… Snow returns after hedge laying …
… Cyclamen coum …
… Narcissus Rijnveld’s Early Sensation …
… A honeybee hive arrives, thanks to Andy Ryan, for the first time …
… And in spite of a bitterly cold Easterly, the bees are soon at work in mid February …
… Great delight at the tweaked and renamed David and Valentine Bed …
… Snowdrop ‘Merlin’ and Friends …
…More from David and Valentine …
… The Mossy Croquet Lawn and Snowdrop Borders …
… We really love this early pastel mix …
… The very occasional sunrise returns …
… Along with Red Kites and Starlings …
… This clump of Crocus sieberi has been flowering since early January. It’s only just hung on until the emergence of the first bumblebees of the year, which should achieve some successful pollination …
… Bombus pratorum queen on 18/02/2013, about a week earlier than in 2012 …
… Bombus terrestris queen on Crocus ‘Cream Beauty’ …
… And a honeybee inside some rather attractively aberrant serrated petals (tepals) on the flowers of Crocus ‘Snow Bunting’ …
Posted 21/02/2013
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