What flowers have you got open in the garden in January ?

We have crocus bulbs in full flower, such a delight to see their bright yellow blooms on a gloomy day.

My Christmas rose has flowered and my camellia has buds.
We are always later than our English neighbours, when it comes to flowering.

I have a pot of cyclamen, which I brought from my previous cottage garden, brightening up my otherwise dull, tiny back yard. How I miss the garden but not the work involved!

I have just heard, then seen a bee on one of my helibores.

One of my camellias is in flower, the other has loads of buds.
One always flowers earlier than the other, strangely.
Also a few crocuses. And my winter primroses in red, yellow and blue are flowering well in a pot.

Japanese quince , Viburnum Bodnantense , Camellias and yellow winter flowering Jasmine and Hellebore are all lovely at the moment .

A little patch of early snowdrops, primroses, dwarf iris, a few cyclamen and lovely viburnum bodnantense Dawn, which has been flowering since about October and will go through to April. I have sarcococca in bloom but it has no scent at all (which is really disappointing). Hellebore flower buds peeping through (I need to cut out the old foliage).

I'm in Durham. Some of you must be much further south..

winter flowering honeysuckle, mahonia, winter flowering iris, winter flowering cherry, forsythia, snowdrops, christmas roses, the odd rose, cherry plum tree, outdoor cyclamen, various camellias The secret to stopping bud drop in camellias is to keep them well watered when the buds form in july/august. I learned this from Alan Titchmarsh many years ago.

Witch Hazel and snowdrops are in bloom in our garden.

Hellebores , I like the white ones , but there are lovely purples
This is in my garden today it’s been blooming for ages

All i can see in the garden are snowdrops. I have very large window boxes on the front with various colours of cyclamen.

I have an area in the woody part of the garden with a patch of cyclamen Coum and snowdrops which is just beginning its annual show. It is so pretty.

4 daffodils suddenly overnight! (In the West Country)

A solitary daffodil, snowdrops, hellebores, viburnum….., lots of buds everywhere! Looking forward to spring!

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Lots of Freesias racing to burst into bloom in a glorious tangled mess. They are much earlier than usual as we’ve had a very warm January. This time last year none were open.

Yes I have hellebores in flower… they’re great for this time of year, last a long time in the garden and can be cut for the house when the flower starts to mature

I love my Hellebores and what is really wonderful about them - they self hybridise or are very easy to hybridise !

Crocus and snowdrops (Lancs.) 😎👍

And Mahonia! 😎

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Crocus and snowdrops

Some crocuses have appeared since Tuesday

I haven't been in my flat for long enough to know what flowers bloom in the strip of garden out front, but I see that clumps of snowflakes (big brothers to snowdrops but not the same family) are coming out earlier than I expected. Now will be the time to start replenishing my hanging basket.

Snowdrops, daffodils in flower, crocus and tulip opening buds.

Well, there should be snowdrops but they are still not out here this year - and that's it as far as January and most of February goes, although the winter aconite should be out soon.

Re Camellias dropping buds - check your watering, especially in Autumn. Apparently, poor watering, especially in Autumn, causes the buds to drop in Spring. I have potted mini Iris and also wallflowers out.