Hmmmm. Here's mine (zone 9, New Orleans)
December 24

princess tree
azalea (two kinds, two blossoms)
tea olive
wild canna
Early Pearl narcissus
salvia--common red kind
violas
purple-leafed oxalis
dwarf banana
variegated hibiscus
lantana pink and yellow
lantana purple

This might sound quite colorful, but it amounts to tiny dabs of color in a vast
expanse of green and brown, which if a frost hits will turn to tan and brown.
Still, it's more colorful than Brno, Moravia, where after unending weeks of
snow, conifers and bare soil I snatched a wild violet from under the snarls of
a fenced-in Chow and brought it back to the dorm in triumph.













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