January wildflowers

[Harvestman]

Okay, short-lived thread here. Post up pictures of wild flowers that you find in flower during the month of January. Let's see what we get.

My first two of the year are Ivy-Leaved Toadflax

and Red Deadnettle

 

[Niels]

Beautiful pictures. The white dead nettles round here are blooming too.

 

[Muddypaws]

I've already posted Violets and Cow Parsley to this thread - http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=101622

Today I have Lesser Celandine (just a lonely one)

And also some Herb Bennet which has clung on since last year, nevertheless it is flowering in January so it goes on my January list.

Harvestman - This is a great idea for a thread, will there be more to come for each new month? As a slightly obsessive "flower spotter" who likes to keep lists I will hopefully be able to contribute more as the year progresses.

 

[Harvestman]

Just to add Muddypaws' pics to the thread:

Violet

Cow Parsley

 

[Harvestman]

Short walk to the shops today (without camera) found Groundsel (an all-year round flowerer) and Smooth Sow Thistle. Also something purple that I can't find in my books growing on walls. I'll have to go back with the camera.

 

[Harvestman]

Still no pics, but I'm adding dandelion, daisy, common gorse and meadow buttercup to this list.

 

[bilmo-p5]

We have snowdrops...

 

[Elen Sentier]

Saw we have snowdrops just budding today, also yellow comfrey budding too. Didn't find any violets yet ...

 

[oldtimer]

We have primroses.

 

[Harvestman]

The Butterbur was flowering well today, but then it would, as it flowers before it grows leaves. Unusual, but there you go. Also, and more surprisingly, a hogweed in flower.

 

[British Red]

I've got loads of snowdrops - and most weirdly Honesty - still flowering from last year!

 

[Muddypaws]

Well this is flowering way out of its normal time, Sea Mayweed (my book says July - September). It's not very close to the sea either.

It was growing on a patch of recently imported (late last summer) topsoil, so my guess is that it didn't start growing until late last year, and we haven't had sufficient frosts to kill it down here in the sunny south.

Also here is a creeping buttercup.

 

[Harvestman]

Found a chickweed in flower today.

 

[wicca]

Frost on the flowering Gorse on the Downland today..

 

[greensurfingbear]

Frost on the flowering Gorse on the Downland today..

They say when gorse is out of flower Kissing's out of fashion. Good job it flowers almost all year round


Orric

 

[Robbi]

Daffs coming up as well

 

[Muddypaws]

Just squeaking into the January list is Cherry Plum.

It will be a few days before the display is at its best, but that will be in February, so I thought I'd better post this today.

 

[sandbender]

Just squeaking into the January list is Cherry Plum.

It will be a few days before the display is at its best, but that will be in February, so I thought I'd better post this today.

Is this normal? This early in the year?

 

[Muddypaws]

Is this normal? This early in the year?

No I don't think this is normal, I would probably expect this before the end of February. However, it has been an exceptionally mild winter here in the south of England, save for a few days when we had snow. Temperatures today were perhaps 12 degrees celsius. Bear in mind that this tree is within city boundaries, and temperatures in cities are generally a few degrees higher than the surrounding countryside.

 

[sandbender]

No I don't think this is normal, I would probably expect this before the end of February. However, it has been an exceptionally mild winter here in the south of England, save for a few days when we had snow. Temperatures today were perhaps 12 degrees celsius. Bear in mind that this tree is within city boundaries, and temperatures in cities are generally a few degrees higher than the surrounding countryside.

Thanks, I do remember driving overnight from Inverness to the Southhampton area a few years back, It was Snowing in Inverness and the south coast looked like it was still enjoying a pleasant late summer, I was just curious as to whether cherry blossom in January was the norm down your way.