[Hilary]

CYCLAMEN

Cyclamen outside our front door
In flower continuously since before  Christmas

[Hilary]

PURPLE FLOWERS IN FEBRUARY

I snapped both these flowers somewhere off the road between Tripolis and Sparta in February 2016

Anemone blanda, Grecian windflower
Iris unguicularis, Algerian iris

[Charithea]

Thank you Hilary for all those flowers you have posted. I don't always have the time to remark on them but please know they are much appreciated.

[Hilary]

Glad you enjoy seeing the flowers  from over a year ago when we used to be able to explore Greece

[Hilary]

PINK FLOWERS IN FEBRUARY

All these flowers, apart from the Hyacinth, were seen either in a friend’s garden or at the local florists 

Hyacinth in Corinth in 2014
Dianthus, both in Kiato in 2014
Azalea, Kiato and Corinth in 2014 and 2016
Cineraria in Corinth in 2016

[Hilary]

MORE PINK FLOWERS IN FEBRUARY

Prunus communis, Corinth

Prunus armeniaca near Kalendzi, Corinthia

Silene colorata, Ancient port of Lechaion

[Charithea]

All I can say is that they are all Beautiful and they bring spring nearer.

[Hilary]

WHITE FLOWERS IN MARCHES PAST
Freesia Sparrmanii, where did I get this name, I am not at all sure about it now?
We used to have these popping up every year in the trough on the front balcony, then they disappeared

Laurus nobilis and Viburnum tinus growing magnificently in the back yard of the block of flats. It’s a great jungle down there, home to birds, insects and the passing cat.

Lygos raetam growing by the side of the road parallel to the railway lines in Ai Theodori, Corinthia, Greece

[John J]

Names can sometimes be cruel. Take the case of Rosa canina for example. The specific name means pertaining to dogs. In this instance rather cruelly applied metaphorically to what was considered an inferior kind, that is a scentless not a scented species. Personally I find it no less attractive for that.

[Hilary]

RED FLOWERS IN MARCH

Three red flowers in March

The first in the National Gardens Athens, 2011
The second near the village of Galataki, Corinthia, 2011
The third in the Retiro Park, Madrid , 2015

[Hilary]

ORANGE FLOWERS IN MARCH
Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi. The photo was taken years ago but several of its children are flowering wildly at the moment on the front balcony

Buddleia madagascariensis. The photo taken years ago, we had bought this plant at a MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY plant exchange and planted in the backyard of the block of flats. It grew very well on neglect, in fact too well for a neighbour who replaced it with something else, which died. However, it had escaped to the empty plot next door and seems to like the neglect there

An orange/ copper coloured freesia growing in a pot on a balcony I pass on my way to the shops. It appears year after year and is probably in flower right now

[Hilary]

VARIOUS EUPHORBIA IN GREECE
1 & 2
Euphorbia dendroides  seen on a MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY excursion to Kea, Cyclades in April 2002

3 & 4
Euphorbia rigida seen off the road between Tripolis and Sparta, Lakonia at different years in March

5
Euphorbia characias seen at Ancient Corinth one March

[Hilary]

   THREE BLUE FLOWERS
Anagallis arvensis, seen near Galataki a village in Corinthia
2011

Vinca minor seen in my favourite field between Sparta and Corinth
2014

Globularia alypum Not sure where I saw this probably deep in the hinterland of Loutraki, Corinthia
2019

[Hilary]

TWO PURPLE FLOWERS

Freesia, these used to grow on out front balcony but the bulbs must have been thrown away with the old soil and the Bermuda Buttercup plants

Fritallaria meleagris seen in the grounds of the New Castle at Sherborne, Dorset, UK

[Charithea]

Wonderful plants and flowers Hilary. I have been somehow  shut out of the forum for  a few days. I am constantly asked for my password.