Hi Droopy - how about a name - all. Ref the Heathers I used to grow some in first garden and these also were Spring flowering - they were in a bed which along one side of it I planted a goodly number of "Purple Tommies" or Crocus Tomasinianus. These made a really good show and then having flowered were left for their foliage to die off in all good time. That having happened a tidy up was required but at the same time since I was a little tired of seeing the bare surface all the rest of the year I decided to move the corms to another less prominent position. This having been done some light and small plants were planted in their place and all was fine. Came the following Spring and so surprised to see this very tiny Crocus flower laying out on the soils surface. Investigation showed it to be attached to just a half of a small Crocus corm which I must have "speared" when shifting them and then missed. Says a real lot does that in my view as to just how much Ma Nature and her vast family from huge to tiny as here want to survive - we gardeners can be justly proud I think that we are helping her as much as we can - goodness knows in this polluted and destructive (to her) age she needs all the help she can get. Syd.
A few more Spring Signs. ( photo / image / picture from Sydney Smith's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Sydney Smith's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Sydney Smith's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Sydney Smith's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Sydney Smith's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Sydney Smith's Garden )
great signs of spring...it is a long way off for us and I especially love seeing something green growing but we have a lot of snow cover in my area...
Hi all. What a bind - have masses of Crocus coming up everywhere but have hit a snag with my pic resizing to the site - trying to sort it and send some. That Pulmonaria looking really nice now. Syd.
@Sydney Smith, I am so glad to come across this thread with its interesting pictures. I like the blue primrose and white snowdrops.
