Winter Beauties

The flowers in my garden - by LadyDuck
By Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
Switzerland
February 15, 2017 9:00am CST
Contrary to the weather forecast, the second week of February has been warmer than the average. This is the third sunny day in the row and I have ventured in the garden to check if there are sign of nature waking up. I was pleasantly surprised to see some flowers in bloom. From left to right, top to bottom you can see a hellebore, pink primroses, yellow primroses and grape hyacinths. The hellebore and the grape hyacinths can resist even under the snow, the primroses usually come at the end of the winter. Should I hope that old father winter is ready to leave? I hope so, but I don't think so. There are flowers blooming in your garden right now?
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fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Feb 17
We don't have flowers blooming yet, but my hubby told me the primrose, hyacinths and the crocus are coming up. What a wonderful sign of spring. Your flowers are magnificent.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
Thank you, I have seen the crocus later today, but I had already posted the picture.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
@fishtiger58 I am surprised that they survived under the snow.
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fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Feb 17
@LadyDuck I am amazed that they are blooming already when it's so cold still.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
15 Feb 17
There are no flowers around this early in England. In fact, there appear to be none in Switzerland either since I cannot see them.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
15 Feb 17
@LadyDuck It is still not visible, but may appear later. The postcard image in Lany's post behaved the same way, being visible to me but not to you.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
@Asylum It seems exactly the same problem, but when I came back the 4th time I was able to see it. This image is not too big, a lot smaller than the one of Lany.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
I am sorry you cannot see the photo, it seems that the other users see it.
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Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
15 Feb 17
We had a foot and a half of snow Monday and another half foot today so it is very hard to see the gardens. But I love your pictures!
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Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
15 Feb 17
@LadyDuck In Montreal, usually February is the worst for snow.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
We had snow last Friday, but the rain Saturday and the warm following days have melt the snow. February is not over yet, we can still get snow.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
@1hopefulman It's the same here, in fact I am not ready to say that winter is over.
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topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
15 Feb 17
I have seen a few hyacinths but no primrose yet. January has been very cold here, but today was quite a summer day, with 19°C, and we will probably see primroses soon.
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topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
15 Feb 17
@LadyDuck I remember the paw prints you posted. I also hope that the cold is gone for this year, but it is difficult to tell before the end of March.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
@topffer No, I am sure that we are going to have some more cold days before the end of the months. Mardi Gras is always a cold day here. I think it's the 28th of February this year. For one year I am not celebrating my birthday during the Lent.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
Last week it was cold, it even snowed last Friday, I hope that the worst of winter is over.
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
15 Feb 17
No there are no flowers here that i have noticed as of yet. I feel this week there will be some though. So beautiful a place you reside Anna.
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
15 Feb 17
@LadyDuck It will be here too this week all in the 70s F.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
@TiarasOceanView We have still cool temperatures and no more than 32 F in the morning, but the days are warmer now.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
I was so glad to see that some flowers are blooming, let's hope for an early spring.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Feb 17
I love the hellebore. It looks very pretty. It will be nice to see some flowers appearing again after the winter.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
I have a potted hellebore from many years, now I see hellebore flowers blooming in several different spots in the garden, it's crazy how the seeds are spread by the wind.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
@JudyEv The bamboo spread their roots like crazy, we contained the bamboo in a concrete container, but last year one root spread from the top of the container. I had do dig from where I saw the sprout and I found from where it came.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Feb 17
@LadyDuck And those that spread by their root systems sometimes come metres from the parent plant. We had a lantana that we eventually pulled out but we still occasionally get a small plant popping up somewhere.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (72131)
• United States
15 Feb 17
Wow I would love to see signs of spring like that here. Everything I see is buried in snow. It makes it easier though to clean up my yard after the puppy though.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
We had snow last Friday, the poor flowers were buried in the snow I did not imagine they survived.
Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
15 Feb 17
Those are so pretty! I don't have a garden since I can't keep anything alive.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
Sure you can keep flowers alive, pick up easy flowers like the marigolds, it is impossible to kill marigolds.
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
15 Feb 17
we have a communal garden behind the flats but it just amounts to lawn and laundry drying lines
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
16 Feb 17
@LadyDuck only in the Summer when there is launry on them - the weather won't allow for ope air drying at present - the clothing can look colourful
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
@arthurchappell You are right that the clothing can be colorful. Right now also our weather does not allow open air drying.
Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
It's not funny to see laundry drying lines, they should add some colours to the lawn.
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
15 Feb 17
Nothing here like that .It is going to be some time.With all the snow we are having
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
We had snow last Friday, those flowers were covered with snow, I am surprised they survived.
Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
15 Feb 17
@LadyDuck so am I.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
15 Feb 17
I have plenty of flowers and herbs blooming here in Florida. Lol! I'm certain my snowbells are in bloom at home, but lack any desire to fly home to take a peek. My grape hyacinths seem to bloom in April when we get home. Your flowers are so pretty. What a nice surprise for you to see!
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
The grape hyacinths suffered last week when it snowed, but most of them recovered and now they look healthy. I hope to see the daffodils soon.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
17 Feb 17
@DianneN It depends how cold the winter has been. Last year we did not see the daffodils until mid April, but some years they bloom by mid March.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
17 Feb 17
@LadyDuck Apparently, spring comes sooner in Switzerland than in my state of Connecticut! I won't see a daffodil until April 10th or so.
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Tokz
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
15 Feb 17
these are really so beautiful flowers in your country, its also the blooming season in our country and lots of colorful petals are smiling to us.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
It's still cold here, we are below zero during the nights, those are the first flowers of the season.
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Tokz
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
15 Feb 17
@LadyDuck yeah and they are so beautiful
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
@ilocosboy I hope to have more flowers soon.
Faye
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
15 Feb 17
We used to have mums that would bloom in winter.-- Those are really pretty!
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
The wild violets have been in bloom during all the winter, they are pretty and smell good.
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The Invisible Man
@TheInvisibleMan (17597)
•
16 Feb 17
Winters can be magical.
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Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
24 Feb 17
@TheInvisibleMan It's all in the way we look at things. Some people complain about the snow and skiers pray for it.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
I agree, even the snow creates beautiful landscapes, some flowers come out from the snow and they are pretty to see.
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The Invisible Man
@TheInvisibleMan (17597)
•
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
16 Feb 17
I thought all along that there would be no plant growing during winter. I am glad that there are still those flowering plants like those beautiful ones you have pictured.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
17 Feb 17
@LadyDuck I love those yellow ones. It's seldom I get to see a yellow flower.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
17 Feb 17
@SIMPLYD The yellow ones are primroses, soon all the lawn will be covered by them.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
There are winter flowers, not many, but a few. It's nice to see the hellebore half covered by the snow, those are beautiful flowers.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112877)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Feb 17
I don't call them flowers, they are weeds but I did see some tiny honey bees buzzing around last week. The blooms on those weeds are barely as big as the tip of my pinky.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
I hope to see soon more crocus and the daffodils. The wild violets and the small daisies are blooming in the lawn.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112877)
• El Paso, Texas
16 Feb 17
If I can create the right balance of shade I will try to grow flowers @LadyDuck
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
17 Feb 17
@rebelann I have a shaded area where to plant some herbs in summer, not all the herbs like the sun.
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besweet
@besweet (9859)
• Ireland
15 Feb 17
I have roses at the balcony and one of them had a beautiful pink rose last week. It's still very cold, I hope we will see the flowers blooming soon over here. These flowers in your garden are so pretty!
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besweet
@besweet (9859)
• Ireland
15 Feb 17
@LadyDuck Maybe flowers are adapting to the crazy weather.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
@besweet They are surely adapting easier than humans.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
I have been surprised to see that they survived the snow of last Friday.
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Gary Marsh
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 17
Yes some of the Daffodils are already out Anna. So hopefully winter is not too long now before it is spring! I do love to see the little flowers pushing their way through the snow. Haha I note @Asylum says there are no flowers but then he does live in the Arctic northern regions of England and they are usually quite behind in things up there! I am looking forward to seeing the bluebells in the forests soon!
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
18 Feb 17
You probably have cacti down in the tropical South of England.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
18 Feb 17
I did not realize that Barry lived in the Arctic region of England, now I understand why he so surprised to know that we already have flowers.
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Gary Marsh
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 17
@Asylum Yes Barry some are in bloom. They are a bit thrown out seeing Easter is so late this year!
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
15 Feb 17
I haven't seen any flowers here yet, just a lot of grass being uncovered as the snow melts.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
Last week everything was covered by the snow, I was surprised to see flowers coming up from the snow when it melted.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
17 Feb 17
@just4him Thank you Valerie.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Feb 17
@LadyDuck I'd be surprised too. They are beautiful.
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syowi
@syeow1 (5136)
• India
15 Feb 17
No.its still winter here
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
15 Feb 17
It's still winter here too, those are winter flowers.
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syowi
@syeow1 (5136)
• India
15 Feb 17
@LadyDuck oh great
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