Spring Flowers

Ode to flowers
Ode to my flowers
I will write about my third love (first is my partner and second are my Pets). Or are they flowers? Hmmm...They are also my big love... flowers in every form. But my repertoire of flowers grew with me, at least as far as my color selection. Times before in my apartment wasn't any red flowers. Most of the flowers was blue (perhaps because they are the most rare) Also you can found white, yellow, orange and pink. The most I was angry at those times, that most Florist didn't seperate between blu...

Flowers are Blooming
Project BudBurst: Recording the Signs of Spring
My grandmother was an avid gardener and observer of nature. She kept careful track of when the snow melted, buds emerged in the Spring and when each flower burst into bloom. Records like these are now being sought by Project BudBurst to create a database that will help scientists better understand Global Warming. Find out more about Project BudBurst and what you can do this spring to help.

Spring flowers start their lives in the fall
If you are a beginner - start with Crocus
Easiest To Grow It seems that crocus are one of the easiest of bulbs to grow and because of this, gardeners hold them in small esteem. Cheap in the stores, and plentiful in the gardens, these charmers should be planted in huge drifts in our gardens and wild areas. "More is better!" shrieks the flower lover in me. Planting Crocus Plant them in as much sun as you have, space them 3-4 inches apart, put them down 2-3 inches deep, and plant lots of them in the same area. Groupings of 20 to 30 i...

My Garden in April
Plenty of colour to greet the April sun and showers
By April the spring flowers in my garden in Royston are making the most of the sunlight, with tulip, hellebore, potentilla, ajuga and kerria fighting to show off their flowers. These are the front-runners of the colourful flowers that will be appearing throughout the spring and summer. The photo shows the apple blossom on my Cox's Orange Pippin tree.

Spring Flowers
Easy to grow flowers for late spring
Apart from their beauty, all the flowers on this page have one thing in common - they are very easy to keep. Mostly perennials, they bloom spring after spring with minimum care. If you're looking for ideas for a low maintenance flower garden, just take your pick, you'll be sure to find something to your liking. All the pictures on this page were taken during one sunny day in May on my parents' gardening allotment in Poland.