Daffodils

[movan]

Daffs are always out in December down here, fields of them going unpicked at the moment, bitter sweet sight.

Strangely enough, yesterday as I drove along revelling in the beautiful sight, I was delighted that covid seems to have emptied the streets of the many yobbos that usually trample them all into the ground.

 

[movan]

Growing under our van
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Any ideas?

Yes:, I'll give you the going rate

 

[Mountain man]

Never seen that before but my neighbour will buy it from you.

 

[denisejoe]

Whilst gardeners are here can anyone identify these in the grass

 

[Mountain man]

Looks like spurge Laurel wild flowers

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[Mountain man]

Ignore that first post looks more like sweet violet.

 

[movan]

I thought they look like wild violets if there is such a thing? Very pretty.

 

[Mountain man]

I thought they look like wild violets if there is such a thing? Very pretty.

Yes there is such a thing .Sweet violet perennial herb woods and hedgerows.

 

[Mrsambulancekidd]

Just goes to show how far were behind.(Highlands)

It does, we are a good bit down from you and our first ones flowered yesterday.

 

[Mountain man]

It does, we are a good bit down from you and our first ones flowered yesterday.

Ours still have a long way to go but I will post picture when there blooming.

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[denisejoe]

I thought they look like wild violets if there is such a thing? Very pretty.

But they only last until I cut the grass

 

[movan]

But they only last until I cut the grass

 

[Ukeman]

Cheshirecat 57. Cabbage ?

 

[denisejoe]

Most survived you will be happy to know raised the cutter a little

 

[Cheshirecat57]

Cheshirecat 57. Cabbage ?

Tell you what, I will roll some into a fag......If in 10 minutes I am still concerned as to what it is........it is probably cabbage

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[glenn2926]

Well they finally flowered and I nearly missed it. Been teaching a chainsaw course all week. So not been out this way with the dog. I have caught it though.

 

[bigwood]

We have quite a few white dafs the have flowers on them but a lot of them are flat on the ground. We get a decent amount of light helping things bloom early but the wind can then flatten them.
Out of four winter hanging baskets only one has survived with flowers in it and that was in a corner outside the dinning room door. The one at the front of the house and on the drive gave up when the cold spell hit this area.

 

[GirlyVanGirly]

We have quite a few white dafs the have flowers on them but a lot of them are flat on the ground. We get a decent amount of light helping things bloom early but the wind can then flatten them.
Out of four winter hanging baskets only one has survived with flowers in it and that was in a corner outside the dinning room door. The one at the front of the house and on the drive gave up when the cold spell hit this area.

I find the tall, double flowered daffs blow down in the slightest wind, so we have grown a lot of tete-a-tete this year and love them. These are in the top of our water butt.

 

[Mountain man]

Miniature Daffodils are nearly out.Large are I think about 1 more week should see them in bloom.
Snake head (Fritillary)following closely behind.

 

[Mountain man]

Daffodils just about out think there waiting till the 1st April.
Mini daffodils out though.

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[Phileas Fogg]

Daffs are nearly all over down here, the first ones normally appear before Christmas and this year they have been beautiful. Sadly though fields of them have gone unpicked due to the lack of Eastern European pickers, the Brits just aren't interested.

 

[Mountain man]

Daffs are nearly all over down here, the first ones normally appear before Christmas and this year they have been beautiful. 4 Months behind for us then this far north .Sad they remained unpicked hopefully next year will be different.

 

[houdini]

Adore daffodils and have been treating myself to some every week, cheers me up every time I look at them!

We have finally been a bit further afield and parked up in Chawton. The daffodils either side of Chawton House drive were so pretty, as is the house and little church beside it.

If you are interested tonight -

Wednesday 9 pm on Ch 5 ‘In the steps of Jane Austen’ with Giles Brandreth. He visits her house and Chawton House, which has been a women’s authors’ library for a number of years. It used to be where Edward Knight, one of Jane’s brothers, lived.

 

[Phileas Fogg]

We are surrounded by fields of daffs, chatting to one of the farmers he said that a few EU pickers were around, he had though managed to recruit enough UK people to make up a 'gang'.
They lasted exactly four days, as soon as the weather got wet most packed up and left.

 

[Mountain man]

We are surrounded by fields of daffs, chatting to one of the farmers he said that a few EU pickers were around, he had though managed to recruit enough UK people to make up a 'gang'.
They lasted exactly four days, as soon as the weather got wet most packed up and left.

Snowflakes can’t be a##ed.

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[Geistguy]

Just starting to break bud in NE Scotland ❄❄

 

[Mountain man]

And here they are.

 

[davanne]

Whilst gardeners are here can anyone identify these in the grassView attachment 475219

We have the same on one of the back lawns ....never had any before so not sure where it came from

 

[davanne]

We called up at Max’s sisters farm the other day and they have a bank that is absolutely covered they were beautiful the photo doesn’t do them justice. That’s a sheep behind the tree

 

[Geistguy]

Looking good over in the west Mountainman Gales and snow 2 weeks ago in Aberdeenshire ruined ours which were still in bud

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