Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - January 2019

Hellebore

This has been one of the mildest winters of recent years. Rain, of course, a little frost, no snow. I'm always wishing for snow, even when sprouting bulbs and buds on trees hint that spring is around the corner. It's certainly a time of mixed feelings! Perhaps by saying that this has been a mild winter, I will jinx us and bring some snow.

Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting the monthly roundup of blooms, even when her garden is buried under six inches of snow.

First snowdrop

Wintersweet - chimonanthus

Rosemary

The slugs like primroses

Camellia 'Winter's Snowman'

Camellia 'Yuletide', seems oddly late this year

Hamamelis x 'Birgit' - hard to see in photos, but a brighter red than 'Diane'

Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane'

Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane'

Sarcococca scents up the whole corner of the front yard

Cyclamen coum, also a favorite of the slugs

Fuchsia 'Genii' may bloom year round

Helleborus 'Cinnamon Snow'

Helleborus, unknown

Lewisia continues to bloom

Inside, my kitchen counter is crowded with bulbs. Paperwhites that I picked up on sale after Christmas are blooming. Hyacinths that were forced in the fridge and then the garage are coming soon. And I've just finished repotting my amaryllises, the four big ones spent some time in the garage so hopefully they will bloom; the others are babies.