At this time of the year, Frilly, our Weeping prunus 'Frilly Frock', is the star of the show. He had a good trim in the autumn and now that he has burst into flower, looks fantastic. Yesterday morning he brightened up a grey day.
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A self-sown #Prunus in the privet hedge at the front has been #flowering for several days. It is full of bees and other early insects.

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The #Hellebores in the stumpery have been flowering for a few days. They are an important early flowering plant for (equally early) #insects.
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First day of meteorological #spring today. The #Crocus are up everywhere, albeit affected by mole activity. They find it difficult to grow through our enormous mole hills.
Immediately, early bees find them. Early flowering plants are so important for the #insects.

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#Pulmonaria or #Lungwort, flowering in the last days of #winter. This plant came originally from my parents’ garden in #Austria more than 25 years ago.
When I was out gardening yesterday, I noticed the first bumblebee. Shows how important early flowering #plants are.
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The #muntjac has left us some #crocuses this year. He is munching on the #Anemone blanda instead. There is not one.

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#Bulbs have been coming up for a couple of weeks or so. In the #GrassMeadow the #snowdrops are about to burst into flower. Foretelling #spring.

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The Winter aconites (Eranthis Cilicia) in the grass meadow flower from February to March.

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