WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN FEBRUARY 2021

Large bee-flies are huge fans of these when planted in part shade, too! (the bee-flies don't like full shade)

Bombylius major - Wikipedia

Nick

 

Hellebores

Crocuses

 

@shiney I see like me you have snowdrop gnomes helping the garden.
Crocus malyi

Galanthus lagodechianus

 

The daffodils are really starting to get going (please ignore the muddy decking and dirty pots )



Minnow:






February Gold:

 

Not a great deal in flower but a few are standing out.
Hellebore.


Tete a Tete.


Daphne aureomarginata, attracting the bees.




Sarcoccoca hookeriana.

The Acacia was hit badly earlier in the month during gale force winds and a few -5cs and lost nearly all the flower buds and burnt a lot of foliage.

 

@strongylodon My acacia pravissima has lost all its flower buds before even coming out, I've never known that to happen before.
I'm putting it down to the freezing gale force winds we had here as even Ceonothus "concha" appears to have been quite badly damaged as well.

 

Crocus

 

Sarcoccoca looking and smelling amazing:



This tub is full of last year's bulbs - no idea what odds and ends made it in there but looks promising so far:



And there's just something very satisfying about a freshly pruned and weeded rose:

 

Some hellebores

Hyacinths

Rhubarb that's late this year

 

Leucojum vernum "Snowflake"


Galanthus "Lady Elphinstone"

Ipheion uniflorum "Wisley Blue"

Muscari leucostomum

Ornithogalum fimbriatum

Muscari macrocarpum this has a slight smell of bananas

Primrose


Crocuses in grass


Hellebore

Scilla hohenhackeri

 

Forgot this one earlier a shrubby honeysuckle, scented. Lonicera elisae

 

Popped out to see what Ben the Gardener had done yesterday and noticed yet more Freesias out (also self seeding in the rockeries, plus my Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' has all germinated so have planted some more.

 

More Camellias today
St Ewe

Bob's Tinsie

Camellia Magnolifloriae

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