What's blooming in December

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  1. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I took pictures this morning and found there are a lot more things blooming in my yards than I expected.

    Sweet Scabious 'Black Knight'
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    Calibrachoa 'Million Bells'
    I thought this one had died back in the hot summer but it likes the nice cool temps we have been having almost as much as I do.
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    Dark Purple Cosmos
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    Light Purple Cosmos
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    Dark Purple Petunia that is entering it's second winter in my back yard.
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    These are my favorites but there are a few more that I posted in
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  3. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I admit that I'm rather jealous that you have flowers in your garden at this time of year Toni. There's nothing blooming in mine except frost flowers on the glass of the greenhouse!!! I'm already wishing it was spring.
     
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    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    I'm a little bit jealous too Toni!
    "Black Night" is beautiful :)
     
  5. glendann

    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    I do love all your blooms but the Black Knight is wonderful.
     



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  6. kuntrygal

    kuntrygal Texas Rose

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    Purple petunia and Black Knight are beautiful! Do you think the forecasted weather will kill them off?
     
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    Droopy Slug Slaughterer Plants Contributor

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    They are beautiful, all of them! :D Like eileen I only have frost roses and rosy cheeks, so thank you for sharing some real flowers.
     
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    Frank GardenStew Founder Staff Member Administrator

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    December, really? You wouldn't know it from looking at your latest photos Toni. Thanks for adding them.
     
  9. petunia

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    It so amazing what a differance there is even in the U.S. from your beautiful flowers to the only thing we have-SNOW. Thanks for sharing these pretty colors.
     
  10. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I know it is hard to believe the difference a few hundred miles can make in climate. We are getting cooler today and the rest of the week but only one night of freezing temps coming. So with lots of sun and mild temps I will have blooms for at least a couple more weeks.

    I would like to have some snow tho, really getting tired of sunny, cloudless, warm and dry.
     
  11. TheGardener

    TheGardener New Seed

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    Well, please send some of that cloudless weather this way! :eek: We've had nothing but rain, snow and fog for weeks now.

    Your flowers are beautiful and like a breath of spring to this spring-starved soul. :stew1:
     
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    EJ Allotmenteer Extraordinaire

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    cor, jealous! My cosmos are nothing more than dead skeletons now! Lovely.
     
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    Lovely blooms, really cheered me up on this cold, frosty evening.
     

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