Six on Saturday. February Cheer.

February bring bird Sung , lighter afternoons and a lightening of the spirits because thing are excite in the garden . But I did n’t have a bun in the oven it to bring me this poor cozen peacock butterfly stroke who has n’t got a very firm grasp of the calendar and is doom to die a chilly death . I imagine he take to the woods from the shed when I went to get my tools . He count a second baste , perhaps he has been hurtle himself at the window to attempt to get out .

My pet wintertime bloom are getting into their stride . I am always delighted to see the wintertime aconites , Eranthis hyemalislike piffling blobs of sunlight growing out of fresh green choker all over the garden . If they are happy they will seed around into yellowed carpet but they wo n’t thrive in teetotal gardens . They are woodlanders and like mottled shade and soil that does n’t dry out out . When the Sunday shines they open up and look like buttercup . They in reality go to the buttercup house .

February is snowdrop meter and galanthophiles like me get very boring . Many masses say that snowdrops all front the same and in fact I suppose this is true to a sure extent and we all have difficulty identifying many of them when we lose recording label . ButGalanthus‘Trumps ’ is very typical with the green grading on the verboten petal . It is such a beauty , I eff everything about it apart from its unfortunate name . There are several snowdrops with a yellow ovary and yellow marking on their petals . Galanthus‘Spindlestone Surprise ’ is a very vigorous one in my garden . I have tidy sum of snowdrop blooming at the moment but we ’ll leave it at these two today .

Aglais io.Peacock Butterfly

In the greenhouse I have pots of bulbs to give me an early show . The small hoop petticoatNarcissus bulbocodium‘Mary Poppins ’ is very dependable . As the flowers go over more buds assailable to make a long- endure display . I have shown this lovely narcissus before on this web log . When she is in bud I wreak her to the indoor garden so I can relish her niggling lily-white trumpets .

Also in the conservatory the Solandra maximabuds I showed a twain of calendar week ago have fulfilled their hope and now that they have gone over another bud has opened . The yellow peak get a richer , deeper coloring material as they maturate and they have beautiful wine - coloured marking inside . They are like pyxie jacket for giant pyxie because as they launch the out flower petal fold up back and have frilly edges .

I get so aroused about these stunning bloom that I am always drag out mass in to stare at them , friends , go neighbours , the plumber , anyone who comes near my house . A livery man was only spare because the Pianist was give me a funny smell . But really they are arresting and slightly fragrant too , they are pollinate by bats in their native home ground .

Aglais io.Peacock Butterfly

I should have started this post with my beautifulSolandra maxima or made it the grand conclusion but as it is Valentine ’s Day next week I will finish with a little romance . My little lilac tommies orCrocus tommasinianusare ordinarily the first into bloom but this yr they have been beaten by the pretty yellowCrocus chrysanthus‘Romance ’ . I like species crocus so much more than the big juicy shiny Dutch ones and they are always earlier into flower . So this niggling ‘ love story ’ is my Valentine ’s Day treat .

February days bring plenty of delicate blooms in the UK so do moderate outSix on Saturdayhosted by Jim atGarden Ruminationsand see what everyone else is delight here and afield ..

35 Responses toSix on Saturday. February Cheer.

I am with you regarding the species crocus , and yours is such a lovely pantry chickenhearted semblance .

Six on Saturday. February Cheer.