After the cold winter weather and relative scarcity flowering plants spring flowers are a welcome sight into any garden. Snowdrops are one of the first to arrive. It is almost surprising to believe that rare snowdrop bulbs can sell for hundreds of pounds, like the snowdrop bulb in Scotland which sold for £725.
Hundreds of years earlier in the seventeenth century tulips were all the rage for collectors. Large numbers of bulbs became infected by tulip fire which caused striped flowers to occur. In the Netherlands these rare specimens sold for as much as the price of a house in Amsterdam.
Daffodils are always popular. Who can resist a vase brimming full of yellow daffodils?
Cherry blossoms flower in abundance, and provide a really stunning sight. The only downside of this wonderful tree is the almost infinite amount of petals that fall to the ground after a windy day. One of my favourite spring flowers I have seen this year has got to be the Japanese quince. I was mesmorised by the beauty of Chaenomeles speciosa 'moerloosei'.
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