Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 55, 1 by Elphaba

Elphaba wrote:
Mrs. Ed, if we get a hard freeze, a lot of things will stop blooming, but not everything. So far, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed as I type this which is darn difficult, so far, my abutilons and shrimp plants have never frozen and they bloom most heavily in the winter. There are also plants that only bloom in the middle of winter. Most of my neighbor's camelias are in full bloom right now. The buds on mine are still closed up tight! Also, annuals like snapdragons, pansies, and geraniums can only be grown here in the winter. Oddly, there is Carolina Jessamine blooming all over the neighborhood. I don't remember it blooming this early before.

The trees have also turned color. In fact, I don't remember when I last saw such pretty leaf colors in Houston. I wonder if it was the freak snow fall the other day that caused it. You know that snow that you sent down here!

Here's a slightly blurry pic of a skipper from this morning.