What's looking good in December 2017

[zigs]

Rook friends

 

[MaryMary]

Guess what I've got?? Snow!! That's what I've got!!

This is the best free orchid I've ever had!! (It's also the only orchid I've ever had. .) It has been blooming since July, and I can see January coming!

 

[Larisa]

What a surprise @MaryMary !

I see a good chance for January! I like your phalaenopsis!

Saintpaulia

 

[zigs]

 

[Larisa]

@zigs I do not know what this plant is, but in comparison with the wet snow outside my window it looks just fine!

 

[Daren]

echium's I think Zigs

 

[zigs]

@zigs I do not know what this plant is, but in comparison with the wet snow outside my window it looks just fine!

Might be an Ecchium

 

[alp]

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Yes, what are the two tallest plants? Looks like weeds! Oooop! I mean unwanted grass!

 

[zigs]

Yes, what are the two tallest plants? Looks like weeds! Oooop! I mean unwanted grass!

There's a cup and saucer vine behind the echiums, the plants are from @Bootsy's open day

Only grass I can see are bamboo poles

 

[alp]

Echiums! I so wanted to have some of them. Saw them 3 or 4 years ago in Fenton House, London and they were so prickly. After that, I wanted to buy seeds and confused them with Speedwell! I ended up with tons of speedwell and no echiums and then I realised that it took ages to have a flowering plant!

Just show how ignorant I am.

 

[Verdun]

Those echiums grow to enormous heights down here alp ....a common feature in our gardens. 15 to 30 feet. No, doesnt take ages to have a flowering plant......from seed they usually flower in their second year but then set seed again and the process goes on.
I have seen people grow them by their front door only to be surprised by their amazingly fast growth in a few weeks.

Sunny morning but chilly.....ideal for being outside

 

[Beverly]

Papaya blossoms were a big garden surprise for me this early December evening as i watered. This is the first year i have grown Papaya and i have 3 trees (not really a tree, but a forb but everyone calls them trees). I grew them not so much for the fruit (which i do love), but for the big finger leaves to provide mid summer shade for some of the other plants. I wasn't anticipating blossoms. Compared to the leaves the blossoms are quite small and they have a lovely not too sweet lemony fragrance. So if you are buried in snow, i hope these blossoms will warm your heart.

 

[alp]

They look lovely .. must be a nice and sweet surprise for you. That's gardening for you. Just like the fact that I saw a gazania bud after several days of snow...

 

[Larisa]

So if you are buried in snow, i hope these blossoms will warm your heart.

Thank you, @Beverly ! This is very important for me.
Of course, Christmas decorations appear on the streets, but nothing can replace the sun and fresh flowers!

Bulbs for winter flowering on the balcony. Now they are wrapped in a warm cloth. If after the New Year I bring it to the heat, they will quickly bloom.

Blossoms azalea.

 

[Larisa]

Schlumbergera (Zygocactus truncatus)