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Blue Crocuses under a golden witch hazel bush

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Mellnau Fri 13-Feb-26 07:17:46

In my garden both the witch hazel and the crocuses are in bloom now. A fine contrast. Have you got the same combination, or others? 😊

keepcalmandcavachon Fri 13-Feb-26 07:55:15

What a cheery sight to wake up to Mellnau, my crocuses are still a little shy, come on girls!

Mellnau Fri 13-Feb-26 08:27:47

My crocuses are woodland crocuses. They are the earliest. 😊

Esmay Fri 13-Feb-26 08:58:49

How lovely.
My crocuses aren't up yet ,but little clusters of snowdrops are .
My white Japonica has been in bloom for weeks -so lovely that I'm thinking of making a new hedge of them .
The front garden offers no privacy and I dislike it .

loopyloo Fri 13-Feb-26 09:10:44

Must look for those crocuses and plant some.
At least the camellia has started flowering.

MaizieD Fri 13-Feb-26 09:30:58

I have little islands of flowers dotted around. Some early yellow crocuses, a few primroses that have been in flower for weeks, snowdrops in full bloom and a little clump of cyclamen which have also been in bloom for a few weeks now. Witch hazel flowering too.

It's also snowing 😃

shysal Fri 13-Feb-26 09:39:33

I love the colour combination. In my garden it is primroses with blue Anemone Blanda, both of which are presently in flower.

J52 Fri 13-Feb-26 09:46:42

I’d go out and look, but the rain puts me off!
Lovely photo.

25Avalon Fri 13-Feb-26 09:58:14

I cleared my overgrown old rockery last autumn. Now yellow primroses and cyclamens both white and pink have sprung up all over. They weren’t there before. It’s a lovely cheerful sight.

pably15 Fri 13-Feb-26 10:05:18

I just notice one of the pots in my front garden has at least a dozen yellow crocus ...lovely to see..

Mellnau Fri 13-Feb-26 11:20:25

loopyloo

Must look for those crocuses and plant some.
At least the camellia has started flowering.

That is a fine picture of a camelia! 😊

We have we light red flowers, and every year it also shows some dark red fkowers. 😊

Caleo Fri 13-Feb-26 11:53:05

Mellnau

In my garden both the witch hazel and the crocuses are in bloom now. A fine contrast. Have you got the same combination, or others? 😊

Great imagery, Mellnau. Thanks

Whitewavemark2 Fri 13-Feb-26 13:51:25

My combinations are snowdrops and cyclamen Coum.

Tete a tete and iris reticulata

Primroses and stoney Duncan - my deceased terrier.

My smelly shrub is Christmas box, which on a still day like today is delicious.

DianneAngel Fri 13-Feb-26 16:56:58

My Son is taking me to Dunham Massey next week to see silver birch trees with snowdrops underneath. It is a National Trust property so tea and cake too. hugs

jocork Sat 14-Feb-26 14:24:44

On our walk yeasterday there were a mixture of snowdrops and purple crocuses on the verge in a country lane. So beautiful!

GrannaKaye Sat 14-Feb-26 14:26:26

So jealous of your early spring! We have had spring temps which have melted a lot of snow but left a lot of ice behind as temps then freeze at night. Unusually mild February to date but starting next week, winter will return, likely for another six weeks. I don't anticipate crocuses until at least mid April...sigh...

Purplelavender Sat 14-Feb-26 14:42:31

Love hearing about everyone's emerging spring flowers. I too gaze at the snowdrops, crocuses, primroses and even budding daffs in my garden and feel hopeful that spring 🌼 🌱 is on its way. X

AuntieE Sat 14-Feb-26 15:07:17

Far to early for crocuses here, or anything except some rather reluctant snowdrops.

I have no idea whether they are in bloom or not, as the entire area except my front path and pavement, which I clear, is under 30 cm of snow.

Stansgran Sat 14-Feb-26 15:44:34

I wish people would say where they are. I am at the top of a hill in Durham with only five snowdrops. Maisie is very fortunate.

WithNobsOnIt Sat 14-Feb-26 17:28:18

MaizieD

I have little islands of flowers dotted around. Some early yellow crocuses, a few primroses that have been in flower for weeks, snowdrops in full bloom and a little clump of cyclamen which have also been in bloom for a few weeks now. Witch hazel flowering too.

It's also snowing 😃

Luck you. A big smile when these plants and flowers make their yearly appearance in this horrid cold weather.
They rarely let us down

bridie54 Sat 14-Feb-26 17:42:37

Central Angus in Scotland here and only 1 purple crocus popped through in the border by the kitchen door but no sign of its dozens of pals in the rest of the garden yet.

Success this year though with beautiful yellow aconites. I’ve tried planting them for years and now they’re popping up where I didn’t put them. Accompanied by snowdrops too. Love all the spring flowers .

Frosty and cold here after lots of rain but not much snow.

4allweknow Sat 14-Feb-26 19:19:57

I have tgree Daphne shrubs in bloom and the fragrance is wafting up the garden is wonderful.

MaizieD Sat 14-Feb-26 19:33:13

Stansgran

I wish people would say where they are. I am at the top of a hill in Durham with only five snowdrops. Maisie is very fortunate.

I'm in Durham, too, but at the bottom of a hill. We may be a bit ahead of you but we're also in a frost pocket. I still have snow in a corner of my garden untouched by today's warm sunshine grin

Whitewavemark2 Sat 14-Feb-26 20:25:12

I’m on the South Downs, I think we’ve had a flurry of snow that did not lay before Christmas. We’ve had a week or so cold weather -again largely before Christmas, but this winter has been wet and relatively mild.

I planted some English bluebells in the green yesterday. I have 6 Solomon’s seal to plant sometime, and will move a fern and arum italicum as companions. All that is in that area at the moment is snowdrops. But I just love them.

KathleenE Sat 14-Feb-26 22:33:08

I have pots of purple pansies with yellow narcissi growing with them.