Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for January 2014.
Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I had to go inside to find blooms in January.
Fortunately, it wasn't that difficult to find a few indoor blooms.
I followed my nose to find the Lily of the Valley, which I purchased as pre-cooled pips and planted about five weeks ago.
I've been enjoying the blooms for quite awhile now. They've added to my indoor garden and later this spring, I'll plant them outside, where someday they'll bloom for an outdoor bloom day in May.
I've still got a few Amaryllis in bloom, though there are far fewer now than a week ago.
I enjoyed having these blooms last week when I was trapped inside by a raging snowstorm that dumped nearly a foot of snow on my garden and dropped the temperatures to sub zero for a day or two.
Now a week later, most of the snow has melted, but there are still no signs of blooms outdoors, unlike last year when I counted four blooms outside.
What else is blooming here at May Dreams Gardens? In the sun room, the Kalanchoe is still blooming along with these two Crown of Thorns plants.
I can always count on Crown of Thorns to have a bloom or two, regardless of what else is going on in my garden or sun room.
And that's what I've got to show for this bloom day, my 84th time to post on the 15th of the month about the blooms in my garden.
There are several other garden bloggers who have posted for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day from the beginning who now also have this seven year record of their garden.
How long have you been posting for bloom day? Whether this is your first time or your 84th time, we'd love to read about what is blooming in your garden today.
It's easy to join in. Just post on your blog about what is blooming in your garden on the 15th of the month and leave a comment to tell us what you have waiting for us to see so we can pay you a virtual visit. Then put your name and the url to your post on the Mr. Linky widget below to make it easy to find you.
Then repeat after me... “We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence
Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I had to go inside to find blooms in January.
Fortunately, it wasn't that difficult to find a few indoor blooms.
I followed my nose to find the Lily of the Valley, which I purchased as pre-cooled pips and planted about five weeks ago.
I've been enjoying the blooms for quite awhile now. They've added to my indoor garden and later this spring, I'll plant them outside, where someday they'll bloom for an outdoor bloom day in May.
I've still got a few Amaryllis in bloom, though there are far fewer now than a week ago.
I enjoyed having these blooms last week when I was trapped inside by a raging snowstorm that dumped nearly a foot of snow on my garden and dropped the temperatures to sub zero for a day or two.
Now a week later, most of the snow has melted, but there are still no signs of blooms outdoors, unlike last year when I counted four blooms outside.
What else is blooming here at May Dreams Gardens? In the sun room, the Kalanchoe is still blooming along with these two Crown of Thorns plants.
I can always count on Crown of Thorns to have a bloom or two, regardless of what else is going on in my garden or sun room.
And that's what I've got to show for this bloom day, my 84th time to post on the 15th of the month about the blooms in my garden.
There are several other garden bloggers who have posted for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day from the beginning who now also have this seven year record of their garden.
How long have you been posting for bloom day? Whether this is your first time or your 84th time, we'd love to read about what is blooming in your garden today.
It's easy to join in. Just post on your blog about what is blooming in your garden on the 15th of the month and leave a comment to tell us what you have waiting for us to see so we can pay you a virtual visit. Then put your name and the url to your post on the Mr. Linky widget below to make it easy to find you.
Then repeat after me... “We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence
Comments
That Euphorbia millii you got there is always flowering profusely with us, and we have 5 different colors of them.
My records from GBBD over the last 3 years have been a great resource too at leavesnbloom.
Happy GBBD Carol
As my blog is now over a year old, I can look back too. It will be so useful to have a few more years of history. It must really make you conscious of the vagaries of the seasons from year to year.
Congratulations on your seven years Carol and thanks for hosting 84 times!
Chloris
Even after our freeze, we have a few winter bloomers outside.
I've been contributing Bloom Day posts since July 2011.
Thanks for hosting this once again, Carol. I've posted on every GBBD since I started blogging, which will soon be 6 years. I hate to break the cycle, so I'll probably post something later today, though I'm going to have to really hunt--not even my amaryllis is blooming yet!
My first Bloom Day was January 2008. Then as now I had Camellias.
Happy GBBD!
p.s. Do visit my blog too.
This will be my first ever January post, I'm only pleased to have blooms to share. Thanks for hosting and well done on reaching 7 years!
As always, thanks for hosting Bloom Day, if I counted right, this is my 15th time joining you!
Happy Gardening!!
And of course I have the ever faithful Snowdrops for the meager Bloom Day of January 2014.
Thanks for hosting for 7 (!) years!
Your Amaryllis and Lily of the Valley are lovely!
I love your Lily of the Valley too. I have a childhood memory of my Mum telling me not to take bunches of this plant in to the house as it was unlucky. Has anyone else ever heard that? It looks like a great plant for a window sill indoors :-)
Happy Bloom Day everyone :-D
Margaret - Sage Advice Nursery
This is only my fourth time sharing my garden on your site and I would like to thank you for hosting!