Texas Gardening: The Bittersweet Blooms of Fall Part III, 1 by podster

podster wrote:
Great! Thanks for starting a new thread. On dial up here and the last one was getting tough...

Very pretty blooms on the Mesembs ~ will they overwinter inground?

With 16 days left,.maybe we can squeeze out a few more blooms...

BTW, I need to add although the Gloxinia begins to bloom in the fall and into winter, it is tropical and not cold hardy. More of a "tender" or a houseplant. Like you Kim, things are looking pretty sad but spring is right around the corner. Our frost actually was a bit later than normal here.

This plant still has lots of buds ~ looking for blooms. Uruguayan firecracker ~ Dicliptera suberecta LouC ~ I think you were growing one of these... is it still blooming? Also called a hummingbird plant but the hummers have left. 8 (