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Helleborus × ballardiae ‘HGC Cinnamon Snow' |
Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the question of whether we would get through the whole winter with no snow or ice has been answered, rather emphatically.
Mother Nature recently slapped us with cold and punched us with some snow and now it appears winter is here and will be here for days on end.
But like a bully who eases up for just a bit to catch his breath, Mother Nature did provide a bit of a warm up today, sending temps back above freezing. Tomorrow, though, the temps are forecasted to drop again and thus begins the roller coaster called winter.
I dashed outside in the fading light of day and took a picture of what I think is Helleborus × ballardiae ‘HGC Cinnamon Snow', one of the Christmas's roses. I do like the hints of pink. I also found one snowdrop, the bud tightly closed, and took a quick look at the Camellias. I won't know until spring if they were harmed by this cold spell or the future cold spells sure to come.
We gardeners are never without flowers, are we? And where we have true winter, most of us keep indoor flowering plants, too.
Indoors, my Lily of the Valley, Convallaria majalis, is blooming.
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Convallaria majalis |
The Kalanchoe is also blooming.
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Kalanchoe |
Another plant that blooms in my sunroom every single day, year round, is the Crown of Thorns, Euphorbia milii.
Euphorbia milii |
Euphorbia milii |
And that's what I have blooming on Garden Blogger's Bloom Day on this cold January day.
Guess what? If you've been joining in for bloom day since the beginning way back in February 2007, you now have an astonishing nine years of bloom day records online. Yes, I had to count those years several times backwards and forwards to convince myself this meme has been going on for nine years. '07, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15.
Thank you to each and every blogger who has joined in whether from the very beginning or just last month. You all make bloom day fun and something I look forward to each month.
Yes, I'm going to continue for the tenth year, starting in February.
Until then, what blooms do you have in January? Are they all indoors? Or do you have blooms outdoors to show us? Indoors or outdoors, we'd love to see them.
It's easy to join in. Just post on your blog about what's blooming in your garden and then come here and leave a comment to tell us what you have, and put a link to your post on the Mr. Linky widget so we know where to find you.
As always... We can have blooms nearly every month of the year. ~ Elizabeth Lawrence
Comments
No indoor plants for me this month - it's a record breaking year for winter blooms in the garden this year. However, I think the forecast cold weather for this weekend will turn a lot of them to mush!
We have flowers in the conservatory but my post is about the flowers in the garden at the moment. A cold spell has arrived so I hope my flowers will be ok!
I love Bloom Day and appreciate your hosting the event for 10 years! This marks the 4th anniversary of my first Bloom Day post. I haven't missed a single month since I started blogging.
Happy GBBD, it's always fun to join you here. It always catches me when I see your lily of the Valley indoors. Here, it Scotland it is regarded as unlucky to bring picked ones indoors. Perhaps growing them completely indoors changes that - they have been blog lucky for you.
Wishing you all the best in 2016 too :-)
No real snow yet here in DC, but I am still yearning for spring in 40 (or so) days!
~Julie
But I seem to have started afresh...
On Dutch and Flemish garden blogs, many bloggers participate in the 'Plant of the Month' meme, and I'm going to combine this with GBBD.
For this month, I'm talking about Cyclamen coum. Only an introduction in English. If I see I get quite some English speaking visitors, I might consider translating my post in the next month, but for now it's only in Dutch.