Thursday, March 15, 2018

A few spring flowers

Between bouts of cold the earliest spring flowers are starting to bloom.  There are a few anemones in the woods and the new growth of dog's mercury is a bright glossy green.  In a woodland garden near home I noticed one clump of daffodils.  They look like wild daffodils (Narcissus pseudo-narcissus) and do not appear to be part of any organized garden.  So far as I could see they are the only clump of daffodils in this area and they seem to have spread from one bulb.  If so I wonder how they got there.


It might be slightly too large for the true species, but the characteristic two-toned flowers have the wildlings slightly downward drooping habit.

Other minor pleasures include the first celandines and a dandelion in flower.




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