yellow pheasant's eyes

[turlough]

It's definitely spring here now and on my walk this afternoon I spotted these stunningly bright yellow flowers huddling in the (dry) grass of a neglected front garden. They're Pheasant's Eyes (Adonis vernalis) and this garden is the only place I've ever seen it. It's a very rare plant in the wild here in Sweden but there's supposed to be cultivars around even though I've never seen any myself.

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[yarnandglue]

Oh wow, I've never seen those before! We've got crocuses and snowdrops growing here in Illinois. I don't believe that either are native to the region though. :)

[turlough]

Crocuses and snowdrops aren't native here in Sweden either. I think most of them originate in southeastern Europe. We certainly have a lot of them here in gardens though.