The first breath of spring

I'm sorry that I'm sending two similar shots but I couldn't decide which one to choose. This is a completely new plant to me. Cardamine glanduligera doesn't even have an English name. It is a Carpathian endemic and grows only in south-eastern Europe in spring. It is a frost-resistant plant and the flowers last for up to 30 days. It grows in damp ravines among deciduous trees. It blooms before the vegetation of other plants begins, creating beautiful blue fields.

[JackieR]

Never apologise for posting beautiful images Hannah!

[Boxplayer]

Lovely dappled light

[Nigel Rogers]

Love the light and angles

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Diana]

A wonderful capture and beautiful light. I am happy to see them twice :-)

[Faye Turner]

Pretty colour in the flowers

[Marloes]

How very special! What a power!💚

[Helen Jane]

so pretty - it looks to fragile to be frost resilient. love the slope of the land in your background in this capture.

[Krista Marson]

Feels like I'm there

[Mags]

So lovely!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Lovely

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such lovely gems !

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Well spotted and a lovely shot.

[Milanie]

Don't you love spotting early spring colors out in the wild.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[KoalaGardens🐨]

aren't they pretty!

[Rob Z]

They look wonderful in that rather barren brown area.

[Kathy]

A lovely plant. Must be lovely en masse.

[Heather]

So pretty, especially in the sunlight! Fav

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

Nice, I can't wait to see this kind of stuff around here.....sooner rather than later, if you know what I mean!

[Diane]

A beautiful plant! Great light.

[Shutterbug]

It’s a beautiful plant. It sounds so vigorous also.