The season for roses is here already. 🌱🌹

More peonies from last year. 🌸🌱🌺 This year I am looking for an unusual shade of coral pink peonies.

The long awaited flower festival, Chelsea In Bloom, starts next week. Hoping to be back in London to take photos of the displays. Here's a photo of one such display from 2025. Video version is on Instagram and Threads, take a look for a surprise. 🌱🌸🏵 📍Chelsea, London SW3

Cut peonies in my apartment. Photo from a couple of years ago. 🌱🌺🌸

Peonies in colours that I like. 🌱🏵🌸🌺🌱

A branch of a Japanese snowball bush with flowers, seen from below. 🌱💮🤍

This variety of cherry blossom comes in white or pink and is possibly the most popular variety in London. 🌱💮 📍Kensington, London W8

The next brigade of spring flowers are beginning to bloom across gardens in England. Spring is well underway. 🌱🌷 📍Mayfair, London W1.

One of my favourite camellia bushes in full bloom a few years ago on 30th March. 🌱🌸🌺 Especially posted for you @shlead.bsky.social I hope you like it. 📍Kensington Gardens, London

The flower beds along Serpentine Road have been full of daffodils this spring. They line the road as far as the eye can see. 🌱🏵 📍 Hyde Park, London

Camellia japonica 'Principessa Baciocchi'. This variety is attractive and its layers of petals showcase naturally occurring geometry. 🌱🌺🌸 📍Chelsea, London SW3

A little memory. London was decked out for the event of a lifetime. 🤴👑🎽

Spring in one of my favourite parks in London. 🌱🌳🏵⛲️💮

The common lilac bush showing its splendour to the world passing by. 🌱🪻

On this day in 2022, I was privileged to be invited to attend a private view of a couple of exhibitions at the V&A Museum, South Kensington, London. This photo is from the men's fashion exhibition. Those ties caught my eye. They are rarely worn nowadays.

One of the best things about spring. This blossom tree is found just beyond Buckingham Palace in London. 🌱🌸

Concluding the haiku trilogy for magnolia season. White and pink petals, Dancing on the early breeze, Spring is finally here. 🌱💮🌸 📍Kensington Gardens, London

Some of the camellia flowers are just beginning to reach their peak flowering phase. Others are fading away as the sun gets stronger. The flower in this photo has just entered the peak flowering phase. 🌱🌸🌺 📍Holland Park, London W8

Continuing the story of spring with another haiku translated from Japanese into English. Velvet buds unfurl, Scented blossoms fill the air, Winter's quiet end. 🌱🌸🌺 📍Kensington, London W8

Bare branches waking, Soft pink cups hold the sunlight, Spring arrives gently. (Japanese haiku translated, seen on YouTube.) 🌱🌸 📍Chelsea, London SW3

Adding beauty to modern architecture. Magnolia in bloom. 🌺🌱 📍Battersea Riverside, London SW11

Daffodils in Kensington Gardens. Hundreds of them, if not thousands. 🌱🏵 📍London, England

Colour the ground red before you fade away. It is almost the end of the flowering season for this camellia plant. 🌱🌸🌺

Walking under the Sakura blossom during spring makes it feel wonderful to be alive. 🌸🌱🌸

Cherry blossom. Prunus "Kanzan". Lush pink double petals, although it looks like there are several layers of petals. These are usually the last of the Prunus flowers to bloom. Walking under these always makes me look up in wonder. 🌱🌸

Rhododendrons in bloom in Holland Park, London, last year. They have only just started opening out from buds this week. 🌱🌸

Prunus blossom in white. This year the blossom has been better than previous years. 🌱💮🤍

In brilliant sunshine, the flowers of this cherry plum tree (Prunus cerasifera) looked resplendent in white with a hint of blush pink. 🌸🌱 📍South Kensington, London SW7

Magnolia flowers in London. They announce the arrival of spring. 🌸🌱

Matching colours. A bouquet of Ranunculus flowers. 🌱🏵 📍South Kensington, London SW7

Cherry blossom in London. They say that the white flowers appear before the pink ones, I must remember to check next year because I didn't notice it this year. 🌱💮🌸

A burst of colour to brighten dull days. 🌱🌸🌺 Thank you to everyone who stops by to look at my pictures here on BlueSky. Much appreciated, especially as I don't spend much time on social media platforms. 🙏💮

Please can we have all this beauty last forever? 🌱🌺🌸 📍South Kensington, London SW7

Do I look up or do I look down? Snowdrop, crocus and camellia flowers beginning to bloom. The joys of spring. 💮🌸🌱🏵🌺 📍Kensington Gardens, London

Almost like stardust. Some say fairy dust. This Cherry Plum tree, Prunus cerasifera, is a popular ornamental tree known for being one of the first to flower in the spring, often before its leaves. 🌱🌸 This particular tree is within a private garden square in the neighbourhood. 📍South Kensington

Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire', known for its vibrant winter stem colour. The last sign of winter, I think, although the snow showers this evening suggest that the season is not over yet. 🌱 📍Kensington Gardens, London

The rise of the magnolias. We are ready for this invasion. 🌱🌸 📍Kensington, London W8

Flowers to remember a parent. 🌱🌸💮

The daffodils should begin to bloom soon. 🌱🏵

A favourite spot to relax when this camellia bush starts to bloom. We just need some respite from the incessant rain for me to be able to sit on that bench and enjoy looking at the beautiful flowers. 🌱🌸🌺 📍South Kensington, London SW7

Almost angelic. 🌱🌸🌺 📍South Kensington, London SW7

Tulips in full bloom last year in the Dutch Gardens section of Holland Park. Already looking forward to seeing this year's tulips and the colour choices taken by the team of gardeners. 🌱🌷⚘️ 📍Holland Park, London W8

Long hours at work and insufficient sleep = feeling dull. But these beauties cheer me up. 🌱🌸🌺 📍South Kensington, London SW7

Struggling with exhaustion but here's what perks me up. This particular one is a variegated camellia. 🌱🌸🌺 📍South Kensington, London SW7

These camellia flowers were already blooming in January. The regular rain in recent weeks has ensured that the flowers are pristine at this stage. 🌱🌸💮 📍Kensington Gardens

When the advance brigade of spring starts to sing. 🌱🌸

Protea flowers on display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025. 🌱🏵🌸💮 📍Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3

Leucadendron 'Safari Sunset'. A member of the Proteaceae family. Currently the rage in the local florists, the flowers are attractive and brighten up dull winter days. 🌱🌸 📍Chelsea, London SW3

Just before it started raining again. The first Camellia flower on this shrub in a garden square in the neighbourhood. 🌱🌺🌸 📍South Kensington, London SW7

Catching up with the trend #RoseWednesday 🌱🌹 📍London, England