A sharp breeze took the edge off the sunshine today, but for the spring flowering plants in a little shelter it was the perfect day to open up and shine. I’d be interested in an ident for the double, two-tone narcissus and also for the purple flowering perennial below – it looks like something I should recognise, but I can’t place it at all.
My favourite pulmonaria bar none – Blue Ensign. Only the Himalayan blue poppy matches the intensity of colour.
A pretty, 6″ high perennial. Idents welcomed.
A very unusual narcissus in the canal border.
I’m not generally a fan of plain yellow daffs, but these are very shapely with swept back petals. A bright, cheerful, zingy splash in the canal border.
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Not too good on daffs Sue, but the other looks like Cardamine quinquifolia to me. Very pretty but can be a terrible pest as it spreads through deep set creeping roots…have to keep it away from the expensive snowdrops!
Brian – as ever you are a font of horticultural knowledge.
By way of some reassurance, I remember this plant was in flower when we first moved in last year and it seems to be in exactly the same place – just a slightly larger clump. Beth Chatto’s site has it down as ‘mildly spreading’. But I’ll keep a close eye on it. BTW – have you got me on an RSS feed somehow? You have a knack of knowing when a new post is up…..
No I haven’t Sue, you are on my favourite bookmarks list (aah). Can I get you on an RSS feed, that would be good. Sleet here this afternoon, fortunately the shallots are in the ground before that started, weeds seem to be springing up rather too quickly!
Please don’t eliminate the Cardamine quinquifolia. I love all of the flowers. I understand the Bluebells are a month early in England this year. Is this true?
Hello Skye,
Although Feb was very sunny, we had more nights below 0C than we usually have in winter. I don’t think plants are early at all – our bluebells are showing a few inches of leaves, but I don’t expect them to flower until the end of April. It may be much earlier in south west England which tends to be much milder