So, the first few days of proper spring as the vernal equinox took place at exactly 21:24 (Greenwich Mean Time) on Monday March 20. The spring weather has yet to appear though as we have had showers and heavy rain all week with the best of the sunshine first thing in the morning. However, I…
Tag: flower photography
An English Spring
After the dark short days of November, the wet and windy days of December and the long dreary month of January I look forward to signs of spring. Luckily late winter flowers in February of snowdrops, winter aconites, crocuses, early dwarf irises and hellebores help revive the spirit and fill the gap until the real…
Six on Saturday | Middle-March
The month of March is marching on with only a couple of days until we reach the vernal equinox when daylight hours equal the hours of darkness. This is when spring truly starts for me. I was going to do a post purely about the yellow flowers appearing in my garden this week, but could…
Nature Photo Challenge: Pink
Pink is not a colour I associate with my garden and especially at this time of year, but I thought I’d have a wander and see whether there was anything in flower this weekend. (please click on image to enlarge) And a trio of brightly coloured Anemone ‘St Brigid’ The header photo is a Hellebore…
Six on Saturday | The Big Chill
Forget the start of Spring, winter returned with a vengeance this week to many parts of the UK and northern Europe. Fortunately in the south-west it was rain and not snow. Still too cold and wet to do anything much in the garden, but the only thing I need to do is go round and…
Six on Saturday | Spring Forward
Although the first of March is considered to be the beginning of spring in meteorological terms I tend to stick with the astronomical terms – the Vernal equinox falls on Monday March 20th this year. But there is no doubt that life in the garden is beginning to emerge with the longer hours of daylight….
Nature Photo Challenge: Patterns
A new photo challenge has been launched by Denzil with a new theme each week (Wednesday). For this one I had a look around my own garden and found some lovely stripes and circles. Denzil Nature Photo Challenge #1 | Patterns
Only the Blues
Iris reticulata ‘Alida’ (Alida: pale silky blue, mid-blue fall with yellow blotch.) Iris reticulata ‘Clairette’ (Clairette: A distinctive sky blue iris with purple falls marked white. Light blue, golden blotch.) Iris reticulata ‘Rhapsody’ (Rhapsody: Blue bird blue, falls royal-blue with yellow and white rimmed blotch.) These little beauties all began to flower last week and…
Cornwall in Colours 