A Bluebell for Christmas ?

[jackdaw]

There's been lots of talk recently about daffodils blooming and the odd Bumble bee showing its face, but I was still amazed to find Bluebells starting to push their heads up whilst walking the Dog through our woods today. Were in south east Kent, but never thought for a minute that I would ever see a Bluebell, in the green, the wrong side of January!!. If we get the usual weather in Jan And Feb, come April the carpet of Blue that is seen every year will be sadly missing. I've attached a picture showing just a couple, but on closer inspection the woodland floor was already covered in them , strange times ahead.

[TGB]

It's bonkers weather. Got three separate rose bushes coming into bloom; a hydrangea in bloom, even though it's losing leaves; and lettuce out in pots.

[timbernut]

Found wild strawberry with ripe berries yesterday, didn't hav camera though, mental!

[Midge]

:willy::rofl: The world is going crazy!!

 

Personally I'd rather it be raining, snowing, cold etc. This time of year to make it feel more like christmas!

[mike1987]

found a few muscari armeniacum (grape hyacinth) in flower today

what is going on with the weather ?

[nepia]

Bergenia (Elephant's Ears) and Ceanothus in flower today in the client's garden.

[csservices]

Not the best pics as was a tad windy today but found a bramble in flower and Hazel with catkins on it already.

[Mark Bolam]

There's been lots of talk recently about daffodils blooming and the odd Bumble bee showing its face, but I was still amazed to find Bluebells starting to push their heads up whilst walking the Dog through our woods today. Were in south east Kent, but never thought for a minute that I would ever see a Bluebell, in the green, the wrong side of January!!. If we get the usual weather in Jan And Feb, come April the carpet of Blue that is seen every year will be sadly missing. I've attached a picture showing just a couple, but on closer inspection the woodland floor was already covered in them , strange times ahead.

 

 

Where are you mate?

I'm in Hamstreet, and the bluebells are amazing in the local woods in the spring.

Been dark o'clock when I've finished recently, so I've missed a couple of weeks up there, but will have a nosy over Christmas.

Been crazy warm, first time we've done the last day in t-shirts!

Blowing hard at night, like.

[jackdaw]

Where are you mate?

I'm in Hamstreet, and the bluebells are amazing in the local woods in the spring.

Been dark o'clock when I've finished recently, so I've missed a couple of weeks up there, but will have a nosy over Christmas.

Been crazy warm, first time we've done the last day in t-shirts!

Blowing hard at night, like.

 

On stone cross road, just up from Swanton lane. If this weather stays, the flowers will be out before the end of January, mental.

[TheHungrySquirrel]

Working just out of doddington right now and the woods are covered in blueys poking through