Primroses (Primula vulgaris) was one of the flowering plants I had in my old home, where I lived before I moved to Spain. The climate there is continental; we could feel the cold winters, especially in January, but as the climate everywhere is changing, the winters are also more irregular. You can expect spring temperatures in January, and sudden radical cooling in February or March. Sometimes snow can surprise you at the end of March or the beginning of April, but that is rare actually.
Despite all the strange behaviour a winter can have, spring always knows when it has to arrive. It usually sends its heralds, the first flowers. Snowdrops, and later primroses.
You can also see those first spring flowers in the post of @bluemoon, especially violets. I read his post yesterday evening and remembered my primroses, those I had in our garden and the thought about those flowers stayed in my mind this morning too. My mother-in-law knows how much I love them so she sends me every year photos of those plants when they bloom. You can see them in the collage photo I made in Canva from some of the pictures she sent me last spring. I hope to get new photos this year too, I think in no time they will bloom. 🌸
Now, the fact is that I don't have a garden here, I suppose everyone who has ever come into contact with my blog knows that. I "only" have all those succulents that have lived with me already for several years in my balcony, those that survived (the majority of them 😅) bugs, drought, overwatering, moving and a small "climate change". They behave in a different way than the perennial flowering plants that are first in flowering; their blooming doesn't really announce the spring as the winter here is mild so there is not a huge change between winter and spring. The Jade Tree already bloomed last month, and the Lucky Bells too. Now, these little yellow stars are starting to twinkle. 🎶
At the moment it is just this one stem that brought buds and blowers, but I know it was a big change for the plants. They are doing well despite the move and my negligence. I have to replant some of them, I bought the soil two months ago but it still waits there, untouched. 🤐
This is the same plant, but in the shade - that is why its leaves have more green-blue colour and the buds are still not open.
The biggest change is coming from the Aloe Vera which has several babies!! 😍 Now I am not sure if I should still wait to get them out and plant them into a separate pot or leave them together with the mother plant. I didn't have good experience with replanting the babies... each time I took them out and planted them into a different pot, they withered and... you know... died. 🤐
It also started to grow a flower stem!! It blooms every year, and the stem grows quite tall. Fingers crossed this year Aloe Vera will bring its nice flowers too. 🤞 😊
Not as a spring herald, but flowers are always welcome. 🌸 :)))
Recientemente plante un Aloe vera en mi patio, es muy útil para fines medicinales...
It is indeed a very useful plant 👌
The little yellow flowers are so beautiful and as for the aloe vera maybe waiting a little longer wouldn't be bad, maybe it's not because they are babies... look, succulents are the opposite of the rest of the plants. Plants are transplanted, cuttings are made etc etc, when the energy in the plant is still... in winter... but with cacti it's the other way round... wait until it's warmer. I have learned a lot from a master gardener, my plant mentor. I hope that flower is beautiful!
They will wait for sure, especially as I just don't know when to start with the "gardening" activities 😂
You had a plant mentor? That's useful 👍
Remember I once posted about a picture of a horse I painted inspired by music that was a gift for an 80 year old man? That was my mentor, he worked in the municipal gardens in my city, he ran everything. He was a genius! And he was like a grandfather to me. He loved tango.
Yes, I remember that story about the painting, which you gifted. So it was him! If tango, this gif comes:
Very Happy Women's Day!😘
Thank you, and the same to you, every day of the year 😇
He was quite a character... I remember a phrase he said to me before he died that I will never forget... I found videos of his birthday, they are not of good quality, but it brings back memories.
I don't even think the plants know what season they are in with so much climate change, ouch! Here the trees are acting strangely, they are lost poor things haha 💔
I don't know what I liked more, if the flowers or that little thing all tiny and precious that is the baby Aloe Vera, it makes me want to tuck him in 😍
I could never give you plant care advice, you know why? All my succulents succumbed to my neglect 😢💔 haha
Ok, then you don't have to give me plant care advice. Buhito just has to warm up his wings for the piano duet 😁
These Aloe Vera babies are so cute with those white dots 😍
Love the spring vibes there, send some my way as we just had a blizzard here two days ago, haha. I enjoyed seeing what you shared hopefully before too long I will see some here.
Omg, A blizzard still two days ago? 😱 Ok, spring vibes are on their way:
Yes but a taste test of spring weather is coming than will be colder again. Weather has mood changes here 😆
Weather has its own mind and mood, it seems 😂
Good evening @mipiano, I'm glad to see how the succulents are blooming in the east of the peninsula. I loved seeing those yellow flowers, and I liked even more that they announce spring.
Best regards.
Yes, they are blooming 😇
I also have one orchid plant that lives inside - and it also started to grow a stem with flower buds 😃
Thank you and best regards to you too :)
There's no doubt about it, spring is coming.
Happy weekend, @mipiano.
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Thank you very much @claudio83 😊
I start by confessing that I've been inspired by your posts several times and that I'm glad it's reciprocated now. Thank you, @mipiano!
Primroses! I have had all the ones you put in your collage; some are wild, and some are cultivated. The one in my post is a more commercial variety, grown in greenhouses and not quite so comfortable in the garden. I'm nostalgic for the ones of yesteryear, grown in gardens or the field, like the ones you remember.
I love Aloe Vera and her babies. I'd let them grow up with their mom.
Your succulents look like alien plants, with a certain disproportion between the body and the flower, but the flowers are gorgeous!
Your post was definitely the inspiration for mine, so thank you very much for that last photo of primroses! 🙏 It was the trigger. I have never had it in blue colour though, just in white, yellow, red and several nuances of pink (purple).
Ok, they will stay with their mom! 😇 At least for some time and later I will see ;)) Hahaha, I know, they are like aliens, especially that one, it has so long "arms" 😂
I like that you leave the kids with their mom until they grow up; they might want to go later.
I'm glad the Primrose reminded you of your childhood home. I'm nostalgic, and I think back fondly to my childhood days. I wonder what it's like for you because you now live so far away.
I think we feel more nostalgic too, as time passes (meant to say as we get older 😅😆)
You're telling me about old age? There is a saying in our country that I don't know if is known abroad... "Don't talk of rope in the hangman's house!"
They love you. You will have many flowers in your little garden made of pots. Sing and play the piano to them. 🎶 I really like the little yellow stars.
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Singing? 🤐
Maybe I should not risk the life of these plants, they could die from listening to me 😂. Piano is already acceptable 🎹
Twinkle Twinkle little yellow stars ⭐️ 🎶
😊 ¿Ves? Estás cantando 👏🏻
Major verlo que escucharlo 😂
Helado 🍦 jajaja... ✌🏻
Oh, ice cream? what flavour..?
Un sabor con melodía 😂 Continua y que me dé fuerzas para seguir pedaleando.
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Plants are wonderful, even the most unsuspected ones bloom when spring arrives, yesterday I saw my cactus blooming, their flowers are beautiful among the thorns. I had never seen the aloe flower. Thank you for sharing. I hope your music is also in spring. Congratulations on international women's day. I wrote some poetry and you want to read it here https://peakd.com/hive-179291/@yanerkidiaz/poesia-poesia-para-celebrar-el-dia-internacional-de-la-mujer
When a cactus blooms it is really nice to see the flower among the thorns. Happy International Women's Day to you too @yanerkidiaz, I saw your post ;)
primroses were my favorite spring flower. we had quite a few when i was growing up
They are quite simple but nice, right? :)
!INDEED they are and they tolerate the cold well
I'm not familiar with any of those flowers. But every one of the small flowers looks beautiful.
Thanks ;) 🌸🌸
Thank you 😊
Welcome 😊