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Old 30-12-2005, 01:30 AM posted to rec.gardens
David Ross
 
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Default Christmas bloomers

mleblanca wrote:

Actually they are Day after Christmas Bloomers, since it rained all
Christmas Day and
I couldn't do my garden walk through until the 26th. Anyway here's my
annual report
on what's in bloom:
Shrubs:
Azaleas (2)
Flowering Maple, Abutilon
Euryops
Winter Honeysuckle, Lonicera fragrantissima, it was covered with
honeybees
Japanese Aralia, Fatsia
Camellias sasanqua: Kanjiro, HanaJiman and Yuletide
japonica: Pink Perfection
Viburnum tinus
Perennials:
Cyclamen
Lavender, French and Spanish
Fibrous Begonias
Iris Dwarf bearded, Smell the Roses and BlueEyes
Tall bearded, Eleanor Roosevelt (deep purple)
Lantana, common lavender color
Gaillardia, do these ever quit?
Narcissus, China Lily
Bidens, Forget me Nots
Primroses, Pansies, Violas
Desert Globe Mallow, Sphaeralcea
Dianthus, Snaps, Sweet Alyssum, Verbena are blooming, but mostly
leftovers
from earlier in the Fall and looking a little bedraggled from all the
rain.
Also Potato Vine, Solanum jasminoides

Emilie in NorCal
Happy New Year to all......


I just updated my "What's Blooming in My Garden Now?". Go to
http://www.rossde.com/garden/garden_bloom.html.

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David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/