The Colours Of Spring

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  1. Sjoerd

    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    When we take our breaks we can see that the floor of the garden is showing some colour. A lovely combination of purple, yellow and white. The daffs have not yet begun to bloom, but they are in bud. I had planted these in small groups of 3-5 bulbs, but they have spread themselves out. Let’s begin with the crocus:
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    Another little group:
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    Then there are a few primula’s. The rest are sluggish, but these blue ones are wasting no time. Thry sre frequently visited by bumblebees.
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    These snowdrops are really showing off:
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    These winter aconites are over the top of their beauty, but still a decent sight to see.
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    Out in the country my bee father’s back yard is splendid to behold:
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    This slightly different angle shows his bee shed in the distance.
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    I hope you enjoyed our early spring flowers, especially if they are not yet present in your own gardens.
     
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    "I hope you enjoyed our early spring flowers".
    Enjoy doesn't even start to cover the pleasure and hope your photos conveyed. How incredibly beautiful, and you still have daffodils to come!
     
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    Wow !! Lovely ! no,, just weeds here yet ! But at least they are purple !
     
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    Thank you so much for your very kind words, Jane. I am over the moon that the pics had such a good impression. I was hoping they would.

    Thanks so much, Mart. I reckon that you still have a ways to go yet with your weather. Hang in there.
    Purple weeds? What are they called?
     



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    Nice crocus field. Our croci are finished here, however.
     
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    What flowers are blooming there at the moment, Odif?
     
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    Daffodils and primula and hyacinths and tons and tons of violets. We collected loads of violets. The smell is insanely delicious. The mimosa is in flower too. There is a decorative allium species in flower in my garden, and of course ruccola, but then again that is always in flower. Dandelions are out too. Tulips budding up nicely. DF405E78-A216-4CF0-9A02-4D76077720EF.jpeg I will look and update some flower photos later.
     
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    Great Odif ! I was hoping you would be willing to show some of your plants in bloom. I am quite surprised to see how advanced your flowering schedule is. I am estimating that it is approx. Two weeks; if not more, than here. I find it surprising, because you are in a mountainous setting, and we are as flat as the bottom of the sea here. Is there some high air stream or ocean current effect there?

    Looking very much forward to more flower pics now.
     
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    @Sjoerd We have a kind of magic climate here. We have so many different microclimates here. My Veggie garden is in full sun and our house garden is well protected from the elements. Today is lovely and warm, but the nights frost a bit. Sometimes we have frost in May. If you are on a sunless place, the temperature is not the same. So although it is warm now,it could change at any time. Nothing fragile gets out until mid May.

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    The violets are very good this year. There are so many. These grow wild.

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    There are nice pansies in my veggie garden. They are more or less weeds.

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    Here is a busy bed with lots of primula. The wild primrose is not yet in flower.
     
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    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Wow, thanks Sjoerd and Odif, for showing me some much needed color!
    Still all white here with snow and I needed that :)
     
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    Netty— so glad those piccies could make a difference to someone. Your day will come. You know that, don’t you.

    Odif— Thanks for those great foto’s mate. The little wild violets and violtjes are wild here as well. If they ever spontaneously show up, I just leave them unless they appear in the veggie section. Appear there and it is the kiss of death for them. The Primula’s are looking very good.
     
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    Such beautiful photos! I know it is corny to say they are a sight for sore eyes but that is truly the case! Thanks you two.
     
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    Ahhh, thanks a mil Cayu. The garden flowers are a real kickstart for us in the spring. When we first got our lottie, there was no spring colour, save a few wild violets and violtjes. We agreed that we had to do something about it. Now we have some colour, and I am thinking about planting more this fall.
     
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    Thats a great idea Sj.

    Tell me about the purple crocuses in the lawn.... Does your neighbor just mow really high or delay mowing into late spring? How does this work?
     
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    He waits until they are totally bloomed out and the leaves are dying back. So this means that he delays the mowing until late spring. We planted some croci in front of our home at the beginning of the park and the municipal mowers do not mow where they are until they are dead. They do this out of their own initiative. I am well chuffed.
     
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