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Not cherry tomatoes but #gaultheria berries ! 😁🌱

A glimpse of sunshine and the naturalised Crocus tommasinianus started to open.

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#MagentaMonday is my petunia hanging basket enjoying the morning sun and the heater till it warms up some.😃🔥

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Close-up of three white entwined snowdrop flowers hanging from slender green stems, their nodding blooms softly lit against a blurred green and white background with pale speckles of light.

1st-2nd February is Imbolc, a Gaelic festival celebrating the impending lambing season and the birth of new life. A Scottish legend tells that the arrival of snowdrops infuriates Beira, Queen of Winter, so she brings frost and snow as she battles to keep her hold. #FolkloreSunday

🌱🚀SURPRISING FIRST! Delphinium x belladonna 'Bellamosum' an atypical 1st out of the gate, but after dry freezing & bottom heat, germinated in 5 days - now day 10. This hexaploid nothospecies is a result of crosses between D. grandiflorum (pic 3) & D. elatum (pic 1). Ranunculaceae

Iris ‘Harmony’

Spring is in the air !

#Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ #bee 🐝🌱

A collage of six pictures from my tiny garden. Stars of the show are the Hellebores. The dark double one is a recent acquisition. The other one is one from Ashwood Nurseries. The small pictures are the tiny white, sweetly scented flowers of Sarcococca, emerging Crocus flowers (I must buy more this year), a white Camellia bud and tiny white flowers of sweetly scented winter Honeysuckle.

🌱 #sixonSaturday
Pictures from my tiny garden which has been totally soaked this week. I have been able to be out in it a couple of times and have seen bulbs growing. It won’t be long till they flower.

There are quite a few flowers on this hellebore 'Penny's Pink'! And with tall stems to enjoy them. Mine are drooping ( rain)

My Little Garden 7th Feb 2026 My Little Garden 7th Feb 2026 Another week, another hellebore. And I make no excuse, because they are the best thing in my garden right now. The snowdrops, cyclamen and crocus are all trying really …

The week when February brought the rain.
#mylittlegarden #SixonSaturday #bloomscrolling
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I only saw one. Not easy to take a photo though.

It’s been a very wet week, but today’s #SixOnSaturday still highlights some plants that are great for winter scent. We have a hellebora flower, Winter Honeysuckle, Plum blossom, Virburnum, Sweet Box and Cornus mas.

Have a great weekend!

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#SixOnSaturday saw snow finally melting🫠my seed order has a dark theme this year, birds were everywhere, greenhouse was packed and full of flowers, and my poppy pots should germinate now that the snow melted.

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A collage of six photographs of flowers, comprising: a purple Iris reticulata with feather like petals sticking up and lipped petals marked with black spots against a splash of white; a clump of pale purple narrow Crocus buds; the underneath of two white Snowdrops showing green striped markings; a large petalled purple Viola with a white & yellow centre marked with fine back lines; small white bristle like flowers of a Sarcococca with dark green leathery leaves; a close up of an Iris reticulata showing lipped petals with a splash of dark purple and white with dark spots.

In another rather soggy #SixOnSaturday... Iris reticulata 'Pauline,' Crocuses, Snowdrops, a self seeded Viola, fragrant Sarcococca flowers & Iris reticulata 'Clairette' onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2026/02/07/s... 🌱

A 3x3 collage of close-up photographs of wild violets in shades of deep purple, lilac and white. The flowers are shown from different angles, revealing veined petals, pale throats and slender stems against soft green foliage.

The violet, a symbol of modesty and loyalty, is another birth flower for those born in February.

“The violet in her green-wood bower,
Where birchen boughs with hazel mingle,
May boast itself the fairest flower
In glen, or copse, or forest dingle.”

- Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

#sixonsaturday 07-02-26 in which you’ll see new shoots of honeysuckle, of clematis, cyclamen and acorus, tips on wisteria, some losses and a blue tit 🌱

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Collage of February scenes: clusters of lilac crocuses rising through leaf litter; pale pink daphne flowers among glossy green leaves; a blue tit perched on a branch; a great tit on mossy twigs; close-up of white snowdrops with green markings; vivid purple iris reticulata; and a carpet of delicate pink cyclamen.

Will the winter never be over,
Will the dark days never go?
Must the buttercup and the clover
Be always hid under the snow?

Ah, lend me your little ear, love!
Hark! 'tis a beautiful thing;
The weariest month of the year, love,
Is shortest and nearest to spring.

Adeline Whitney

#FoliageFriday in the greenhouse is a colorful pot of coleus surrounded by a flat of pinched petunias all waiting for spring 👏🙌☀️

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Our #FloridaNative Coral Bean tree
(Erythrina herbacea) was unfazed by our 29-year low temperature of 35 degrees earlier this week. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden

A collage of twelve close-up photographs showing the textures of tree bark and fungi at Anglesey Abbey. Each panel features different natural patterns, including peeling bark, cracked surfaces, pale lichen patches and layered fungi in muted earthy tones.

After sharing a bark collage a few weeks ago and seeing how much you enjoyed it, I thought I’d share some more. Close details from Anglesey Abbey last weekend, where bark, lichen and fungi create endlessly varied patterns.

White #amaryllis given to my mother for Christmas: 3rd flower stem and a 4th one in progress!
Each had 4 or 5 flowers: amazing bloom 🌱

Two early-flowering purple irises in bloom, their slender petals marked with yellow and white near the centre, rising from thin stems against a softly blurred green background.

The early-flowering spring iris is a February birth flower, named for Iris, the radiant Greek goddess of the rainbow and messenger between heaven and earth. Long linked with brighter days and good news, the iris symbolises courage, faith, wisdom and valour in folklore tradition.

a square planter filled with quite closely packed blue iris reticulata flowers

Iris reticulata 🌱

#Bloomscrolling #TuesdayBlue #BlueTue #ColorADay #EastCoastKin

While the tropical greenhouse was closed for snow, ❄️ my red #Amaryllis decided to bloom in private 😂 I discovered it yesterday ❤️‍🔥

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Lots of activity today around the bird feeders !! 😁

I took this photo before the snow. I tried to cover all my #Hellebores with some frost cloth but it blew away in the gale force winds🤷🏼‍♀️they are well covered in snow now❄️

#Flowers #Gardening #Winter #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #GroundhogDay2026 #February

yellow witchhazel flowers in a fairly gloomy woodland

Witchhazel 🌱

#SundayYellow #Bloomscrolling

The snow is over my boots 👢 so I am trying to stay in and resist the temptation to open either of my greenhouses. The #wildlife needs a little extra care during these times with food and water.

#Nature #WildlifePhotography #SnowSunday #Gardening

Things to see in and around my garden this weekend, a budding blue grape hyacinth, a trio of snowdrops, a golden crocus, a crunchy dry hydrangea flowerhead from last year, a fresh hellebore in white and red, and an orange and red polyanthus primula

Saturday salutations sky-folk, if it's still winter it's LATE winter, with all sorts of things starting to happen outside (see alt-text for details).

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