Friday open thread: flower report

[dolorosa_12]

I walked to the swimming pool this morning accompanied by a dawn chorus of birdsong: wood pigeons, sparrows, and blackbirds. When I emerged for the return journey, Ely was shrouded in misty rain, and the cathedral was disappearing into the sky.

Everywhere there are signs of spring.

Today's open thread is, quite simply: what are the flowers like where you are? Here, we've got cherry and plum blossom, daffodil bulbs emerging from the soil, flowering rosemary, and buds just starting to appear on one of the quince trees. Here's a photoset I put up on Instagram.

Please feel free to share photos or descriptions of your own floral scenery in the comments. For those of you in the southern hemisphere, flowers are probably going to be harder to come by, so instead: what is the plant life doing as things turn autumnal?

Comments

[lirazel]

The daffodils are blooming, and I am anticipating the tulips coming up soon! And then the blossoming trees! I'm so happy spring is coming!

I have to say: I really miss the snowdrops I got to see in Wales. I really fell in love with them, and we just don't have them here. We also don't have bluebells, which is tragic. Those are the two flowers I definitely miss the most.

[dolorosa_12]

We had snowdrops at our old rental place (where we lived for eight years before buying this house in 2021), and I miss having them — I should plant some this year. Bluebells are also gorgeous — you have good taste in British flowers!

Daffodils and tulips are such a lovely sign of spring, and it must be wonderful to be surrounded by so many blossoming trees!

[lirazel]

Spring here is really gorgeous! Especially once all the trees turn green.

[lirazel]

Oh, I forgot to wax poetic about tulip magnolias! And I feel so bad about it that I had to come back to the post to give them a shout-out!

[dolorosa_12]

I love magnolias!