Thursday, January 14, 2016

White winter?



Is has been very mild the past months, so some plants are still growing whilst others are blooming before their time. Some of the winter-flowering plants are giving their best show ever this year... so no snow but instead large amounts of white flowers!



Helleborus niger (left) is also known as the Christmas rose, and this year this name proved to be factual. Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis' (middle) is also known as the Japanese winter cherry as it flowers between November and March; normally with few flowers in between cold-spells but this year in masses of blushed white blossoms. Viburnum tinus, originally from Southern Spain, is widely planted for its winter blooms. Never before did I see so many on this Laurestine.

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