At the end of Week 2011/12, I go out with the camera and capture some fine close-up shots of what I cannot actually see with the naked eye: the new blossoms. This has been a picture-book spring, with nothing bursting through the gate in December because of five weeks of snow cover, but a mild first quarter nudging bloom times up to the earliest possible point. That means a great display of Jasminum nudifolium with big fat blossoms on its green strands:
Chimonanthus praecox is also doing its display nice and early this year. It tends to be pale, and in a forest of bare twigs you may not see it at first, but the display is worth searching for:
Chimonanthus praecox is also doing its display nice and early this year. It tends to be pale, and in a forest of bare twigs you may not see it at first, but the display is worth searching for:
Then there is the fine display this year on Cornus mas. We were impressed at big groves of this in the royal gardens at Potsdam, and our example seems to be coming up well. It flowers on the more mature wood: the newest tips do not have any blossoms:
And finally there are the buds of Ribes. Even before it comes into blossom, this fine little bush usually pinkens up over a period lasting about two weeks with these incredibly coloured shoots:
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