March 2025: Tis the season to see yellow, Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la, la, la!

Posted on March 12th, 2025

When thinking about spring flowers, the first thing that comes to my mind is always daffodils.  We have lots of different varieties in the Gardens, with early season classics like Narcissus ‘Tamara’, which is a large flowered and quite tall daffodil, as well the ever popular dainty N. ‘Tête-à-tête’. More will follow in April, when the late variety Pheasants eye (N. poeticus) should make an appearance in the 17th Century Garden.

But the yellow doesn’t stop at daffs this month, we have lots of other delights in this most cheery of spring colours. Staying in the 17th Century garden the current display includes delicate lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), and the soft buttery tones of the classic primrose (Primula vulgaris).  This is my favourite, while you can now get primroses in almost any colour, in my opinion the original is the best.

The crowning glory of the 17th Century Garden is currently the Cornus mas (Cornelian cherry).  It is smothered in blossom and is a magnet for bees and other insects.

Next door in the Unusual Fruits Garden (UFG), our collection of Mahonia is once again proving its worth.  Although non native, Mahonia are an invaluable resource for insects in the garden, with different varieties in flower from Autumn to Spring.  The variety currently in flower is producing a lovely scent as well as gorgeous colour.  (Just FYI, you might now see some Mahonia grouped in with or called Berberis, they are still the same plants, but the botanists have been at them!) Also in the UFG (by Flame) is Euphorbia myrsinites.  The flowers are just starting to open and will develop further in the coming weeks.

 

And finally for our round up of yellow in March, we have the viola in the courtyard troughs.  The daffodils are are just about ready to flower to join these charming little fellows in their display.

 

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