After a week of being spoilt by unseasonal sunshine and warmth (18°C on one afternoon!), the weather has turned a lot cooler and damper… perfect for the garden but perhaps not so perfect for the gardener! 😉
At the weekend some of the first flowers appeared, including a few crocus, and this…
Hepatica nobilis rosea
As much as I love the blue variety, I think this is my favourite spring flower this year, and rightly so. After all, Hepatica nobilis is Wildflower of the Year 2013 in Germany!
What is your favourite spring flower, and is it blooming yet?
Lucky you!
I was able to soak up enough sunshine to last me out this cold snap we’re getting. 😀
There are many tropical spring flowers in our part of the world and they have a long vase life. The one that flashed in my mind is Orchid.
Orchids are amazing flowers – so many kinds too. 😀
Your header is stunning and I am waiting for my bulbs to flower…I also love your hepatica color…turning cold again with snow the rest of this week.
Thanks Donna – the header is actually a photo from last spring, as the Glory-of-the-Snow haven’t quite opened yet!
You have been spoilt! +18 degrees! Imagine we’re still in the thick of winter over here with no signs of spring. I bet even the birds are puzzled 😀 I love your hepatica flower. Sharon
Hi Sharon. The birds are unperturbed and continue to sing like there’s no tomorrow! 😀
JOLLY WONDERFUL!!! YIPPPEEEE
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Yes! 😀
I love this modest delicate “Hepatica nobilis rosea”. I´ll try to get a plant from our nursery soon.
In our garden two blue liverwort plants are blooming yet, as well as snowdrops, “Winterlinge”,
some blue and yellow crocus, a lot of light blue crocus (“Elfenkrokus”) running wild in the meadow
and – only one spring snowflake.
I love them all – these first signs of spring, but my favourite spring flowers are this very special
“Hepatica rosea” and spring snowflake.
I’m so happy this plant survived the winter. I must try and find some more this year, as they are so pretty against the brown earth!
Do you like to go with me to “Bäuerleins Grüner Stube”, Cathy? Perhaps we could find “Hepatica
nobilis rosea” there.
Perhaps in a few weeks when the ground has warmed up a bit… 😀
What a cheery spring flower. I love anything that will bloom–including a few weeds.
I agree – some weeds are very pretty. (I love dandelion flowers for example, but the seeds are a problem!)
The Hepatica is lovely, not a flower I know but I respect it for bringing colour at this time of year.
The woodland slopes are covered in patches of blue when they are fully out. In a week or two they’ll be in full flower. I’ve only seen the blue ones in the wild though.
Yesterday was decidedly cool here Cathy but Monday even cooler – apparently the coldest March day for 28 years – think that the wind chill factor was responsible. My favourite early spring flowers are snowdrops and hellebores both of which are flowering although sadly I’m away from home and my garden at the moment. Hoping that they will hang on until I get back 🙂
If it’s so cold I’m sure they will, Anna. Cold here again too.
I hope the weather doesn’t do what it has here – 48 hours of beautiful springtime last week, followed by floods and snow ever since. What a beautiful little flower – fabulous colour!
What horrible weather you’ve had – the north of Germany has snow and very cold temperatures, but we’re hoping it won’t be so bad down south…
We have a different species in North America, but both are beautiful. Ours are blue or white. I like the foliage as much as the flower.
The wild ones are light blue here too.
Oh, what a lovely spring flower emerging from a winter’s sleep.
The colour is so vivid – it really makes me smile every time I walk past it!
It’s so hard to pick a favorite but your Hepatica shown here is a winner. Glad you’ve had nice weather.
Spring is playing cat and mouse, and seems to have disappeared for the time being…. it’s very cold again!
My favourite flower is always the one which is flowering right now. At the moment I like the yellow crocus in front of my window – deep in snow and lightened by sunshine.
The golden yellows of spring crocus are so cheerful!
Hope spring gets back to you soon… here too – it’s trying to snow again at the moment! The Hepatica is a beautiful way to welcome the warmer weather.
Thanks Sarah. Same weather here! But I think we’ll be lucky and it won’t settle.
Famous last words… 3 hours later, and everything’s white out there! LOL!
A few snow drops here but they blend in with snow so there isn’t anything exciting to look at yet!
And we had more snow too, so the poor crocuses and snowdrops didn’t think much to that! Thanks for stopping by. 😀
Wonderful post!
Thanks Eunice! 24 hours later it was all white and icy again! LOL!
lol my life here in NH as well
Oh Cathy, Spring is arriving and I couldn’t be happier! I love those little purple flowers, they look very much like the purple primroses by my front porch.
It is difficult to pick my favorite of all the spring flowers that bloom here but I would have to pick the grape hyacynth which are small and bright blue, they spread and in the right conditions resemble a carpet of blue! They have yet to make their emergence but I am patient…..I am enjoying the show!
It seems this time of year there are surprises daily! 😀
I’m so glad your spring is finally arriving too, Strawberryindigo! I love the little grape hyacinths too – in fact all the spring flowers are lovely!