The wintry weather has delayed the daffodils, so we have mainly Hellebores.
Crocus Pickwick (?)
Bed of Helbores
Yellow spotted Heleborus. (Yellow is the rarest colour of Hellebore)
Heleborus Purpurescens (?)
Close up
Helleborus Foetidus. They self=seed freely, and we have lots.
A closer view of the flowers that usually face down.
Fritillaria imperialis lutea, emerging from underground.
Waterperry gardens, the snow looks like crests on the sea (at least to me)
Saxifrage (from Waterperry’s national collection of saxifrages)
Saxifrage (from Waterperry’s national collection of saxifrages)
More from my site
Magical beauty from a few seeds!
In which Fritallaria Meleagris, or Snake’s Head Fritillary tell me something of the goodness of God
Images of my Oxford Garden in May 2013 ( and my tame rabbits!)
The First Rumours of Spring in my garden!
What my garden teaches– Part I (with latest images of my garden)!)
Gorgeous garden!! Sadly, I our new house, we have slugs and deer that threatened to ruin my very first spate of spring flowers. The deer chomped the rising tulip leaves down to the ground…so ow that they’ve bloomed, they are half flowers. Shows the absolute resilience of the tulips…they bloomed despite their damage (I hear an allegory coming on here). The slugs did a lot of damage to the hyacinths and they too bloomed despite the damage. I’m excited to add to the garden year on year and you just gave me a lot of ideas for varieties.
Blessings on your beautiful reflection on God’s natural world!
Hi LA, We had a terrible and heartbreaking deer problem when we lived in the US.
I find bulbs the most rewarding thing to plant–it’s so cheering when they come up year after year, and naturalize.
Try hellebores–they are an acquired taste, but you’ll love them since they bloom in winter. Also, they are toxic–and so deer-resistant–and with blooming all winter–what’s not to love!!