Winter Flowers

[poliphilo]

We have crocuses in bloom, among the snowdrops, on the bank that slopes down to the farm's southward facing wall. Also a clump of winter aconite- or wolfsbane- which is as brightly yellow as any of the flowers of spring or summer.

Comments

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

I was going to snark that you are not showing a crocus but a winter aconite and then you got all botanically accurate.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I was rather pleased with myself to find I knew this was an aconite without having to look it up. How did I know? I'm not entirely sure but I think it may have to do with a book of British flowers I had when I was a little kid.