With it still being quite cold in the morning this February, it seems like winter is never ending, at least it feels that way when you look at the bare trees and boring shrubs around the garden. We’ve picked our 5 favourite early blooming flowers, wild perennials and bulbs that can bring colour to your garden as early as March. These are the earliest of early bloomers and can be spotted peeping their way out of the soil way before spring is in full swing. So take a mental note and keep your eyes peeled for any of these delightful flowers that may be in sight over the next few weeks.
Here are our top 5 early blooming flowers to look out for:
1. Bleeding Heart (Dicentra Spectablis & more)
Dicentras come in all sorts of shapes and colours but they’ve been given their name from this particular flower. The bleeding heart thrives mostly in woodland areas. It blooms in the cool of spring and often won’t be seen throughout summer if it’s too hot.
2. Sweet Violet (Viola Odorata)
Also known as Wood Violet, English Violet or Common Violet. In Ancient Greece they used it to make perfume and Romans used it to make wine. This flower can be seen growing wild between the months of March and May and has an incredibly distinctive sweet smell!
3. Lenten Rose (Hellebore Orientalis)
The Lenten Rose flowers in late Winter/early Spring and is actually a member of the buttercup family. It gets its name from displaying beautiful rose-like colours through out its bloom. Keep a look out for its fantastic array of dark, leathery petals ranging right through to soft pinks.
4. Primrose (Primula Denticulata)
Primroses grow in all sorts of colours from purple, pink, red, orange and yellow. If it’s mild enough, primroses can flower as early as December and last all the way through until May. Since Victorian times, April 19th has been known as 'Primrose Day' in honour of the late Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.
5. Snow Crocus (Crocus Chrysanthus)
In the language of flowers, crocus means cheerfulness. Even when it seems like winter is never ending, this delightful little flower will manage to break through snow and even ice to put on a colourful display for you. Crocuses that are pink, red, orange, yellow, purple and blue can be spotted growing in wild woodland areas throughout the coldest weather.
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