A January Rose.

Surprising that this lovely rose is still blooming in the garden in mid January. Presumably it's a result of the mild weather in November and December.

Sweet Violets

Sweet Violets

There is a short path which runs along the top of the banking by the side of the road leading up to the golf course and at the moment it is carpeted in white sweet violets. There are also patches og snowdrops which are coming to an end, daffodils and chinodoxa.

Narcissus-Pheasant's Eye

The Spring bulbs are coming to an end. Mainly just some tulips and the lovely late flowering pheasant's eye narcissus (above) left. Welsh poppies and forget-me-nots have self-seeded everywhere and for the moment have taken over the garden.

Flowers in Bloom - Mid May
Bulbs
Mini-cyclamen
Narcissi - Pheasant's eye
Grape hyacinth
Tulips

Bluebells (Spanish)

Other Flowers in Bloom
Wallflower - perrenial and biennial
Hellebores (3 different)
Brunerra
French Lavender
Primulas - various
Polyanthus - various
Campanula
Forget-me-nots
Ceanothus
Honesty
Pansies
Welsh poppies,
Broom
Clematis montana
Rhododendron
Hardy geraniums
Dicentra
Columbine
Valerian

Aubretia

Violets

Thyme

Corydalis

Lily-of-the-valley

"May Be Out"

Hawthorn (May) Flowers.

Lovely warm day and saw the first of the hawthorn flowers in the Serpentine walk and in the hedgerow along the main road between Upper Largo and Lundin Links. I think it is later into flower this year, but April was very cold here.

"Ne'er cast a clout, till May be out." Never very sure whether this referred to the May flowers blooming or the month of May being over. Seems more likely that it refers to the flower.

Welcome Signs of Spring

There is a patch of rough ground adjacent to the road above the shore in Lundin Links, and there are several groups of daffodils just coming into flower. I particularly liked these attractive delicate flowers - long slender pale yellow petals surrounding a bright yellow trumpet. Also noticed a clump of primroses. After the stormy weather of the last few days, it was nice to see the promise of Spring.

Primroses

Omphalodes (Navelwort)

Not much flowering at the moment; a few straggly flowers left over from last year, but I spotted the tiny blue forget-me-not like flowers of the omphalodes. It's native to Turkey, and forms a mound of mid-green oval foliage, topped with the starry, bright-blue blooms.

Flowers in Bloom - Mid-January
The middle of each month would seem to be a good time to look round the garden to take stock of what is in flower.

Omphalodes

Other Flowers in Bloom
All these were rather poor specimens and hanging on from last year.

Hebes (3 different)
Wallflower - perrenial
Hellebores (2 different)
French Lavender
Primulas - various
Campanula
Mini-cyclamens
Ceanothus