The Folmer Gardens capture the essence of spring

Here are some of Brian’s favourites:

1. Giant allium (Allium giganteum)

2. Drumstick allium (A. sphaerocephalon)

3. ‘White Splendour’ Windflower (Anemone blanda ‘White Splendour’)

4. Blue camassia (Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii ‘Blauwe Donau’)

5. Glory-of-the-snow (Chionodoxa luciliae)

6. ‘Golden Yellow’ crocus (Crocus x luteus ‘Golden Yellow’)

7. ‘Flower Record’ crocus (C. vernus ‘Flower Record’)

8. ‘Pickwick’ crocus (C. vernus ‘Pickwick’)

9. Winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis)

10. Armenian grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum)

11. ‘Valerie Finnis’ grape hyacinth (M. armeniacum ‘Valerie Finnis’)

12. Bi-coloured grape hyacinth (M. latifolium)

13. ‘Barrett Browning’ daffodil (Narcissus ‘Barrett Browning’)

14. ‘King Alfred’ daffodil (N. King Alfred strain)

15. ‘Salome’ daffodil (N. ‘Salome’)

16. ‘Tête-à-tête’ daffodil (N. ‘Tête-à-tête’)

17. Siberian squill ‘Spring Beauty’ (Scilla siberica ‘Spring Beauty’)

18.  ‘Beauty of Apeldoorn’ tulip (Tulipa ‘Beauty of Apeldoorn’)

19. ‘Blushing Beauty’ tulip (T. ‘Blushing Beauty’)

20. ‘Queen of Night’ tulip (T. ‘Queen of Night’)