Ilkeston - Meteorological Spring Flowers
w/e 05 March 2023
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300
Meteorological spring starts
each year in the Northern Hemisphere on March 1st and in theory
means that the worst of the winter is over. Astronomical spring
on the other hand occurs at the vernal equinox which falls around
March 20th but whichever date you go by, the spring flowers always
appear around this time of year. Here are some of them at some
familiar haunts around Ilkeston.
There's always a good display of crocuses on Chaucer Old Park
('Illy 'Oleys) along the edge of Cantelupe Road. The yellow ones
usually appear first with more colours arriving as the days go
by.
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Crocuses are also visible from Stanton Road among the headstones
in the cemetery.
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It's worth entering the cemetery though and walking down to the
far end where there are far fewer headstones and many more crocuses.
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It's primulas that are flowering in the five beds on the island
at White Lion Square, the southern end of Chalons Way.
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And there are more primulas in the beds either side of the War
Memorial on the Market Place. There are more crocuses dotted
in the grass in the Memorial Garden at the side of St Mary's
Church.
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As well as the sporadic crocuses the steps to the Memorial Garden
are lined with dwarf daffodils of the Tête-à-tête
variety.
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The garden by the wall in front of the Cantelupe Centre and St
Mary's Church also has a mixture of Tête-à-tête
daffodils and crocuses whilst the beds at the entrance to the
church are full of a variety of flowers and shrubs that add colour
in all the seasons.
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Victoria Park of course, along Bristol Road, is a riot of colour
at this time of year with snowdrops still flowering, crocuses
too blooming profusely and the green shoots of daffodils promising
more colour to come.
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The obligatory close up of some of the crocuses on the park.
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Nearby more flowers are already in full bloom in the shelter
of a wall. I was tempted to call these wallflowers but as you
can see they are daffodils, this time full sized rather than
the dwarf variety. Whatever the variety of flower and whether
daffodils or crocuses, they all indicate the arrival of spring
whether meteorological or astronomical
- but according to the latest weather forecast, there's a chance
of snow next week!
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