Amazon Lily
Well it’s getting cold for this Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day. Coldest temps of the winter expected this week. So I thought I would start with the Amazon Lily pictured above. This plant is about 30 years old and has never been repotted. It flowers twice a year with these orchid like flowers and survives with minimal care. We put it outside once the frost has passed us by and it will flower again in July. Highly recommended.
On the outside of the house right now the camellias are still the special flowers. This one sits in the northeast corner of the house and survives even being outside the deer fence.
Camellia Sasanqua October Magic Orchid
Another special camellia is ‘Yume’ which has become pretty reliable.
Camellia ‘Yume’
Of course if you stopped by for a visit right now I would take you out to see the first daffodils. Rinjveld’s Early Sensation may turn out to be too early as the flowers may get blasted this week.
Daffodil ‘Rinjveld’s Early Sensation’
Otherwise what we have are a number of snowdrops, one of which has seeded itself into the lawn.
Galanthus elwesii
Out in the woods we do have a distinctive foetidus hellebore coming into flower.
Helleborus foetidus
Lastly I should share the heather which looks like it is going to flower all winter long.
Krarmer’s Rote Heather (Erica x darleyensis)