In February, it is always possible to make beautiful bouquets with seasonal flowers.
You can also admire certain perennial plants that flower in winter in the garden.
Depending on the region and climate, flowering differs a little.
For example, in the South, the pretty yellow flowers of the winter mimosa have an intoxicating scent in February.
A quick overview.
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February: what vegetables and fruits are in season?
Flowers of the month of February
In February, the gardener plants vegetables, harvests in the vegetable garden, and prepares for spring.
He can thus see that certain plants flower in winter, because the cycle of plant life continues.
This is particularly the case for bulb plants.
Certain varieties of hardier plants have also been created to flower at this time.
Some examples :
Flowers of the month of February |
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Buttercup |
Tulip |
Daffodil |
Thought |
Anemone |
Hyacinth |
Narcissus |
Crocus |
Cyclamen |
Snowdrops |
Good to know
You can revive your faded daffodils by cutting their flower stalk at the base and burying the bulbs in a pot with 8 cm of potting soil.
Remember to water them a little if the weather is dry.
Install them on your balcony or in your garden.
They will leave again the following year.
Thanks to this list, you can compose bouquets of flowers that have grown in France, locally.
Don’t hesitate to ask your florist.
Shrubs of the month of February
Some shrubs flower early, their flowers blooming as early as February.
They offer a pretty colorful palette to the garden: pink, yellow, orange... Species native to Japan have also found their place in our temperate climates.
Other shrubs simply have winter blooms.
We can cite:
Shrubs for the month of February |
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Winter mimosa |
Winter Jasmine |
Camellia |
Clematis |
Winter honeysuckle |
Winter heather |
Viburnum |
Witch Hazel |
Daphne |
Sarcococci |
Prunus |
Japanese apricot tree |
Did you know ?
Witch hazel is also called witch hazel, in reference to its shrub-like foliage.
But also because its elongated petals are reminiscent of witches' clawed fingers.