Primroses planted - NOT amateur radio

Most of the primroses bought yesterday have been planted (see photo). 

It is dull this morning, so ideal planting weather.

Primroses - NOT amateur radio

Over winter, we plant primroses, which usually are out all winter adding a splash of colour. This winter, they were slow to appear, but have now all flowered.  

Luckily, Muntjac don't like these!

Primrose - NOT amateur radio

In autumn we replace our summer bedding plants with winter flowering primroses to brighten up the garden when it can be dull.  The one in the photo  has drops of rain on it.

Already some are coming out. All being well, they should look good soon. 

Winter flowering primroses - NOT amateur radio

After the summer the garden can look a bit dull, so we plant winter flowering primroses to bring a bit of colour. These are the primroses in the front garden. We have some pansies in the back garden and some bulbs to plant.

Spring....nearly

According to the UK Met Office, spring began on March 1st. Some others define it as March 21st. 

Once the primroses are common we know spring is really here. My wife took this photo yesterday.

Winter flowering primroses - NOT amateur radio

Over winter, we plant primroses to give us winter colour. This year, we bought the plants from the nursery in the village rather than from the nursery in the next village. They were less expensive and are very healthy plants. We are very pleased and will use them again.

Primroses - NOT amateur radio

Over winter we always plant primroses for colour in an otherwise dull time of the year before the daffodils appear to brighten things up. In the spring these are replaced by summer annuals. 

We bought these from our village nursery. They were healthy plants and we will definitely use them again.

Primroses - NOT amateur radio

Every autumn we plant primroses in our front garden (see photo).

These provide colour all through the autumn and winter.

Normally they get replaced in the spring with flowers that last until the first frosts. Incidentally, we had our first frost of the autumn last night.

Primroses - NOT amateur radio

Every autumn we plant primroses outside our house at the front. These give colour all through winter and look great. Apart from the occasional dead heading, they need very little attention.  We later replace these with small begonias.

Wild primroses are creamy whereas those from the garden centre are in a variety of bright colours. Perhaps these are nuked?