Blooms of the 2011 growing season thread

[Tindomul]

Very nice, for the yellow ones look up Ranunculus ficaria, Lesser Celendine. Its an invasive species here which has taken over habitat that belongs to our native Caltha palustris.

[Tindomul]

I guess by now you have figured out I am on a quest to document these flowers.

Here are some more. Weeds, but hey they count since they are flowers.
Please correct me if my ID's are wrong.

Senecio vulgaris, common groundsel


Oxalis conrniculata, creeping wood sorrel


Lamium purpurea, Purple dead-nettle


Arabis lyrata

[RosieC]

I love the oxalis, I grow a pink form in my garden. Like my Mum I planted it purposfully and really love it in the garden. I know my uncle pulls it up as a weed in his veg garden, but I just love the flowers.

[Hedge]

Hi, I have just caught this thread and I haven't got my glasses on so I can't read all the comments but I thought you'd like to see this shot of snowdrops in a local copse

[Jennyfleur]

Oo, Hedge, I love snowdrops

Here are some more from me from today's meander around the garden:

First and Second, because it's my absolute favourite in the garden, fritillary (or Fritillaria meleagris, which, I believe is the same thing)

Third pretty little pink Scabious

Fourth and Fifth, I thought these were called 'rock hyacinths' but I found them on google under 'grape hyacinths'. These grow like weeds even, as the 5th pic shows, along the bottom of the house with the dandelions!

Sixth, Honesty. I guess it's so prolific, you'd also call it a weed, but, hey, eveyone likes a little honesty right?

[camille1585]

I'm surprised to see Scabiosa aready blooming! I normally think of them as late spring-summer plants. I know the grape hyacinths as muscari, which is in fact the latin name. In French for many plants the common name is a part of it's latin name, or something close.

[Tindomul]

Very nice! you beat me to the dandelions. I saw the first ones today.
Hedge, nice pics! Our snowdrops are already spent, they are fruiting now.

One a happier note, I went for a walk in the forest today and found Trout Lilies (Erythronium) starting to come up.

[camille1585]

Yesterday was such a warm summery day (low 80s) that I went back up to the botanical garden to take some pics and read a book in the sun.

I saw this cute little plant along the road going to the garden, any idea what it could be?


The rhododendrons are nearly in full bloom, and I took a pic of one of the many other garden 'visitors'



Chaenomeles x suberba is blooming, I think it's one of my favorite spring plants


A nice shot of the Magnolia and Prunus blooming. It's been so warm that the white magnolias are already dropping their petals.

[Hedge]

Originally Posted by Tindomul

Very nice! you beat me to the dandelions. I saw the first ones today.
Hedge, nice pics! Our snowdrops are already spent, they are fruiting now.

One a happier note, I went for a walk in the forest today and found Trout Lilies (Erythronium) starting to come up.

Ours are over as well now, that was a few weeks ago - but I love the photo with the light through the trees. Caught some lovely dandelions yesterday, will post the photos later if they were any good - my phone is 2MB and good at scenery but not so great at close ups.

[Jennyfleur]

Hey guys, not sure if it still counts as 'early spring', but here's another one from me Senetti this time The photo can't quite capture how vibrant the purple is but it is very striking. I would really like a blue one as they are truly blue and utterly gorgeous. However, where I have this one is at the bottom of the garden and, because of the white, is a lot more visable from the top of the garden. Anyways, hope you like