Along South Quay in Abingdon the brambles have been replaced by wild flowers.

There are blue cornflowers next to red poppies,

mauve mallows in white clouds,

yellow and green.

Somebody must have cleared the verge and bombed the area with wild flowers to create this explosion.

Blossom is showing in the Albert Park in Abingdon, some of it pink

and some of it white.

It is not only blossom time but also time for some of the bright yellow forsythia blooms to show.

A week ago there was a notice on the gate of St Ethelwold’s Houses to say that the garden would be closed from Monday to Wednesday this week for the installation of an irrigation system. The notices have been taken down and I did not see any signs of irrigation work. Perhaps it went quicker than planned. Last night it rained a lot and flattened some plants. The tulips had already been shedding their bright petals in St Ethelwold’s garden.

These pictures were taken before the rain:

A new notice has appeared saying there will be a Gong Bath in the Sanctuary.

Polyanthus Primroses are currently the brightest blooms in the beds around Abingdon town centre.

Poly means ‘many’ and Anthus means ‘bloom’ or ‘flower’. Each plant is crowned with several blooms.

Plugs were planted back in October or November after the summer bedding plants had been removed. Polyanthus provide colour on the dullest of days from early Spring.

Some of the town centre beds have single colour blooms like the one on Stratton Way.

Pansies flowered through the winter in a less showy way on Stratton Way. There are wallflowers that are yet to bloom.