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Continuing in my challenge to post when things have just started flowering I have 4 pictures today. I think the garden is definitely behind in comparison to last year as my tulips where flowering away this time last year but my first one is only just out. I have a lovely bright yellow daffodil ‘Double Smile’ in a pot. Apparently they have a nice fragrance, so I must check next time I go near them. Also some muscari bulbs. Lastly an anemone, grown in a pot for the first time. Do let me know what is flowering in your garden right now

A couple of pots of daffodils have come into flower this weekend. The first is a new one I planted last year which is called Ice King

The second – minnow which is flowering for a second year

These pretty little blue flowers are Leadwort

I’ve been seed sowing in the greenhouse this morning. In previous years I’ve usually completed this task earlier but due to late cold weather I’ve put it off til now. I’ve sown the following: Cosmos Dazzler, Zinnia Orange King and Sweet basil free with my bbc Gardener’s world magazine. Also Antirrhinum mixed and Foxglove ‘foxy mixed’. I usually sow cosmos and zinnia with great success and foxgloves too but the others are new to me. I will keep you posted on progress.

Mum laughs when I call my camellia Debbie but that is the variety of camellia. I haven’t just decided to give it a name that’s easy to remember although that’s often tempting as I don’t speak Latin! Apologies for the bubble wrap in the picture but the plant lives in the greenhouse over winter and we bubble wrap it on the inside to keep it warm. It’s probably time to take it down soon

I have challenged myself to blog pictures of plants as they flower this year as an alternative to my ‘what’s currently flowering each month’ of previous years.

Today one of our three camellias has started flowering. Here is the proof:

Hope you like my new challenge

At least I think that’s what they are called and I’m not sure I planted them!

It’s been so good to be able to get out into the garden the past couple of days even for just an hour at a time. I am a fair weather gardener but really miss being able to potter about in winter. I’ve planted some new primulas (pictures below) and discovered by reading the label (something I only really do with unfamiliar plants) that they are scented. It’s a shame they are so low down really! Just as I had finished that task my snowdrops arrived in the post so they too have been planted in small groups. Today I have finally sowed my sweetpeas (a pink and white vintage variety dating back to the 1730s) in my electric propagator, a little late I guess but better late than never.

Here are a few pictures of what’s currently flowering in my garden.

Sorry about the thumb in this picture but it’s the only way I could get the flower to look at me due to its ‘downward facing habit’. It’s a hellebore by the way

Apologies that the last post was empty, I forgot to press insert for my picture!

I know my snowdrops are a bit late to the party but here they are. They are smaller than I was expecting and I also planted about 5 clumps and these are the only ones to come up. I will be getting more and trying them in slightly different places. I guess they don’t like our extremely wet clay soil.