Oy, gevalt! Blooms this time of year? January is the least floriferous month in my garden. Most of the hangers on from autumn have usually finished their acts and the stars of the winter garden are still in their dressing rooms. There is some precious color going strong out there though even through winter arrived this week with nights diping into the 20's.
Grevillea victoriae
Garrya elliptica issaquahensis
Viburnum x bodnantense 'pink dawn'
Jasminum nudiflorum
I don't believe it either but these abutilons didn't succumb to the freezes! These have been blooming since at least July.
Stachyurus praecox buds are swelling promising blooms for February.
Not quite out yet but still looking kind of bloom like is Helleborus foetidus.
Last but certainly not least, the honey-scented blooms of Mahonia delight gardener and hummingbirds alike!
Must add Garrya elliptica to our must have plants this year!
ReplyDeleteWonderful, evergreen, needs no care, blooms in the winter - Who could ask for anything more?
DeleteI want to move to a place where Abutilons bloom outside in January! Happy GBBD!
ReplyDeleteGo west young woman! Come on over, gardening is lots of fun here!
DeleteOur Abutilons are still blooming as well- must be in a warm spot. I adore the Mahonia blooms. Happy GBBD!
ReplyDeleteHappy GBBD to you! Our abutilons are mostly summer bloomers here so this winter business is pretty special. I've heard that they stop blooming in your summer heat. We don't have any issues with heat here in the summer.
DeleteMy Mahonias aren't blooming at all this year, I am so bummed. I don't know why, not even a sign of a single bug. I have nothing, absolutely nothing out there flowering.
ReplyDeleteI need to get an Abutilon megapotamicum. I'm so amazed to see it flowering!
Abutilon megapotamicums for everyone! Sorry to hear about your Mahonias! Perhaps hope for spring is flowering in your heart. That's a little harder to photograph, though.
DeleteViburnum is so lovely! I love Mahonia, its evergreen leaves are under the snow now in my garden. But if I shoveling I can see its leaves like in summer!
ReplyDeleteEverything looks so beautiful and clean when covered in a blanket of snow!
DeleteHoney scented Mahonia blooms!!?? How come I didn't know this? Guess I better go stick my nose in my flowers! (that sounds weird eh?)
ReplyDeleteI read that somewhere once and am choosing to believe it. The only fragrant ones that I've noticed are the little scraggly native ones that I inherited with the parking strip that bloom later in the winter. On a warm day they do smell pretty sweet. Hey, what you do with your nose in the privacy of your own garden is your business, I'm not here to judge.
DeleteI know the feeling when it's hard to find something to bloom.. You've done great finds! I should shovel..., and hardly find ...
ReplyDeleteYou have indoor blooms on your hellebore! Hope for spring is blooming in your heart.
DeleteMy mom had many sayings, one of which, uttered with enthusiasm, was "Oy gavalt". Thanks for the trip down memory lane. And for enforcing my growing desire for Garrya eliptica.
ReplyDeleteGlad to bring back a fond memory. Everyone needs Garrya eliptica!
DeleteYou make me reconsider Abutilon. Is it perennial for you, and if so what species or cultivar is yours?
ReplyDeleteAbutilon megapotamicum has been the most hardy one for me. Highly unscientific but has been true in my experience - the ones with smaller leaves are more hardy than the ones with the larger maple-like leaves with 'Nabob' and Abutilon vitifolium being the exceptions. A. vitifolium grows quickly into a beautiful bush or small tree which is covered in gorgeous bloom for months but only lasts a few years in my garden but sometimes self seeds. For me, they are semi evergreen and only loose their leaves when it gets very cold. We had a couple of winters with record breaking lows - one came with extreme dryness, then the cold and wind. Took out my abutilons in the ground and in pots. I've had them for years in exposed pots and in the ground & some can get quite tall. Try 'em, you'll like 'em.
DeleteSheesh. You've got A LOT blooming in your garden. My Abutilon isn't quite as floriferous as yours but it has a few remaining buds. I've got it perched in a container by the door and I guess there is enough warmth to keep it going. Fancy that. My Viburnum looks exactly like yours.
ReplyDeleteIn 1993, I got a copy of Dan Hinkley's book Winter Ornamentals (darn, can't underline in comments!) and tried to find just about every plant in the book. I'm easily influenced by garden books. The abutilons were happy with our mild fall, heaven only knows what will happen now. We're lucky both have that Virbunum - it's such a sweet thing to see it bloom this time of year.
DeleteLucky you! Great pictures. I've never seen a yellow jasmine before.
ReplyDeleteIt's also called Winter Jasmine. No fragrance but it blooms from late November until May so it earns a place in winter gardens.
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