The London Under London by Miranda Miller
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Thursday, 31 March 2011
Bleeding hearts
and Celandines and Fritillaria.....Snakes Head in particular.........are three of my fav flowers around at this time of year.......and I have them all in my garden.
A big clump of Celandine which is a member of the Buttercup family...........although I love this plant it does have a mind of its own and I have loads all over the rest of the garden that I will have to pull up!
A nice dark version that is not so invasive!
Bleeding Heart or Dicentra Spectabilis.....I like the way the weird shaped flowers hang along the stem......and that it flowers so early when everything else is still just getting going
Snake's Head Fritillaria......I LOVE this plant.....I mean just look at that colour and the chequered pattern is beautiful.
I also love the work of Charles Rennie MacKintosh......one of my fav paintings of his is one of Fritillaria!!
I do miss my garden when I'm in Kazakhstan.......I was surprised just how much!! It is nice to be back in it!
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welcome home Sue, see you soon. xxx
I love fritil frital snake's heads (even if I can't spell it). They are so delicate, and so beautifully coloured.
Welcome back.
Wow Sue look at that Celandine it looks absolutely stunning. Your Bleeding Heart is so far in advance of mine, my flowers only just coming in bud and the Snakes Head Fritillaries are superb. Cannot wait to see it tomorrow if these pictures are anything to go by. Tracy x
Simply gorgeous...love the Fritillaria, looks almost unreal !!
Oh to be in England now that Spring is here! Welcome home!
Dicentra to me is "Lady in a Bath Tub"... .hold a flower upside down and draw apart the pink petals to reveal the lady in an old fashioned tub.... my daughters, when little, loved to see this!
JoZarty x
Fabulous... the only thing out in the frozen north is daffs!
oh my, seems your spring is weeks ahead compared with here... LOVE these flowers (have them in my garden, too - but not blooming that richly!!) and your pics are just gorgeous!!!!!!
I love the snakes head as well, difficult to grow planted some bulbs one year and 6-7 years later we had a flower, LOL
wow! Ihave never seen this Snake's head flower. That is amazing! Nice photos of all the flowers.
SHFs don't look real do they...more like some alien life-form?
I love them too!
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