Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS OF LATE SUMMER 2015, 3 by Loretta_NJ

Loretta_NJ wrote:
Excellent! What a great excuse to have a pet butterfly and buy a lot of flowers! 10 days to 2 months seems like such a short existence.
Here are a few from the end of December. Too bad you weren't closer, Muddy, I'd give you some flowers to try for your new little one. One of my neighbors has a cherry tree or similar in full bloom and I've seen full blooming plants of Christmas rose.

1 First and only snow drop
2. Spirea Ogan, two bushes have been blooming for a while now, even in the cold.
3. Many hellebores in bud but not blooming. The H. hybrids and H. nigers are even ahead of foetidus which is unusual.
4. Winter Jasmine - so unruly but its hard to get rid of something that blooms in the winter.
5. Flowering Quince in bud. I expect to lose these to a hard freeze at some point.

This message was edited Jan 10, 2016 1:46 PM