Flower/Colour Report for the period of  February 1 -  February 8, 2012

The garden doesn't provide us with an overwhelming display of colour at this time of year, but yet hundreds of tenacious little snowdrops are beginning to bloom throughout the garden. Many of the other early bloomers are showing up in the garden, but for the most part the flowers are quite subtle.   Nature is quite amazing and one of the more striking features in the garden is the fragrances that can entice you and lead you to the source of the bloom.   

The highlight for this week continues to be the incredible new version of our Spring Prelude display. Colour and fragrance can be found throughout this display as many of our favorite outdoor spring flowering plants have been brought indoors and forced into bloom.

In Bloom:
• Abeliophyllum (White Forsythia)
• Erica  (Heather)
• Galanthus  (Snowdrop)
• Helleborus
• Hamamelis  (Witch Hazel)  Wonderfully fragrant!
• Mahonia
• Lonicera purpusii 'Winter Beauty'
• Pansy
• Sarcococca  (Sweet Box)  Flower is insignificant, fragrance is incredible!
• Viburnum bodnantense  - Fragrant   

Coming into Flower:
• Pansy
• Bellis (English Daisy)

Special Interest:
• Viburnum davidii (berries)
• Cotoneaster (berries)
• Skimmia (berries)
• Holly (berries)
• Stewartia (bark)
• Arbutus (bark)
• Parrotia (bark)

Show Greenhouse
• Kalanchoe
• Cyclamen
• Orchids
• Rieger Begonia

To learn more about Winter at The Gardens and to see flower photos please click here .