Flower of the Month and the Runners-up

[roitelet]

My flower of the month must be Anemone Blanda, this is the very first one but there are loads of buds showing.Followed by Tete a Tete daffs then Primrose, all self sown. Winter flowering heathers, ecrica, and the first self sown sweet violets

[Martin H]

The March flower of the month has to be daffodil, no contest. Here are some brightening up a corner of my patio:



A distant runner-up in my garden is a flowering cherry tree that lives in a gloomy corner next to the compost:

[Guest]

My flower of the month is auricula - grown from seed last year



My runner up is .....

[WPG]

I'm quickly realising my garden is really just a summer garden - there's lots of green shoots and perennials poking through the soil, but still very little colour. So flower of the month for me is a pot of narcissi. My runner up is dead nettles, which I know a lot of people think of as weeds, but I find them great for ground cover.

[NatalieCooke]

Loving everyone crocuses!
I'm planning on plants some later this year. I was going to plant them in the lawn in some kind of intresting shape. We have quite a large lawn so any ideas an welcome

[Dorothy rouse]

White hyacinth

White Hyacinth, ( runner up, white primrose in background)

[Guest]

Well it was going to the blossom, but I spotted my snake's head fritillaries. The ones where I used to live always got munched by lily beetle, these ones were a birthday treat I think I might be treating myself to some more



The apricot blossom has gone over but the peach is out



Then lastly a pic of the star flowers (ty MH) in full swing

[roitelet]

So difficult to decide on the winner but I think it just has to be the dwarf tulips. The rest in order are, Dronicum, cowslips, celandine so and oxlips.

More in the next post

[roitelet]

And the remainder:-Magnolia Stellata which keeps getting hit by frost and wood anemones.

[unclefudgly]

My flower of the month is my lone Freesia! Will have to buy more this year I think..

[NatalieCooke]

At last I have some colour in my garden. Only problem is I have no idea what it's in. Any ideas?

[Martin H]

I think it's Kerria japonica.

[NatalieCooke]

Thanks you very much Martin I appreciate that!

[WPG]

My garden is finally coming back to life. Runners up for me in April are primula elatior, forget-me-nots, and snakeshead fritillary.

Flower of the month has to be the wallflowers which I sowed last year. Despite the leaves being eaten to bits, the flowers are really brightening up the garden - I especially like the red and orange ones.

[Martin H]

Wallflowers. No second place!