January

sage-green sea kale, blue bugloss, red poppy, yellow sedum

sky blue borage

Rugosa double de Coubert Harrisonii, Rosa mundi rose of the world with its crimson and blush striped flowers, an old sport from the apothecary's Rose officionalis the rose of Provins, Rosa Foetida bicolor bright yellow and red, and Cantabrigiensis pale yellow

houseleeks and sedums, thrift, dianthus, saxifrage, campion, wallflower, purple iris, calendula, curry plant, rue, camomile, columbine, shirley poppy, santolina and nasturtium

February

the blue stars of wild forget-me-nots, pristine snowdrops spread out in the welcoming sun, wild columbine, ominous fritillaria

gorse is a blaze of golden flowers forced by the wind into an agony of weird shapes, twisted branches wrung out like washing. It's the only winter flower on the Ness.

the long headed poppy, P. dubium, and the field poppy, P. rhoeas

Rosemary - Ros marinus, sea dew - herb of remembrance and friendship - Ophelia's bouquet, tied with ribbons and carried at weddings, and placed in the hands of the dead.

(Zonal pelargoniums! Geraniums the Queen of the flower garden; Paul Crampel the true scarlet, the one and only colour of a geranium, is a rarity.)

Daffodils - bulbs were used by Galen to glue together great wounds and gashes and carried by Roman soldiers. The name daffodil, d'asphodel, is a confusion with the asphodel. They were also called Lent lily.

valerian

Narcissus - from the Greek narkao (to benumb). Socrates called the plant 'crown of the infernal gods' because the bulbs, if eaten, numbed the nervous system. Perhaps Roman soldiers carried it for this reason.

Derek Jarman, Modern Nature