Spring is sprunging!

[Palustris]

A few flowers

Lawn Weeds

Cornus mas

January King (Never been known to flower then though)

Crocus

Crocus

Crocus

Crocus thomasinianus and bee

[Palustris]

Even more flowers

Daphne mezureum album

Heleborus bought from Harlow Carr hundreds of years ago as 'the red stemmed one'

Thug weed celandine

Helleborus x hybrid

Nice self seeded double Hellebore

[Palustris]

Yet more flowers

Helleborus foetidus

Helleborus hybrid, nice outward facing yellow one, self seeded

Anemone blanda

H x hybrid

Dark double one

White double, self seeded

Green and red

[Palustris]

Still more. The plaster is on the finger where I ripped off the nail yesterday.

Iris Sheila Ann Germaney (or something like that)

Iris Frank Elder

Helleborus species. not sure which

Double yellow

Hepatica nobilis japonicus

Hyacinthella species possibly H ciliata

Corydalis solida Beth Evans.

[ideasguy]

I am amazed at the diversity of plants in your garden, Eric (and just a teeny weeny bit envious ).
They look gorgeous and so captivating.

I love that double yellow Hellebore. Its unusual and a real beauty.
Your Irises are sooooo lovely.
It must be a pleasure to tour your garden on a daily basis and see all your flowers come into season.

RE:

Corydalis solida Beth Evans.

I really DOOO like that. I have the yellow (self seeds all over the place, but I like it).
Ive tried the blue variety but it huffs and puffs and does not overwinter for me.

RE

Thug weed celandine

I do believe I have that
Does it have a little balled cluster of about 2/3 mm creamy white balls as a root?
When disturbed, they break up and - spread? I now have large carpets of them in places.
 
I had already resolved to plant many more crocus and snowdrops in my garden - you have encouraged me even more
Ive been planting dozens of tulips each year so expect a good show again this year, but the crocuses come into season that bit earlier and add real beauty and interest to the spring garden.

RE:

The plaster is on the finger where I ripped off the nail yesterday.

Ouch! Having broken the top part of a nail off before (a few times) I know just how painful that can be.
What happened?

[Palustris]

We would love to have even more Crocus but sadly the mice eat them except in the gravelled areas where they cannot dig them out. In our previous garden we had layers of them so they flowered from January right through until May.
Corydalis solida is a woodland bulb and fairly easy to come by. The blue one Corydalis flexuosa will not grow here at all for some reason.
I was dealing with a fallen tree in our hedgerow and when I took my glove off afterwards I discovered most of my finger nail was still in the glove. Did not even feel it happen.

[ideasguy]

RE:

I discovered most of my finger nail was still in the glove. Did not even feel it happen

Did it become painful later?

RE:

Corydalis solida is a woodland bulb and fairly easy to come by. The blue one  Corydalis flexuosa will not grow here at all for some reason.

That's interesting. I'm not up for any more challenges with Corydalis flexuosa, but I will  look out for Corydalis solida. If it does half as well as my Corydalis lutea I'll be well pleased!

Remind me please - have you posted photos of Primula vulgaris on the forum?
I love them and bought two packets of seed last week (30 seeds per packet). Both sown - one into the fridge for a few weeks and one in the cold greenhouse. Last year, I had good success with Primula denticulata (purchased seed) and Candelabra primula (collected from a purchased plant, sown fresh after flowering).
I'm anxiously inspecting the plots where I planted some out last autumn. They died away completely over winter, but I can see some little tufts growing steadily.
I hedged my bets and kept a few dozen in the greenhouse in pots. They are growing again and pushing out roots from the pots, need repotted. I'm WELL pleased!

[Palustris]

Not got any pictures of P. vulgaris on the forum.

[ideasguy]

Do you have them Eric? If yes, do they naturalise and spread?
Its a little plant that is near and dear to me as it was one of the first plants I knew in my boyhood.
It grew wild on a particular bank on the side of "our lane" when we lived further out in the country.
I think it was my dad (or else the folk who lived here before us) who planted some in our present garden but I'm afraid the very last one (which flowered for many years) has disappeared.

[Palustris]

We have them and Cowslips and the cross between the two, or at least we did have , nothing showing flower wise at present.

[Eric Hardy]

We would love to have even more Crocus but sadly the mice eat them

The muntjac deer have eaten ALL ours!!!
Having got that off my chest, let me say what a wonderful set of spring photos, Eric, very cheering.
Eric H