The Spring Thread 2011
I keep talking about Spring and someone asked for some piccys - so I took a couple of hours off from my chores, repotting etc;
The tulips are outside my front door , to brighten up the day for any callers , and for me too when I set out. One of what I call "species" tulips, actually probably a primary hybrid, but I don't fuss about garden plants names the way I do about orchids.
I did talk of the first flowering cherries , but they are ones seen on my local journeys ; I do have a couple of varieties, at least, but the buds are still pushing ; what I had in mind is a Prunus sp. in my garden - here is a pic.
I walked three or four miles in a circle, enough to take me into and out of the forest- which around here means The New Forest ( created as a new forest by William the Conqueror who invaded England in 1066 ; I'm not sure when we shall start calling it the old forest...) whatever, I came across these wild daffoldils - quite a few.... a very good year for them - more flowers than I can remember from previous years. The long cold winter has some advantages it seems, in encouraging buds to develop slowly, perhaps ?
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Originally Posted by devasha
