Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - December, 2018

Yarrow and blueberry leaves

We had hard frost in early December, at least two nights in the 20s, so I'm surprised the fall blooms are still going. The winter blooms are starting too, giving a nice mix of little surprises around the yard. I started to look for more winter flowering plants two years ago and it's nice to see those growing in. Gives me a reason to go outside in the dark of winter!

Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting the monthly roundup of blooms.

Penstemon

Borage survived the frost

Lewisia

Hollyhocks

Hollyhocks

Daisies

Fuchsia 'Delta's Sara'

Fuchsia 'Genii'

Yarrow in the lawn

Alyssum in the lawn too

Anemone 'Ruffled Swan'

Creeping rosemary in the retaining wall

Helleborus, labelled as 'Midnight Ruffles', but I think it's too light

Helleborus 'Cinnamon Snow'

Indoors, the African violets are taking a break, but my birthday orchid is blooming in the kitchen window, and downstairs the Christmas cactus has a scattering of blooms.

What's next? Many more hellebores, and camellias!

Helleborus 'Cinnamon Snow', just getting started

Camellia 'Winter's Snowman' 

Camellia 'Yuletide'

In bloom this week: December 1, 2018

After being out of town for Thanksgiving and then sick all last week, I finally got out to wander around the yard today. It's soggy out, as one would expect for November - err, December! I expect we'll have a heavy freeze early next week, so this will be the last of the fall blooms. They're looking a little sad and tattered anyway, ready for the crisp colors of winter to take over. The hellebores are ready.

Lewisia

Nasturtium

Hollyhock

Hollyhock

Anemone

Daisies

Penstemon

Fuchsia 'Genii'

Fuchsia 'Delta's Sara' - the blue has faded

Borage plans to take over the world

Hellebore, I'll have to look up the varieties for winter

Hellebore

Hellebore

Fall glory

The colors have been wonderful this fall, seems like the views have gotten better every day, but now we've had some wind and more is coming. Here's a few pictures before the leaves all blow away.

Acer rubrum 'Franksred' 

This is the second fall for my Acer rubrum 'Franksred'

Epimedium

Nasturtiums are still blooming

Penstemon in the flower garden

A second batch of cosmos came up from seed on their own

My favorite fuchsias are reblooming again

More fuchsias

Grape leaves are mostly blown away now

Same with the blueberries

Yarrow all around the yard

Daisies and variegated red twig dogwood

Baby smoke bush, cotinus 'Grace'

Enkianthus

Astrantia reblooming

The red corner: maple, heucheras, dwarf plumbago and azalea

Witch hazel, hamamelis 'Diane'

Peonies

Lilacs from the front porch

Greeting visitors on the front porch