Polyanthus in flower with Snowdrops & Winter aconites in a Spring garden border
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Ernie Janes / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
C133APFile size:
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5616 x 3744 px | 47.5 x 31.7 cm | 18.7 x 12.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
8 February 2011Location:
Norfolk England UKMore information:
The Primula family comprises a number of hardy perennials including Primula veris, the cowslip, and Primula vulgaris, the primrose. The polyanthus is a hybrid of these two, with characteristic whorls of primrose flowers in a huge variety of colours, carried on strong stems above a rosette of oval leaves. A much-anticipated sight in the winter months, the snowdrop's slim green leaves and bobbing white blooms are iconic. Snowdrops are able to survive the cold winter months and flower so early, because they grow from bulbs. Seeds are produced provided there are insects around to pollinate the flowers, and early emerging queen bumblebees will provide this service when the weather is warm and dry enough. Winter Aconites are a native of southern and eastern Europe, a member of the buttercup family and has bright yellow flowers surrounded by a collar of fringe-like foliage. It resembles its close relative lesser celandine (Ficaria verna). Winter aconite emerges early, blooms and forms foliage, and then goes dormant by late spring, not to be seen again until the following winter and early spring.