Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

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 Liz on January 8, 2013 at 14:20

Just a few snaps of winter flowers on the walk back from the shops

these hardy little troopers which just keep flowering

and finally these are good enough to eat provided my son doesn't get to them first.

Permalink Reply by Sam R on January 8, 2013 at 22:56

Is the last plant related to the garlic family Liz? It looks like wild garlic but should'nt be flowering now.

Permalink Reply by Liz on January 8, 2013 at 23:00

Yes, its an allium all right. It's three cornered leek which I'm reliably informed you should never plant into your garden as it takes over. Mine is planted up in a nappy bucket by the front door. Leaves and flowers are edible. Inside the flowers are tiny sweet 'onions' which my son loves to munch on. A good standby for winter as you can use it like spring onions for cooking.

Permalink Reply by Julia on January 9, 2013 at 0:02

Thanks for identifying it Liz, it has a very distinct oniony/garlicky smell which nevertheless never seems to be quite one or the other. When we moved in just over two years ago our garden was overriden with it. We're keeping up the good fight every time more appears but it really is a battle...

Permalink Reply by Sam R on January 9, 2013 at 22:59

Oooh next time you need to dig any of them up I'd love to have some. When I was little our back garden was next to some woods which had wild garlic running wild. I used to love the smell and always brought bunches home to mum to cook up.

Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on January 9, 2013 at 23:29

Hiya Sam, you mean a wood like this one:

Permalink Reply by Sam R on January 12, 2013 at 8:14

Absolutely Dick. I can smell the glorious mouthwatering scent just by looking at it. Is this a wood you have visited? Where is it? I always try and go back to Wiltshire in the spring to visit the garlic and bluebell woods.

Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on January 15, 2013 at 23:21

The picture was taken during a walk up Leck Beck starting near Cowan Bridge on the A65. Probably near coordinates 54.193027,-2.543778 on Google map.

Permalink Reply by Alison P on January 9, 2013 at 14:10

Yowza Liz, love those pink and yellow ones!

Now that I've started looking out for flowers I've been really noticing catkins - saw these beauties the other day near Ally Pally. They are so delicate, they tremble in the air at the slightest movement. Gorgeous. The plant is called Garrya I think.