Flower of the day

[leifus]

when will this be sticky?

[KeenTeen17]

I have seen wood avens in flower today and also a really small garden daffodil species which I'm not sure what it is

[KeenTeen17]

it looked like a primrose peerless in flower structure but the flower was yellow and very small

[davidbr]

As requested by KeenTeen, a couple of additions to the Flower of the Day thread to keep our record of the winter complete:



Ipheion, Ipheion uniflorum - well naturalised under a tree on Queen Charlton village green, Somerset, 7th January 2009. I've never seen this plant before, even in a garden, and wouldn't ever have got the identification without posting it on here



(Common) Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis - Compton Dando churchyard, Somerset, 7th January 2009. There were quite a few of these in flower, although they'd suffered from the frost - when I first heard about them I'd hoped they might be one of the rarer alien species, but no such luck



Primrose (Primula vulgaris) & Ivy-leaved Toadflax(Cymbalaria muralis) in flower in the same area; the Ivy-leaved Toadflax seems to be going right through the winter as I've now seen it in a couple of places, but I was very surprised to find Primrose out already.

[Phoebe]

Not particularly a wild flower but I have a large pot of Wallfowers in front of my kitchen window in flower!

This is not the time of year for them. They even froze solid and went limp with the ice. Today is milder here and they have lifted their heads and look fit and healthy! These are my flower of the day or winter even!

[KeenTeen17]

Originally Posted by davidbr

As requested by KeenTeen, a couple of additions to the Flower of the Day thread to keep our record of the winter complete:



Ipheion, Ipheion uniflorum - well naturalised under a tree on Queen Charlton village green, Somerset, 7th January 2009. I've never seen this plant before, even in a garden, and wouldn't ever have got the identification without posting it on here



(Common) Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis - Compton Dando churchyard, Somerset, 7th January 2009. There were quite a few of these in flower, although they'd suffered from the frost - when I first heard about them I'd hoped they might be one of the rarer alien species, but no such luck



Primrose (Primula vulgaris) & Ivy-leaved Toadflax(Cymbalaria muralis) in flower in the same area; the Ivy-leaved Toadflax seems to be going right through the winter as I've now seen it in a couple of places, but I was very surprised to find Primrose out already.

thanks dave - we can look back at this thread in the summer and see what we were finding.


and wallflowers!!! thats definitely something recording, do you have photos phoebe?

[Phoebe]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

thanks dave - we can look back at this thread in the summer and see what we were finding.


and wallflowers!!! thats definitely something recording, do you have photos phoebe?

I have not taken a photo yet but I will get one tomorrow... well maybe if I use a flash I could go get one now

[leifus]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

thanks dave - we can look back at this thread in the summer and see what we were finding.


and wallflowers!!! thats definitely something recording, do you have photos phoebe?

are walflowers rare? I didn't think they were but I know where they grow in yorkshire KT.....

[KeenTeen17]

nah. its all right. flash usually dilutes the colour of flower photos . I only use it if I really have to

[KeenTeen17]

Originally Posted by leifus

are walflowers rare? I didn't think they were but I know where they grow in yorkshire KT.....

theyre common garden escapes I think there is a native but they are mostly naturalised