodils were getting on I spotted a very early flower on my Geum Totally Tangerine!


I also noticed that something is eating the flowers and buds off my daffodils, is that likely to be mice or slugs? Never had this problem before!

 

@CatDouch it's slugs, we had problem last year they ate them all.

Some crocuses