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Perennials: 2013, 0 by Weerobin
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Weerobin wrote: The 2013 gardening season has now officially started, ready or not. I was out today doing 'better late than never' burlapping of my marginally hardy plants. But I took a little time out to do a quick check on some of my stalwart winter blooming plants. It's so nice in the dead of winter to see things blooming outside! #1 is hellebore foetidus. In about 4 years it has spread out to form a beautiful fine-textured foliage plant. Fortunately (as you'll agree when you see the picture), it flowers in winter (now) so you don't have to see the flowers. #2 is daphne odora Zuiko Nishiki, supposedly the hardiest of a not-very-hardy species. The 'odora' in it's species name is apt - a wonderful heady fragrance when in bloom. As you can see, it's just getting ready. #4 is winter-blooming jasmine (jasminum nudiflorum). Flowers through the winter. Individual flowers only last a day or so, but new ones form constantly. So deep freezes only temporarily set it back and reblooms readily in warm snaps. #3 is one of my japanese apricots (prunus mume). It reliably blooms in Jan or Feb, but whether the blooms last before getting refrozen is always up to mother nature! OK, so I guess it's not a perennial - come to think of it, the daphne & jasmine aren't perennials either...! Oops - I guess I posted to the wrong forum... sorry. But maybe it will get you perennial folks to broaden your gardening horizons! |