I took these photos of the plants that were beginning to wake up after a long , seemingly never ending winter – where I live anyway.
The lungwort below, or pulmonaria if you want the fancy name looks delicate but it had been flowering for weeks when this photo was taken.
Instead of multiplying as I had hoped, only two of my ‘Joyce’ dwarf irises appeared.
As you can see I still have quite a bit of tidying up to do, the weeds seem to grow all through the winter.
You can just see a glimpse of purple/lilac to the left of the snowdrops below, that’s a heather just beginning to flower.
Since taking these photos the forsythia has started to flower, and it looks like the plum tree won’t be far behind, however our weather is going to get really cold overnight again. It’s tough being a gardener in Scotland!
Hurray! It is spring and your garden posts are back!
Jennifer,
But it hailed heavily today and will be below zero tonight. Spring weather seems quite far away!
So nice to see spring has reached you! My garden is still mostly under snow *sigh*
Stefanie,
We’re still getting heavy hail showers. It’s amazing how well the flowers stand up to it! Your garden will come on in leaps and bounds, much faster than here I’m sure.
I always enjoy photos of your garden. The snowdrops are beautiful. I look forward to seeing more in the future.
I have a lot of work ahead of me in my small garden area. I think I have lost a lot of plants, and the weeds are horrendous. But I need the exercise.
tracybham,
Thanks. Yes gardening is great exercise and I’m sure it’s good for the soul too! I’ve definitely lost some plants despite it not being a really bad winter, we’ve had a lot of rain though – and the weeds never stop growing!