What's flowering as forage in your area

[Erichalfbee]

Definitely something he’s a custom to

Hello. Are you Curly’s Mrs?

 

[enrico]

Hello. Are you Curly’s Mrs?

I bet she is short too

 

[Daisy bloom]

Hello. Are you Curly’s Mrs?

Nope.

 

[Daisy bloom]

Nope.

I bet she is short too

wish I was!

 

[Erichalfbee]

wish I was!

Short or Curly’s better half?

 

[enrico]

wish I was!

Glad you have a sense of humour. You need it on this site

 

[Erichalfbee]

Glad you have a sense of humour. You need it on this site

Absolutely. That’s why we moderate so lightly.

 

[The Poot]

Hellebores are good this year..

 

[Erichalfbee]

Hellebores are good this year..View attachment 39107

Lovely. Mine always do well

 

[The Poot]

Lovely. Mine always do well

This year I remembered to cut almost all of the leaves off them in January. Is that what you do? I’ve heard it enables the plants to throw up more flowers, but until this year hadn’t done it. It seems counterintuitive.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yes but only some types of hellebore.

 

[Swarm]

Noticed the Amm nucs back on the willow today.

 

[Nannysbees]

Bit chilly but sun is out. All five hives flying. Skimmia seems to be popular.

 

[Steve7962]

Unpruned apricot tree today, in Conwy Valley, north Wales. Covered in honeybees.

My apricot is just starting to show signs of blossom, do you happen to know what variety yours is? Do you get a regular crop of tasty apricots? My trees been in the ground 4 years and I have yet to have a single fruit unfortunately.

 

[Steve7962]

Early pear trees are starting to flower

My Doyenné du Comice has nice swollen blossom buds that are immeniently about to open up. It must be enjoying the warmth of the south facing wall, I’m hoping for my first pears of this trees later this year.

 

[Newbeeneil]

Stopped by a field of rape yesterday and wandered in to see how it was doing. Flower buds already forming!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

tasty apricots

bit of an oxymoron IMO

 

[Antipodes]

bit of an oxymoron IMO

Not the home grown ones ripened in the powerful summer sun here.
Surely you can grow apricots there?
https://www.rootsplants.co.uk/collections/apricot-trees

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Surely you can grow apricots there?

maybe, but why would you want to?

 

[enrico]

We have had a couple of apricot trees with varied results but peach leaf curl was always a real problem with them.