What plants bloom in early spring. flowers primroses
What a cottage without flowers! Spring flowers in the flower bed have become a must-have decoration, especially those types that require a minimum of effort to grow and at the same time have an excellent aesthetic appearance. A flower bed of spring flowers can be created from plants of the same species with different colors inflorescences, and arrange it from flowers of different types so that they harmoniously combine with each other in height, spreading and color scheme.
In this article, we will consider the most popular spring flowers for flower beds.
Belongs to plants of the Lily family. It is perhaps the most popular perennial decorative spring flower. His homeland is Asia. Today, more than 150 of its species are known, and breeders continue to work on the development of new ones. The tulip is often called the “king of spring flower beds” for its unique appearance, special decorative effect and colorful variety of petals and types of inflorescences, as well as for the fact that these are the first earliest flowers in the country in spring. 
Did you know? Early varieties tulips - Candy Prince, Cooler Cardinal, Duke van Tol (simple), Abba (the smallest of tulips - up to 10 cm in height), Monte Carlo, Peach Blossom, Beauty of Apeldoorn, Ice Cream (terry).
Tulips are suitable for any gardens, flower beds, flower beds. Look great in group compositions, rockeries, alpine slides, fringing borders and flowerpots. They are combined with almost all flowers, but the spring flower bed, consisting of tulips, daffodils, lilies of the valley, crocuses, looks especially advantageous. Tulip compositions are especially beautiful. different colors and / or shades with lawn grasses and undersized shrubs. Also spring beautiful flowers tulips are cut for a vase and often decorate houses and premises, they are used to decorate interiors during a wide variety of events.
Crocuses are spring flowers, the name of which is also on everyone's lips. Crocus is a perennial from the Kasatikov family. In appearance, it is a bit like a tulip, only with narrower leaves, much lower in height, since it does not have a ground stem, and the inflorescence blooms directly from the tuber root. His homeland is the Mediterranean, the Caucasus, the Crimea. Crocuses are also the earliest flowers to appear in spring after winter. They are very decorative, with delicate petals of various colors and always a rich orange pistil. 
Did you know? Harvested and dried crocus stigmas are called saffron - one of the most expensive spices in the world.
Inflorescences in color are lilac, white-lilac, pink-lilac, yellow, pink, orange, white, purple, etc. Today, there are more than 280 varieties of crocus, including 14 separate groups - spring flowering. Popular varieties of spring crocuses are Zubflaus, Zwanenburg, Dr. Lotsi, Confidence, Albus Biflorus Veldenii, Alexander, Princess Beatrice, Lady Killer, Blue Pearl, Nanetta, Marietta, Albion, Inchantress, Harlem Jam, Pickwick, Negro Boy.
Crocus is an unpretentious flower, it takes root and reproduces well, it is resistant to many garden pests and practically does not get sick. The flowering period is up to 1 month.
Grouse
Or fritillaria. The name hazel grouse is folk, given because of the diversity of the inflorescences of the flower, after the name of the hazel grouse bird of the same name. Grouse - a magnificent decorative tall, perennial bulbous flower the Lily family. His homeland is Central Asia, the Caucasus. More than 90 species of fritillaria are known, among which such spring varieties are especially popular. beautiful varieties- Imperial, Aurora, Orange Brilliant, Maxim Rubra, Maxim Lutea, Prolifer, Flava. 
The hazel grouse stands out among all the flowers for its exoticism - it has a long powerful stem (90-140 cm) with large drooping cup-shaped inflorescences (5-6 pcs.), On top of which the leaves gathered in a bunch rise in a crown. Low lush foliage also surrounds the stem at the root. The flowers are orange, yellow and all shades of red, and inside them are spots and rims along the edge of the petals. Fritilaria is absolutely unpretentious and looks great in the park, garden, alpine slide, lawn, rocky gardens, rockeries. Flowering time - 2.5-3 weeks.
Important! All early flowers are planted in winter - in late summer or early autumn. Plants have time to take root, overwinter, harden and in early spring“Wake up” and start growing.
The well-known white spring flowers of snowdrops are a rare endangered species listed in the Red Book. Their name speaks for itself - "appearing from under the snow." Snowdrops are the earliest flowers that are always associated with spring; they have long become a symbol of the onset of warming and the awakening of nature after hibernation. The first flowers of spring, whose second name is galanthus, are perennial bulbous herbaceous flowering plants family Amaryllis. 
More than 16 species of galanthus are known, in natural environment growing in Europe, the Caucasus, Asia, Crimea. The flowers are low - up to 15-18 cm in height, with delicate tiny drooping inflorescences, milky bells. white color and two linear pointed leaves. Galanthus appear in March and bloom for 2-3 weeks. Today you can buy bulbs for seedlings of the following varieties of snowdrops - Flore Pleno, Voronova galanthus, Nivalis galanthus, Elvis galanthus.
Did you know? Breeding snowdrops on your site, you will not only get aesthetic pleasure, admiring the wonderful flowers, but you will also contribute to the protection and preservation of the Galanthus population.
Snowdrops are combined with all kinds of early spring garden flowers without exception, they also look great on their own, especially their different varieties, planted at the same time in one area.
Hyacinth
This is a perennial original corm flower belonging to the Lily family. At the top of a thick erect short stem in the form of a cone, the flower has many, up to 43-45, adjacent to each other inflorescences-bells. The color of their petals is white, purple, blue, pink, yellow, red, orange, lilac, cream, lilac. The height of the peduncle is 12-40 cm, the smallest of the hyacinths are centellas, not more than 12-14 cm high. Centella varieties are Lady Derby, City of Harlem, Jan Boss. Other early flowering varieties of hyacinths are Amethyst, Anna Marie, Ostara, Bismarck, Lord Baflour, Pink Pearl, La Victoire, Delft Blue, Carnegie, Innosance. 
Did you know? Hyacinths look great various shades with the same height in the center and shorter along the edge, planted in a circle or in a round open flowerpot - they look like a multi-colored curly hat.
Primula is a perennial rhizomatous primrose with a bright three- or four-color color, belonging to the Primrose family and numbering more than 480 species. It is a flower up to 30 cm high with a basal rosette of green wrinkled rounded leaves and with a strong peduncle, with collected in inflorescence or single flowers. The color of the petals is blue-yellow, white-yellow, lilac-yellow-white, yellow-pink with white, red-yellow, lemon yellowish-orange, yellow-beige-orange, pink-purple-yellow, crimson-orange with yellow and etc. 
IN natural environment grows in Asia, Europe, America, mainly in the mountains or on a flat strip with humid climate. In our country, the primrose is bred everywhere, the flower is unpretentious, cold-resistant, with excellent survival and rapid reproduction. In addition to its beauty, primrose is good for its early, friendly, plentiful and long flowering. Blooms 4-4.5 weeks. Some primroses bloom again and again in the fall, and the decorative foliage of faded flowers lasts all spring and summer. Primrose is combined with all primroses, herbs, shrubs and is used to create combinatorial complex compositions on lawns, alpine hills, flower beds, flowerpots, for edging flower beds, borders.
And primroses of various varieties and colors planted together in a chaotic manner form a picturesque, colorful, bright carpet that can decorate any corner of the site. The earliest flowering primroses are large-cup primrose, Voronov's primrose, spring, Julia's primrose, stemless, serrated, auricula (ear primrose).
This little flower with an affectionate Russian name is correctly called bulbocodium and belongs to the Lilein family. His homeland Eastern Europe, Mediterranean. Brandushka is a herbaceous flowering plant up to 8 cm high with a delicate, elongated-bell-shaped single flower on a corm (has no stem). Inflorescences - pink or pinkish-lilac. The leaves are green with a slight blue, linear, collected in a bunch around the inflorescence. 
Brandushka fully justifies such "affection" in its name - small, cute, with thin translucent petals delicate shades and at the same time, a real primrose is frost-resistant, undemanding and unpretentious in care. Blooms 3 weeks. Types of brandushki for our gardens are multi-colored bulbocodium (it has white buds, and the blossoming inflorescence is lilac-pink) and spring bulbocodium. Bulbocodiums are very decorative, combined with all early spring vegetation, often used for alpine slides, rocky gardens, border and multi-level garden compositions.
Or our adapted name anemone. This is a perennial herbaceous tall (up to 75 cm) primrose of the Buttercup family. More than 45 species of anemone are found in Russia and the CIS countries, but almost 150 of them are known in total. Under natural conditions, the anemone is common in North America, Asia, Eastern and Southern Europe, the Caucasus, and the Far East. Anemone has large cup-like flowers, single or collected in an inflorescence. The leaves are incredibly decorative in themselves - carved, openwork, rich green (sometimes brown or purple below), gathered at the base into a bush, on which the flowers seem to lie down. Inflorescences of different colors - lilac, blue, light blue, white-pink, pink-yellow, lilac with pink, red, white-lilac-violet, red-black-white, etc. By the type of petals there are terry and simple. 
Important! The juice of these flowers is highly irritating to the skin and causes allergic reaction. Be careful when working in the garden - do not pick flowers or work with gloves.
Early types of anemone - Lyutichnaya, Gentle, Dubravnaya, Forest. In general, the anemone is a flower with amazing decorativeness, it never gets boring, and some of its species can bloom all spring and summer until the beginning of autumn. Suitable for rock gardens, rocky hills, mixborders.
Vesenniki, or erantis, are spring yellow flowers, whose name literally translates from Greek - "spring flowers". Erantis is a perennial herbaceous undersized (up to 15 cm tall) primrose of the Buttercup family. Their homeland Far East, Siberia, Asia, are found in the natural environment in Southern and Eastern Europe. 
The spring has a low stem with a spherical six-petal inflorescence, surrounded, like a frill, by short, strongly or slightly divided leaves at the ends. Over time, the foliage bends in an arc and sags down.
Small overview
When the snow begins to melt in the fields and forests, the time comes for the first spring flowers. We call them common word"primroses". Many of them bloom in some European latitudes as early as February - even where snow is now rarely seen :) They are also interesting to us because they can also be found in the wild in our cultivated vegetable gardens. To help summer residents I will show a few photos.
Primroses - this is the name of a whole family of plants, the representative of which is Common primrose, or common primrose (lat. Primula vulgaris).
Another primrose:
Spring primrose, or Primrose officinalis, or real primrose, or spring primrose (lat. Prímula véris). Photo: Wikipedia
In some regions, any first spring flowers are called "snowdrops", but according to botanical nomenclature, the "correct" snowdrop looks like this:
Snowdrop, or Galanthus (lat. Galanthus). There are several species of this plant that are poisonous. In the photo - Galanthus nivalis. Photo: Wikipedia
One of the first to bloom is chionodoxa, which is sometimes confused with the Siberian blueberry.
Chionodox (Chionodoxa); Snowman; Snow beauty. Photo: www.weerkust.ru
Siberian spelling (lat. Scilla siberica). Photo: Wikipedia
In some regions, the blueberry is called the liverwort.
Noble liverwort (Hepatica nobilis), or coppice. Poisonous plant. The white flowers next to it are oak anemone (lat. Anémone nemorósa). Care must also be taken when working with it, as with all ranunculus.
And this is another windmill.
Buttercup anemone, or ranunculus anemone, or ranunculus anemone (lat. Anemóne ranunculoides). Poison plant!
It is sometimes confused with another plant from the same family, which is called springweed, but if you look closely, the differences are visible to the naked eye.
Winter erantis, or wintering vesennik, Eranthis hyemalis (see also header photo)
It's bloomed lungwort (Pulmonaria).
And it blooms corydalis (lat.Corýdalis).
This is what it looks like in color:
Corydalis are also considered poisonous. Photo: www.vespabellicosus2008.narod.ru
Goose onion (lat. Gagea)
Common coltsfoot (lat.Tussilago farfara). In this plant, leaves appear later than flowers. Photo: www.vespabellicosus2008.narod.ru
IN wild nature you can meet both crocus and muscari ( mouse hyacinth).
Crocus (lat. Crocus)
Viper onion, or Mouse hyacinth, or Muscari (lat. Muscári). Photo: Wikipedia
Backache (lat. Pulsatilla) blooms later, in some regions called "sleep-grass". Common lumbago is a poisonous plant.
Beautiful flower carpets create different types tenacious and clear, which also bloom a little later than the very first flowers.
Creeping tenacious (Ajuga reptans L.), or dubrovka. Photo: www.files.school-collection.edu.ru
Purple lamb (lat. Lamium purpureum). Yellow flower next to her - clean, which is sometimes confused with marigold.
Spring chistyak, or spring buttercup (lat. Ficaria verna).
And the marigold looks like this and in our gardens it is very, very rare:
Marsh marigold (lat.Caltha palustris). She has only 5 petals; poisonous plant. Photo: Wikipedia
Well, just in case :) Plants that in some latitudes can bloom in January.
Veronica oak (lat. Veronica chamaedrys)
Daisy perennial (lat. Béllis perénnis)
Ivy-shaped Budra, Creeping Budra, (lat. Glechóma hederácea); sometimes called dognip or catnip. The plant has pleasant aroma but is also considered poisonous.
I won’t show the dandelion, everyone seems to know it :) Instead, I’ll show the beautiful violet.
Fragrant violet (lat. Viola odorata). The most fragrant primrose! In some reference books it is considered conditional poisonous plant *
* "In modern literature, it is customary to consider poisonous those plants that produce toxic substances (phytotoxins), even in small quantities causing death and damage to the body of humans and animals. However, this definition contains a certain measure of convention." (B.N. Orlov, D.B. Gelashvili, A.K. Ibragimov. Poisonous animals and plants of the USSR). Most researchers divide such plants into highly poisonous, poisonous and conditionally poisonous.
The approach of spring pleases not only with warm days, but also with the first early flowers that begin to bloom immediately after the snow melts. After a long and cold winter primroses seem especially beautiful. Snowdrops, blueberries and crocuses bloom in mid-April, and bloom in May pansies, primroses, hyacinths and many other early spring flowers. Happy owners of homestead and summer cottages looking forward to the appearance of primroses, which become the decoration of the beginning of spring.
Bulbous primroses
The most beloved and popular among spring flowers are all kinds of bulbous plants. All of them grow both in the wild and in home gardens. Each of them has its own peculiarity and personality.
Snowdrop
The snow in the garden has not completely melted yet, but the first snowdrops are already beginning to bloom. Depending on the climatic regions, these cold-resistant primroses appear in March or April. Snowdrop or galanthus in nature grows on wet rocky slopes, in broad-leaved forests, forest edges, meadows.
Snowdrops are different:
- linear leaves;
- drooping double flowers, consisting of six slices and having a length of 2-3 cm;
- peduncles up to 25 cm high;
- elongated bulbs with white scales.
Galanthus propagate by seeds or daughter bulbs. When propagated by seeds, the plant blooms only in the third year of life. Bulbs are planted immediately after flowering or at the end of summer.
Found in nature 18 types of snowdrops, looking at the photos of which you can immediately understand that these flowers are truly magnificent.
Scilla
Scilla or blue snowdrop is naturally found in Europe, Central Asia, Siberia, Caucasus. On household plots, the Siberian blueberry is most often grown, which begins to bloom from mid-April.
Blue snowdrop can be recognized by sky-blue drooping bell-shaped flowers (pictured) and flattened peduncles about 20 cm high. Its ovoid, small bulbs are covered with brown-violet scales.
To plant these first spring flowers in your garden, you will need to choose a semi-shady place under the crowns of trees or shrubs. The soil for them should not be too light, and moderately moist.
Spectacularly the blueberry will look against the background of evergreen perennials on an alpine hill and among other bulbous ones in rockeries.
Vesennik
In early spring, when the garden is not yet filled with bright colors, the first bright spring Flower – springweed or erantis. Its sunny golden flowers bloom in March or April and are not afraid of even late snowfalls.
In nature, springweed grows under deciduous shrubs and trees. It needs moist soils without stagnant water.
The tiny flowers of erantis will look spectacular in group landings in combination with other bulbous primroses.
Reticulated iris or iridodictium
This is a low bulbous plant whose flowers resemble irises. Graceful attractive plant up to 10 centimeters high loves the sun very much. That is why it is recommended to plant mesh iris in open sunny areas. Iridodictium is an ephemeroid, that is, after the flowers of the plant fade, its leaves will also begin to die.
Irises bloom from late March to April, and look great in rocky gardens, among others. bulbous plants And lawn grass. Bulbs should be planted in early autumn.
Muscari
At the end of April, muscari or mouse hyacinth blooms in the gardens. This primrose passes the baton to tulips, daffodils and hyacinths.
There are about forty varieties of mouse hyacinth, which differ in the height of the peduncles, size of inflorescences and color of flowers. The most popular among gardeners are:
Mouse hyacinth reproduces very intensively. Because of this, his landings become denser over time. However, thanks to narrow leaves, plants for a long time do not need a transplant.
Very impressive blue primrose looks in rock gardens, borders and large groups. If planted on one plot various varieties blooming in different time, then they will delight with their magnificence from early spring to mid-summer.
Crocus
Among the first spring flowers special place occupied by crocuses. This plant has many species, each of which differs in color and shape of the petals. Botanical species of crocuses in some regions bloom as early as February. A little later they wake up and begin to surprise and delight with their size and bright flowers. dutch hybrids.
plant crocuses better in autumn in the scattered shade of shrubs and trees or in sunny areas. Their bulbs are very fond of rodents, so it is recommended to use baskets when planting.
Crocuses are appropriate almost everywhere. They can be planted in small groups on the lawn, in flower beds, under bushes or trees.
Spring herbaceous perennials: photo
Not so many herbaceous perennials bloom in early spring. But each of them is beautiful and effective in its own way.
lilies of the valley
This one of the most famous flowers belongs to to the lily family. In order for lilies of the valley to bloom as early as possible, they should be planted from September to November. In this case, it is necessary to ensure that all the sprouts are covered with earth, and the root is not bent.
Lilies of the valley love moist, fertilized soil. Their root system highly developed, so it is not recommended to plant them next to other flowers. The best option- planting lilies of the valley under trees and bushes.
daisies
One of the first to bloom in spring perennial daisies. They begin to bloom in early May, and the buds keep all winter.
These low plants large flowers will look beautiful in the form of curbs and along the tracks. Incorporating daisies into your lawn will give it a starry look.
Daisy seeds should be sown on temporary beds in July. Flowers are planted in a permanent place in early autumn or early spring. Further, the plants will dissipate themselves, and bloom every year.
Hellebore
This spring plant blooms most often for the Easter holidays, therefore in Europe it is called "Christ's rose". More than twenty species of hellebore grow in nature. On garden plots garden hybrids are most often grown, which begin to bloom in early April.
Flowers of hybrid plants can be yellow, pink, white or red. The most popular are bright purple flowers with a greenish tint.
Even under the snow will retain its green foliage evergreen periwinkle. It is covered with numerous pale blue flowers in April. varietal plants can have simple or double flowers
purple, white or red.
Periwinkle can be propagated in July-August by cuttings. It should be planted in well-drained, neutral soils without stagnant water. The plant loves shady and semi-shady areas, and grows rapidly.
Primrose
In May, the ground primrose blooms with a variety of colors. The plant blooms profusely for four weeks. Some species may re-bloom at the end of summer.
primrose there are more than 550 species. The most common are:
- high;
- serrated;
- auricula.
Plants don't like straight lines. sun rays, and grow well in partial shade next to trees and shrubs. You can grow primroses not only in the garden, but also in containers located on terraces, loggias and balconies.
This list of names and descriptions of primroses is, of course, not exhaustive. It can be complemented with tulips, hyacinths, anemones, chionodoxes, white flowers and many other spring flowers. However, we tried to describe and show photos of the most popular and unpretentious flowers, which are the first to delight us with their flowering after a long cold winter.
flowers primroses
Spring is not only a pleasant, but also a long-awaited time of the year. This is the time when nature wakes up after a long winter sleep. Feeling the first rays of the sun, birds begin to sing, streams murmur, animals and insects wake up. Primroses, the first spring flowers, peep out of the melting snow, having come a long way through the frozen ground and cold snow. They rush to be the first to please those around them with their flowering.
spring primroses
In nature, there is a rather large number of primroses, despite the fact that plants are considered fragile.
In the list of the first flowers of spring, there are many species and varieties.
Most famous first flowers:
How to plant in the garden
Spring for gardeners and flower lovers is a real holiday, because you want to quickly clean up the flower beds and see the first sprouts of plants. In addition, spring is the time to think about planting new plants.
Primroses are often found not only in forests, glades, meadows, but also in gardens. Fans of flowers actively plant them in order to admire the beauty in early spring. Many primroses are perennial and do not require much care.
Rules for planting primroses
In order to plant primroses in the garden, you must adhere to the following rules:
- For planting primroses on suburban area it is better to give preference to autumn. At this time, young plants will be able to strengthen the roots, but will not germinate until the onset of frost.
- Before planting, it is important to dig up the ground, remove weeds and add fertilizer to the soil.
- Further, the bulb is planted at a depth several times greater than itself.
- After a while, when the earth freezes, and a constant low temperature, the landing site is mulched with dry leaves, peat, straw.
Primroses - lovely plants who are not afraid of snow, frost and are in a hurry to please everyone with their appearance. You can meet them in the most various places, and having planted in your summer cottage, you can admire the flowers every spring.
Forest spring primroses. Excursion. April 1st, 2014
A good tale about 12 months, the one where brother April helped a kind girl to find snowdrops in a snowy forest. A fairy tale is a lie, but there is a hint in it. They say that Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak “spied” the plot of the fairy tale from the Greeks or from the Czech writer, and there such phenological phenomena are quite possible. Recently, in Central Russia, in the fall, the wild rose suddenly blooms, then the alder. But still, these are exceptions to the rules that nature has developed for its own good, adapted to possible short-term temperature fluctuations. Such as yesterday's Moscow blizzard with snow.
It is still cold and there are no pollinating insects at all, but there are heavy gusts of wind, aspen and alder are blooming. They have adapted to the fact that there are no winged helpers. Therefore, in large quantities produce pollen and there is even such a concept as “Alder has become dusty”.
On the same days, willow begins to bloom, and a little later, other willows. It is to them that the first awakened insects fly, but the willow has a protective device against the cold. All of a sudden it will start flying for a week in April, all the bees will sleep. Therefore, the good ability of many of our willows to shoot plays a major role in their resettlement - an abandoned field in a few years can turn into impenetrable willow thickets.
At the same time, one of its main plants, cotton grass, begins to bloom in the swamp. In the harsh conditions of the tundra and swamps, insects also cannot help in pollination.
And again the wind comes to the rescue. Pollination occurs throughout the entire territory of one swamp at the same time, and therefore all plants bear fruit together and at once, in summer the swamp begins to resemble a large cotton field.
By wet places, in swampy clearings, an inconspicuous plant begins to bloom - the spleen. Tourists walking in the forests in spring may not even understand that they are walking on flowering plants - it is so inconspicuous to the eye. Perhaps it would be inconspicuous for insects, but they also see in the ultraviolet range. And if they don’t see it, the “adapted” spleen can pollinate itself and disappear underground in a couple of weeks until next spring. Such plants are called ephemeroids.
But this plant is difficult not to notice, or rather not to smell. You walk through the April forest, the snow is still crunchy, but on warming, more often on the edge or clearing, a surprisingly pleasant, subtle and alluring aroma covers the traveler. Here it is - an inconspicuous bush of a wolf's bast.
Its scent attracts overwintering butterflies and bees like a cat's valerian tincture. In repeatedly felled forests middle lane wolfberry is usually a thin small bush. And only once I got caught in Valdai national park a real giant with a trunk 4 centimeters thick and a huge dense two-meter cap of flowers.
The wolfberry pleases us with the smell, like many early-flowering shrubs even before the leaves are fully blooming.
In the undisturbed dark spruce forest, which both in winter and summer will flare up in one color with rich blue paint, a noble liverwort. It seems to me that she retains this rich color in the first few days of flowering.
And nearby, under the spruce paws, if you look a little closer, you can find a completely inconspicuous plant with almost black flowers. This is an evergreen European hoof.
The background for the spring forest is the anemone forever trembling in the wind - to the north and west of Moscow it is the white oak anemone.
To the south and east, yellow buttercup anemone dominates.
For me, sleep-grass has become a real fairy tale of pine forests, old birch groves, and sunny edges. Twenty years ago, it was quite common in nature at a small distance from cities. But everything is changing, today this plant is in almost all central regions in the regional Red Books. In the Novgorod region, together with the Valdai National Park, we organized a small expedition, but found only a few plants in two places.
Another interesting plant spring forest - Peter's cross.
It does not have green leaves, as well as chlorophyll. The short flowering period will end and the mysterious Peter's Cross will end, as Count Dracula will go underground until next spring or even for several years.
In the meantime, last year's shoots of the fern-ostrich are beautifully glowing in the setting sun in the aspen forest. Not a primrose, of course - but pretty. Some even put it in vases, but these are certainly not villagers, but biologists.
In more southern or eastern oak forests, the grassy cover in spring is not green, but blue. As botanists say, this blueberry aspects, i.e. creates a specific color background.
Siberian blueberry, like all lilies, accumulates in a bulb all year round nutrients. And then it breaks through the dry and rather dense litter of broad-leaved forests and rushes
up to the light.
The goose onion does the same in the oak forest.
Once there was a calm in the riverine ribbon oak forests on the right bank of the Seversky Donets. Quiet, the foliage is not yet noisy, because the buds have not blossomed. Taking off this goose bow from a low point, I always felt a very quiet rustle. Do voles rustle? No - it was thousands of woods and goose onions rushing towards the light through the old foliage.
And on the sandy alluvial dune on the left bank of the Oka, the goose onion does not need to overcome the crust of old leaves. That's how he grew up so sloppy.
And in a small forest stream, and on floods, on rivers, marigold rises from the water
The marigold is beautiful at the very beginning of flowering, while the buds look like small yellow-green balls, or on the first day of full flowering.
And then huge burdocks of leaves will stick out of the water, petals that have flown around will float on the water and try, build a picture in complete chaos of yellow.
So the first mosquito appeared, which means almost summer. There will be other herbs - violet, oxalis, bathing suit, orchis and venus slippers, bells and gentians. But this is another, summer story about flowering plants.
And finally. I think it’s not even worth reminding the readers of my blog that primroses are good where they could grow. In a bouquet, they will droop in a few minutes. But digging is not worth replanting, only a super experienced person will be able to model natural conditions on personal plot, observe all the conditions of moisture, shading and nutrition for such fragile creatures. But if you have time, go out to spring forest with a camera, look for the heroes of my story, at least to find out their names.
