Almost Spring?

 I spent a very happy couple of hours in the garden yesterday, pruning, cutting down, cutting back, having a good look at plants and then tidying all the prunings.  You could be forgiven for thinking that it might, just might, be almost Spring.  I'm not convinced Winter is quite over yet though.  Above is Camellia St Ewe, bought last year.

 It has a vibrant combination of bright pink flowers with egg yolk yellow,  almost orange stamens.

 Cardamine Quinquifolia is settling in and starting to spread, but as it is so pretty and delicate, I am happy to let it do just that (for now).

You can see the five lobed leaves which is what the 'quinquifolia' refers to, I think. 

The hellebores are still flowering too and are such good value plants for this time of year.  This is Harvington Pink Speckled and it is making a lovely clump now.  The others are getting there, but this is the first one I bought. 

 A primrose, albeit a little nibbled by something, but a joy to see.

Crocuses too, looking a little battered, but with some lovely stripes and a vibrant combination of purple and orange.

 Tete a tete daffodils bringing their welcome splash of yellow.

Crocus Jeanne D'Arc, in a pot.  It has a delicate purple stripe down the inside of the petals, probably to guide the bees.

I love seeing these plants in flower and despite it being a little cold, I had a very enjoyable time yesterday and came in feeling I had actually achieved something.