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WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN FEBRUARY 2021

Discussion in 'General Gardening Discussion' started by shiney, Feb 1, 2021.

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  1. Michael Hewett

    Michael Hewett Total Gardener

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    Nice to see spring unfurling in your garden @Macraignil :)
     
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    • Sheal

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      Spring, I wish! It's hardly stopped snowing here since Christmas. :doh:I think my bulbs are receding further and further into the ground. :biggrin:
       
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        I've got a feeling, M, that you have a deep knowledge, quiet love, and sharp eye for Nature and what goes on in your garden that is left unsaid.:love30::thumbsup:
         
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          A welcome unexpected visitor in the form of a single bell flower and a happy little Chamaerops Vulcano in the February sun. Must be the mild Devon winter (but best not speak too soon)...
           
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            The sweet box by the front garden gate is smelling sweet this afternoon in the sunshine.
            The first year after 6 years of struggling that it has come forward to display itself.
            Very pleased with it,

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            Jenny namaste
             
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              @Jenny namaste now that it has started the Sarcococca should start to grow reasonably well :blue thumb:
               
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                After yesterday's warm sunny weather the Iris reticulata has suddenly woken up :thumbsup:
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                And we have the first bud on the Sophora Sun King
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                  Galanthus elwesii monostictus
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                  Galanthus plicatus "Wendy's Gold"
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                  Iris reticulata shot up in the past 10days with the mild weather
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                  Crocus tommasinianus "Whitwell Purple"
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                  Crocus rujanensis
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                  Hesperantha coccinea this has been flowering since Christmas with one spike after another.
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                    Ooh, I like that, has a little exotic look to it.
                     
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                      Good afternoon my Fatsia Japonica :smile:

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                        Apparently I really like pink hellebores...need to branch out on that front a little :redface:

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                        And the first daffodil of the year has opened - "Jack Snipe". I've discovered we've not got any snowdrops in this garden so that's something to rectify for next year.

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                          Cyclamen coum in a pot by the front door ...

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                          Euphorbia milii in the conservatory ...

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                            Daffodils already mine aren't showing what so ever , even the snowdrops look like they don't fancy it either .
                             
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                              Some of our small Narcissi have been flowering for weeks but the big daffs aren't in flower yet.

                              It's the reverse with the snowdrops. The tall snowdrops have been flowering for a month but some of the tiny singles are only just trying to flower. Some of the double snowdrops have been in flower for a couple of weeks.

                              A question about snowdrops:-

                              We have lots of bunches (dozens) of them but haven't split any for a few years. We've been discovering lots of them are now lying loose on the surface :scratch:. Would this be young ones that have nowhere to root in because of overcrowding, dug out by the birds or do they naturally come to the surface?
                               
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                                I've noticed some small bulbs doing the same here @shiney and I wonder if they're self seeded ones maybe it's because they're not deep enough in the first place, and push themselves out of the ground as the roots grow down.
                                Maybe someone will come up with a better reply :smile:
                                 
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