first flowers in a decade

late summer

late summer

late summer

SockMunky and the hibiscus

summer honey

garden bouquet

the deer eat these

fall tint

Hydrangea

back to pretty

Red lilies are blooming in the yard here in North Carolina. Not native, of course, but nicely planted. I thought I would relieve you of the ugliness of the previous post.

la florida. . .

. . .was named for its flowers. Camilia japonica bushes grow profusely (as do many other Camelias and flowers of all types) in Leu Gardens, where they were planted by Henry P. after he and his wife bought the property in 1936. Their goal was to show which plants grow in this USDA Zone 9b. They succeeded. In 1961, they deeded the house and gardens to the City of Orlando.

entering spring

I first saw forsythia in Johnson City, Tennessee, but it was probably blooming earlier. That is when I first saw it from the interstate. These daffodils are in Hendersonville, North Carolina. I am hurrying spring along as fast as I can.

LOOK!

It's March 1st and the daffodils are coming up in my backyard here in upstate New York. See them?! Now those are hardy plants. Right now it is 21° out and supposed to snow, but the sun is out and higher in the sky every day. I've had enough of turtlenecks and winter coats.

merry christmas

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, during those days when less and less daylight lightens our days, this plant on top of my refrigerator does all it can to brighten the nights.

I look at the blooms every time I open the fridge door.

forsythia in the fall

This straggly forsythia shrub manages to flower in the fall when its leaves are turning purple. Seems like a desperate survival scheme.