2024 January : upload your photos of first blooms of season
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4 months agolast modified: 4 months agoNot a whole lotta flowers in the yard right now.
How about some winter tomatoes?
I have 13 plants this year - the most I've ever had I think.
Picked the first fruit of the season this morning that was starting to color up. I can't leave them to ripen on the vine because the critters will discover and chew them 😠four (9B near 9A) thanked carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
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Mistflowers are blooming in our butterfly garden @ work. I couldn't get a good shot of the flowers, but here's one about to open - they're getting really big too - leaves are maybe 4"!
And my bilbergia is putting out more blooms. They're just beginning to emerge, so not in full bloom yet. I think it may be because of all the rain we've been getting - plus I've been pouring water from our dehumidifiers on the bed as well.This are some I cut back in Nov. for our Thanksgiving table...
'Cut' is a misnomer, BTW. You can simply pull the flower stems out of the plants, then trim, because they're so long. They last for days too. - 4 months ago
I thought I might have killed this Queens Wreath via dehydration but then these purple flowers just suddenly appeared. There is only one leaf on the entire plant.
This one isn’t new today, it started blooming in Nov. They are such pretty winter flowers though.four (9B near 9A) thanked JoanM - 4 months agolast modified: 4 months ago
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I wanted to add these Jan 27 photos into Jan 19 posting of same, because Houzz reduced that photo so much. But nooo. Nor can delete that posting.
Jan 27 Pseudogynoxys chenopodiodes Mexican Flame Vine
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Jan 28 Gelsemium sempervirens Yellow Jessamine /Carolina Jessamine
They were on the ground beneath tall trees. Windy, no more flowers above, I cannot distinguish among vines to photograph.-------------------------------------
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