Thursday 13 February 2020


 Narcissus February Gold is in flower in the garden and (above) on the allotment- a very useful bulb for providing a splash of colour early in the year. It's a hardy hybrid between the two wild species N. pseudonarcissus and N. cyclamineus; it doesn't seem to be recorded whether it's a natural cross or a cultivar.
 It's still very wet and I haven't seen many pollinators around as yet but February Gold attracts queen bumblebees emerging from hibernation.