It is snowing as I prepare this Garden Blogger Bloom Day post for December. Some weather computer models are predicting that we may get up to 17 inches of snow before the system moves through. . . .
Sometimes the hardest gifts to think of are the stocking stuffers. What's small enough to fit in a stocking, yet substantial enough to be a gift? Here are...
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on Dec 15, 2007, 8:32PM
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This was going to be a challenge to find anything blooming outside but I managed to find something, the Camellia Spring's Promise. This one blossom is trying to open but I can see a couple more about to start. It's too early for the Witch Hazels but it looks like it will be a good year for those so perhaps I'll have something for January's Bloggers Bloom Day. All the rest are indoors.
Camellia 'Spring's Promise' a hardy and very reliable bloomer. . . .
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This is a picture of my Crab tree earlier in the week. The second picture is of my tree rose. I did not notice it until I went out to get the mail, so I wasn't able to do anything to help, except wait for the ice to melt. It did spring back, but has a slight bow in the trunk. I am very lucky that it did not break. I ran across this rose last year at the wholesale nursery that we buy from. . . .
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In the dark days of winter, the sun manages to heave itself over the horizon late in the mornings, only to find another misty and cloudy day, waiting for his chance to have a little peek through the clouds. Ah, there he is, shining for a fleeting moment, giving his energy and light to the several flowers still blooming in December. Here are the flowers blooming at the Windywillow garden:
An oriental poppy?? Decided the weather was mild enough to put a flower out, and there's another bud coming up. . .
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This continues the tour of the garden of a hort society member in her nineties who manages this great property all on her own. She informed us that the entire garden is considered an all you can eat buffet by the deers, but she still manages to keep a step or two ahead. If you look closely you'll see that she collects garden statues and places them very thoughtfully.
It's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, and I am cheating. Sure, I have a cute little poinsettia on my dining room table--in spite of the fact that I don't like poinsettias--but frankly I'm not in a very Christmas-y mood right now so I don't particularly want to show it. Bah, humbug!
Our dry, slow-to-get-cold fall has resulted in a major bonus...cherry tomatoes that are still s-s-s-lowly ripening. Today I see the beginnings of the end...frost damaged tips on the vines. But I've picked bunches of green tomatoes and will see what happens...if they ripen at all they'll be at least as good as any at the store! Homegrown tomatoes for Christmas???!
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Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2007-12-17, 00:36:24
There are still blooms in Davis...the temperature has dipped at night to freezing but hovered in the 50's during the day. Little to no rain has meant that I'm still watering on occasion, especially the citrus in pots that can handle the cold better when it isn't stressed for water. Several plants, such as the shasta daisy and Banksia rose, are blooming sparsely... surprising me...but I'm not sure if I just haven't paid attention in past years or it really is an oddity. In any case...
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Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2007-12-17, 00:36:15
What have I got blooming on the balcony at the moment? A lot more than I should have - geraniums, pansies, marigolds, alyssum, antirrhinums and campanula. Crazy. Plus a few chrysanthemums hanging on in there, and some cyclamen. Despite the fact that the temperature has dropped radically, they don't seem to have noticed. It's been down to about -2° every night this week, though back up to around ten in the daytime.
Because of that, I have started covering things up. And by the end of this week it will be complete, with everything put to bed for at least a month. The first week in January is usually the coldest week of the year here, so better safe than sorry.
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Posted by Sue Swift Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2007-12-17, 00:35:53
Inevitably, this time of year, a debate resurfaces regarding the holiday decorations people install in their yards: "tacky" versus tasteful.
Some like their holiday decorations refined and tasteful. This camp...
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on Dec 15, 2007, 1:04AM
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This morning I was out in the garden early with my camera to capture the blooms of the day, we are expecting a cold front later today that is bringing some needed rain and cooler temperatures (The forecast for tomorrow low sixties and high mid seventies, sorry northern bloogers but that is a cold front for us) This is the beginning of my favorite time of the year in the garden. The plants and flowers are not stress as they usually are in the heat of summer. As long as we keep the water coming the garden looks great. This is going to be a problem this year with the severe drought we are experiencing. My Aloe Vera plant flowered for the first time ever. . . .
I am glad its here again, another gardening blogger’s bloom day. With steadily dipping temperatures, a morning stroll amidst the flowers is warming enough to prepare for the day ahead. Present maximum temperatures are hovering around in the range of 16-18 degree C, while the minimum dips down to 6-9 degrees- Not bad for blooms yet. Coming days might see a frost cover which will spell doom for the bloom but as of now there is reason enough to be cheerful about. With these sentiments I enlist the blooms at Indiagarden:
Plumeria AlbaPlumeria rubra
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on Dec 14, 2007, 5:47AM
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3.8 degrees below zero here on the mountain. The wind stopped some time after 2 AM, the clouds cleared and the stars came out. It's quiet and motionless out there but we are beginning to shake off sleep and get going here at Vermont Flower Farm. 5:30 in the morning gives gardeners a time to think through the day. . . .
Call it positive thinking, but I honestly thought I'd have more than two flowers blooming in the middle of December. I know we've had an ice storm and right this moment, a "nor'easter" is about to make its grand entrance, but I still thought I'd have more. I'm not really disappointed though. In fact, it just makes me appreciate the toughness that some plants possess. . . .
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Here is my monthly posting for the Gardener Bloggers Bloom Day. Like most others in Zone 7, I have just a few pansies and such outdoors, but inside I have a real indoor garden riot. I lost my one blooming orchid to a cat-astrophe (see previous post here). . ..
This is the second month I’ve celebrated May Dreams Gardens’ Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. It’s a fun way to see what’s growing all over the world all on one day. It also reminds me how long we’ve been online - almost exactly three months. Since then, more and more of you are stopping by, which makes me happy. Afterall, that’s why I write - I want to share what I’m learning with you!. . .
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I hunted all over for flowers for GBBD today. There were none in my slush covered gardens. There were none adorning my African violets. I was about to put away my camera when I remembered this.
My christmas tree is covered with flowers. . . .
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Funny thing - by reading gardenblogs from other climates I've come to better understand my own climate and how it affects my gardening choices. I now see that it's only because my beds and borders aren't covered with snow all winter that I care about having evergreen groundcovers. And unlike other gardeners who write about raking dead leaves into their borders for the winter, I quickly remove fallen leaves because I'd much rather see the evergreen groundcovers. . .
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