Monday, March 16, 2026

Parks

It's all about the flowers at this time of year. We went to our beloved Botanics and admired the many rhododendrons. 

Oh, the pinkness. 

I also really like this, which is apparently a hacquetia epipactis variegata. I don't remember seeing it before but I thought it was pretty. I'm not normally a fan of green flowers, but these are definitely as much yellow as green, and so bright against the brown earth.

We all have muscari, and they're frankly a bit of a pest, but they're also a lovely splash of blue after a grey winter. 


Lots of hellebores, which are not huge fans of my garden, though I have a lovely one in a pot that's lasted several years. 

 
The open greenhouse is full of colourful alpines. 



Then this morning we found we'd had some overnight snow! But it didn't last. 


I went down to Saughton Park to meet a friend for coffee. This bed is really just heather and pieris, but they make a nice bright splash,



as do these polyanthus. It does the eyes and the soul good to see colour at this time of year - an annual miracle. 



 


12 comments:

  1. Spring flowers are going at it enthusiastically..despite the weather!!

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  2. What a joy to see this post as I look out the window to snow and heavy winds!

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  3. It's so good to see colour after the winter months.

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  4. All that color is so wonderful to see! My garden is weeks behind, but slowly getting there. The muscari continues in my garden even as I pull it out each year.

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  5. You have many more flowers than we do! I love that green and yellow one; two toned blooms are my favorite. That purple nuisance one is the new one in my flower bed. Now I'm wondering if I should try to pull them out and put them in a pot.

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  6. Lovely photos of garden colour. I am unfamiliar with the green flowered plant. Must look it up.

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  7. It is heartwarming to see colour and fresh growth. The green and yellow flowers are very pretty and most unusual.

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  8. What Beauty! Enjoy.

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  9. Oooh, that wall at the end of the driveway has taken my by surprise. I vaguely remember you mentioning it, but having not seen it (unless I was comatose?) in real life, it doesn’t seem like it should be there. It’s very pretty though!

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