What's flowering as forage in your area

[Newbeeneil]

Blackthorn just opening in north West Sussex this morning.

 

[tonyofarr]

The bees are bringing in loads of snowdrop and hazel pollen at the moment, and the mahonia is still in very tight buds. I can't believe the blackthorn is already out in Sussex, it will be April before it flowers here, and the bees will mostly ignore it because the dandelions will be flowering in profusion by then.

It is a lovely sunny day here, a very welcome break from the rain, but the forecast is downhill again after Saturday.

 

[Newbeeneil]

I can't believe the blackthorn is already out in Sussex, .

Tony, I was going to attach this pic taken this morning but the focus was crap so decided against earlier.

Went for a wonder around Winkworth Arboretum, Nr Godalming, yesterday and the mahoni is going mad! Too cold for any bees tho.

 

[Ian123]

Quite a lot of blackthorn opening around me and that bog standard pink cherry also just showing. I spotted a dozen dandelions on the m3 verge as well, laurel flower spikes have also shown but flower buds still tightly shut.

 

[Popparand]

Spotted one blackthorn blossom during a 3 mile walk with the dog on Thursday...this morning starting to burst out in patches. Bright yellow pollen coming in (crocus?) and pale cream (snowdrop??). Temperatures still pretty low in single figures though.

 

[Horseradish]

I noticed mine bringing in the crocus pollen today. Tried to get in and remove one frame that they've gone freestyle on - they weren't having any of it.

 

[Antipodes]

Stringybark. (E. obliqua)
A specimen of obliqua collected from Bruny Island in Tasmania on Cook's 3rd voyage in 1777, (and taken back to the British Museum in London), brought about the name "eucalyptus".

 

[Curly green finger's]

Ow my this is in bloom!

 

[Curly green finger's]

Ow my this is in bloom!

#whatsfloweringasforageinyourarea

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[Erichalfbee]

#whatsfloweringasforageinyourarea

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Ha ha.
Where are you? 2019 by any chance?

 

[Ian123]

Hawthorn?

 

[Curly green finger's]

Sorry folks the picture is from 2019 on the Clee.

 

[Curly green finger's]

I've been for a walk with the dogs and noticed male willow starting to open and gean cherry no blackthorn as yet.
I hope this isn't going to be a spring like last year late frosts and a coldish wet spring.
Spring crop up here got left for the bee's..

 

[enrico]

today's garden

well it looks like spring here today but the wind is bitter

 

[Goran]

well it looks like spring here today but the wind is bitter

At my place primulas started to flower in mid December and are still blooming..

 

[Curly green finger's]

Lovely Eric send a bit of it this way, it takes three weeks no? for spring to spread across the country.
Did you inherit the garden? And
Is that a tree peorny in the back ground behind the tree pic 1


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[Antipodes]

The grass is so lovely and green Eric. Spring looks well underway there.

 

[Swarm]

Very pretty.

 

[enrico]

Lovely Eric send a bit of it this way, it takes three weeks no? for spring to spread across the country.
Did you inherit the garden? And
Is that a tree peorny in the back ground behind the tree pic 1


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My wife and I are keen gardeners. We tamed three acres of scrub in Shropshire and turned it into a show garden with lakes and waterfalls from a private spring. The trouble was it was all at 45 degrees so moved to the levels in Somerset. The garden had a good backbone but spent hours of work getting it how we want it. Opened it last year for the NGS and got 400 visitors in two days. Doing it again this year but maybe for the last time as it is hard work!
It is a tree peone 10 out of 10!!!
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[For want of a better word]

Privet in flower absolutely smothered in black native bees this afternoon in the sun.... stock photo but looks like this.......Scent is incredible

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Chons da