This is a photo of the apple blossom in my garden. I have a couple of other apple trees which I planted but although they are quite tall they can’t be mature enough to flower yet, so no apples from those ones this year.
The few days of warm weather which we had last week fairly brought the flowers on, these fritillaries are favourites of mine. They look like they’ve been painted by a fairy. The white flowers next to them are a type of viburnum.
I’m wondering if these tulips will reappear next year or if they will do what they used to do in my old garden and appear for one year only. Apart from the couple which I didn’t plant which came up every year of the 26 years we lived there.
Doronicum, well I think that’s what they are but I’m not brilliant with perennials, I’ll have to check my plant labels. Whatever, these yellow flowers which I planted last summer were in flower for months so I was surprised that they flowered again so early in the season. It’ll be interesting to see how long they last.
The ferns in the nearby woodland are just beginning to unfurl. I can almost hear them stretching up to the light.
That’s just some of the things which are flowering in my garden now and it’s a cruel fact of life that after I took these photos the wind changed direction and came straight at us from the Arctic, we even had a few snow flurries. I might shiver in the wind but so far the plants are standing up well!
Beautiful photos, a pleasure to see. What type of apple-trees do you have? I hope the spring is kind to your garden. Autumn here now, leaves have turned colour and started to fly away. All part of the cycle đŸ™‚
Valerie,
Thanks. I don’t know which I like most, autumn or spring. That apple tree is the one plant which was here when we moved in, apart from loads of grass, so I don’t know what it is and I didn’t recognise the fruit last autumn. I’ll have to look through my plant labels to find out the names of the ones I planted!
What great photos! I love the fritillaries. I cannot understand how they come out all checkered. You’re probably right about being painted by fairies. The apple blossoms are lovely, too, such a soft shade of pink and white. They all look gorgeous. And then the snowflakes!! Goodness!
Joan,
Thanks. The only things which have been damaged by the fierce wind from the Arctic are the Nicotianas, I think they might be done for!
The fritillaries are amazing. Apple blossoms photo is very nice too.
tracybham,
Thanks, I’m definitely going to be planting more fritillaries, they come in white too.
Your garden is looking wonderful! I’ve always wanted fritillaries like yours but they aren’t hardy where I live so I am very jealous! My apple trees aren’t ready to flower just yet but my crabapple tree is loaded with buds and will be bursting into flower in the next couple of days. I can hardly wait.
Stefanie,
Your winters are fierce, I had no idea that fritillaries are quite tender, they’re happy in a boggy patch of ground here. It’s one of the many great things about gardening – that anticipation!
Like others, I just have to say that the fritillaries are gorgeous! I’d never heard of them before.
Christy,
Thanks, I think they’re quite easy to grow if it doesn’t get too cold in the winter, they especially like wet ground but I’ve grown them in dry sandy soil before.