That's a camellia (a relative of the tea bush). My parents' next door neighbours have one very similar which has been in bloom since Christmas in north Devon.

Meanwhile here in Hampshire spring colour is in very short supply. The grass still has that dull colour after a couple of brief coverings of snow a few days ago, and apart from the snowdrops and a few early crocuses, the only thing in flower is the ubiquitous gorse.

corrected that a little ;)

Thanks guys for the flowers id! I do like seeing all these wondefull flowers but not knowing what they are called can be a little frustrating when you see them year on year.

No chance it's any sort of apple this early - looks like a viburnum, probably viburnum bodnantense, maybe viburnum fragrans

https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/99308/Viburnum-x-bodnantense-Dawn/Details

These are periwinkles, Vinca major, perhaps Vinca minor or soem hybrid

Yes this is the plant I think, thanks :)

RE apple.. I saw a tree in full bloom with lots of white flowers about 10 days or so ago, I'm not sure but it was probably a prunus veriety, but perhaps a another fruit veriety maybe? I will check it out hopefully this Friday. 

Down here rose shrubs will produce flowers all year round but up in Newcastle my Grans won't grow in the winter.. Is it normal for roses to flower in December and January.

Also does anybody know the name of the evergreen shrub/bush that has flowers that look like roses, it to flowers all year round.?

A feel I've jinxed the weather opening this thread as since Monday it's been overcast and cold with just a few hours of late sun Monday afternoon.

However today I saw around half dozen cherry trees with blossom.

Camellia again? See the pic a few posts up. Or another example:

Yes, camellia it is I think, the flowers vary in appearance but camellia.

I didn't realise all these ever green bushes I've been seeing around, with rose like flowers are related to the tea bush, and can all be used to make tea :-)

Crocuses bursting forth in the sunshine earlier on today here at Folkestone . . .

Felt pleasant in the sun but still a chilly feel with a highs of 7c.

Spring definitely here - saw the first celandines and primroses in flower yesterday

13c and rising just to the north on the Moray coast, could see a 14 or maybe 15c today making it the highest so far this year in the UK.

A big shock this weekend when snow looks set to return to areas such as here in The Cairngorms.

Another gorgeous spring-like day today where it has been sunny the whole time. Earlier on this afternoon, I gave the lawn the first proper cut of the year as well as having dug over the side border. Did it all in a cardigan and jogging bottoms and now have this warm glow on my face.

These last two days are the first time in around 2 months the sun has reappeared in the garden from behind the shadows. Much needed as the garden is so boggy this winter, even worse than last winter with the all the rain. Can't work out but for the first time in 3 years I have moss growing all over and it is frustrating.

Doesn't help we now have a puppy running mud in everywhere. At least when it was frozen for 2 weeks last month, it was clean. Now the damp is back the mud has returned.

Also it was light these last two mornings by the time I got home at 7am, a sign of Spring.

The continued absence of the usual entrenched cold across eastern Europe and Russia is striking, and could allow for an unusually warm first half of spring given average synoptic conditions. Obviously a push of Arctic air sometime within the next few weeks could still change things.

GFS has had a go at such a thing on it's 12z today, but by contrast the ECM 12z actually hints at a pattern evolving that would only serve to enhance the positive temperature anomalies in the 11-15 day period, as the main Atlantic trough advances to sit just west of Scandinavia.

The forest floor was covered in these...

Sorry about the picture quality but for anybody who can't tell they're bluebell plants.

And the lone Cumulonimbus.. reminds me of the spring shower season.

I noticed this afternoon that despite the bitter feeling wind the suns rays still managed to warm me. With hat, gloves, and a coat, it actually felt rather warm in any shelter from that howling wind... ☀️☀️

How lovely to see all the early Spring flowers blooming.  I'm now longing to hear the frogs croaking in my pond.  They'll be gathering for spawning very soon.  Last year the first spawn appeared on 17th March, which is on a par with previous years, although they were later in 2013 when we had a lot of late snow.

It felt very cold facing the wind on the way back from a walk today. More so as on top of a hill.

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saw a few dead frogs in the street last weekend after the rain.. Haven't seen them in mass numbers yet.