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| 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.
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| Penstemon |
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| Borage survived the frost |
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| Lewisia |
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| Hollyhocks |
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| Hollyhocks |
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| Daisies |
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| Fuchsia 'Delta's Sara' |
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| Fuchsia 'Genii' |
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| Yarrow in the lawn |
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| Alyssum in the lawn too |
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| Anemone 'Ruffled Swan' |
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| Creeping rosemary in the retaining wall |
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| Helleborus, labelled as 'Midnight Ruffles', but I think it's too light |
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| 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!
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| Helleborus 'Cinnamon Snow', just getting started |
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| Camellia 'Winter's Snowman' |
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| Camellia 'Yuletide' |
It's amazing what you still have after the freezes! We are in the same planting zone (unless your'e in some sheltered area near Seattle!) and I have nothing but the rosemary and borage.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm amazed what's still going this year! I'm just south of Seattle so I think we get some heat from the city, but on a hill too.
DeleteYou still have quite a bit more flowering outside than I do. I've never seen so many flowers on Lewisia at this time of year, mine are just tight clumps of foliage.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteHappy Gardening!