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Winter flowers

On a walk yesterday I was struck by how many beautiful flowers there are around here, even on a gloomy January morning. 

There was this amazing Japanese quince hidden away under a tree in Stationers' Park ..

Clematis flowering early over the beautiful mosaic near the entrance to South Harringay Children's Centre. 

Pansies planted by a resourceful and inspiring guerilla gardener on Frobisher road (take a bow Ant..)

Primroses tucked away in a front garden.

And these amazing, other worldly looking Fatshedera flowers.

I don't think January flowering is unusual for any of these flowers, though the clematis does seem a bit unusual.

Any other spots of winter colour spotted out there?

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on January 5, 2013 at 15:45

Yes, there was a cherry tree (on either Seymour or Hewitt in bloom last month).

Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on January 5, 2013 at 16:09

You inspired me Alison to take a camera round the garden but I found very little in the way of flowers.  Just a bit of forsythia and the odd flash of viburnum and periwinkle. There were a few other pretty sights however, such as bright red dog wood twigs, a sprouting teazel head, some catkins, some Brussels sprouts (left over from Christmas) and the moss growing on my crab apple tree.

(edited by Alison to include the images)

Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on January 5, 2013 at 16:11

And more of the snaps.

Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on January 5, 2013 at 16:11

And the last two.

Permalink Reply by Sam R on January 6, 2013 at 17:06

"Lichens and mosses only grow in areas where the air is clean and will not flourish in gardens in polluted inner-city suburbs"  as stated on many a website such as www.burkesbackyard.com.au/factsheets/Conservation-and-the-Environme...

You must have a little piece of Eden with clean air Dick 

Permalink Reply by Liz on January 6, 2013 at 17:16

Speaking of Eden, you'll find lots of amazing lichens and mosses at Railway Fields

Permalink Reply by Alison P on January 5, 2013 at 20:57

Thanks Dick, they are great. I've taken the liberty of including the images in your post rather than as attachments, as its easier to see them that way. I love the teasel, and that amazing lichen...

Permalink Reply by Sam R on January 6, 2013 at 11:03

Fantastic   perhaps spring is only around the corner!!  I love the fact that its warm enough for a teasel to start germinating.  I will go out armed with my camera to see what I can find.  What a lovely project for a dreary sunday.

Permalink Reply by Sam R on January 6, 2013 at 16:48

Project was very satisfying  Here is what Ive found.

  • Hollyhock flower hiding in my front garden.  Haven't noticed this before.
  • Roses in the front gardens of Beresford Road and Effingham.
  • A Snapdragon hanging on in there growing from a demolished wall in Beresford
  • Then in my back garden some cyclamen, the last of the marigolds but the start of this years Bergenias flowers.
  • Although not flowers I had to include the last of my rainbow swiss chard.  They really are this colourful.  Beautiful to look at and very very tasty

Permalink Reply by Sam R on January 6, 2013 at 17:01

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Permalink Reply by Alison P on January 6, 2013 at 21:37
Fantastic colours Sam, thanks. I'm always amazed at the way some roses seem to hang in there all year round - I'm lucky if the flowers my weedy plant produces manage to last for more than a few weeks!
Permalink Reply by Sam R on January 7, 2013 at 21:36
Lots of muck is what you need to keep them going. I use chicken pellets if I can't get horse

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