March 22nd to March 29th
Well, we hoped it wouldn’t be needed, but spring ’21 is on the way and lockdown is still a part of our lives!
Over the coming weeks, I hope you will enjoy sharing your garden pictures with fellow WYHPS members (and anyone else who wants to see them) until the day comes when we can visit each other’s gardens again.
Weather: High pressure continues for another cool, quiet week
Ann Fritchley leads the way this week, with a little help in pellet form
The Iris unguicularis was being eaten by snails as it flowered until I dealt with them by a few slug pellets down the back of the wall 
Primula denticulata – pink always flowers for me before the blue or white 
Ficaria verna Flore Pleno Group (d). Celandine is a weed in the garden but very pretty. 
The Molly the Witch Paeony (P. mlokosewitschii) new growth is just as attractive as the flowering plant
Sue Gray’s submission includes another little beauty from David Barnes’ garden
Cardamine enneaphylla, a beautiful, well behaved, cardamine which came from David’s garden. When the glossy foliage it is almost black, but gradually changes to green, contrasting with the beautiful cream flowers 
Sadly this is not foliage relating to a colony of winter aconites but the emerging, fresh lime green, foliage of a tall, white Aconitum, which is welcome anyway 
Erythronium dens-canis ‘Snowflake’, although we appear to have a rogue pink snowflake 
Shades of pink – Hellebore, Corydalis solida ‘Beth Evans’ & Erythronium, but don’t ask me which one! 
Scilla (formerly Chionodoxa luciliae) ‘Pink Giant’ 
Narcissus ‘Jetfire’ 
Anemone blanda – an unfortunate title I always feel as there is nothing bland about these beauties 
Corydalis solida ‘George Baker’
Ruth Baumberg says “Well Spring has duly sprung; lots in flower but Iris unguicularis is 5 months later than last winter! The primroses are seeding everywhere including the lawn edges.“
Maggie Sugden has found a few more flowers for us this week too
And to round off week 4, Judi Barton has a mystery plant for us to identify. She says “I think I planted this but can’t remember where I got it … does anyone recognise this leaf which has persisted through winter. There are shoots emerging nearby.“ I wonder – could that be a hepatica?
Having seen the hepaticas in someone’s lockdown pics I think that is exactly what it is Brian. 🙂
We had one in the garden last year looking similarly battered – it’s now much happier in the greenhouse, though no flowers yet!