Winter MG blooms 2011-2012 # 1

A gorgeous bloom Helena, love the color and blizzard effect.

I agree with Jackie, it is beautiful..
well I finally got a picture of my winter basement garden.. here is a bloom facing away from me with a tomatoe plant as it's companion, as I grow them in summer, so they grow in winter.. in this spot anyway..

front of bloom it is a varigated leaf, seed from a pod this year..

this is a rivera corymbosa no blooms yet

in this room on this side is stictocrdia, passion vine, calico vine, and company..

in this area there is baby woodrose, red feathered hige, moonflower alba, some ipomoea i purpurea and some i nils. and more passion vines.

here is a messina creeper

here is the i magnusium or something like that, i have to go back and look at the proper spelling..

this vine has been with mne for two years now, it was tagged as I. hedercera var. lutea, but have yet to see it bloom, it vines everywhere and roots in the air even, have several of these plants from cuttings if anyone wants any..they are a beautiful leaf and fast viner, just havn't seen it's bloom!

Great bloom, Helena!

Fun to see a tomato in your tropical oasis, Debra... nice blooms and foliage, too!

I think I'll have a first bloom on a blue blizzard in a few hours or so... What time is it? Oh. I guess I'll try sleeping. (-;
(to be continued...)

Debra, I love your MG bloom in the pic with the tomato, a lovely color. Nice stictocardia.

Thanks Jackie, Debra and Nick.

Love your basement jungle Debra. Nice mg and your tomato looks yummy too.

On a cold morning I have 3 blooms on this hige!

...well, it's kinda lavender-orchid-periwinkle, but I kinda like it. (-:

Cross-posted with you, Helena... very nice hige!!

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debra... lovely down there... nice stictocardia...mine went to toast that Halloween clod/snow ... I've brought the roots in as they surely couldn't have got to cold... nothing yet so far...
Helen.. great to have them so lovely so late...

Very pretty blooms Helena and Nick.

I am so grateful you are still getting blooms from outside Helena and Nick, it makes me smile to see them.
Gordon, sticto is cold hardy root wise to -34, I have been told, so I bet if ya get it under it's own light and some warmth it will start vining and surprise you..
if not let me know, I can replace your vine for you..

Thanks everyone! Dark colors on blooms yesterday in green house, Debra that's where most of my mgs are right now. We had 3 good frosts so far, they would be toast now outside.

(Edit to say) Pretty nice bloom too Nick!!!

This message was edited Dec 10, 2011 3:08 PM

Here's another dark bloom.

And another dark one.

More lovely blooms, Helena!

Thanks for the kind words, folks! That blizzard from Dec. 8 is growing on the south-facing windowsill. I also decided to add some fluorescent lights like you have, Debra, because the sun is now being blocked at noon by the peak of the neighbors' rooftop, plus we've had some dreary cloudy days.

My other growing area is in my bathroom... No sunlight — just high output full-spectrum gro lights. This is where my 'Keiryu' is growing (I surrounded a bloom with a sheet of paper to show the subtle colors)...

Pretty dark blooms Helena.

Nick, a beautiful Keiryu, love the soft colors.

This message was edited Dec 11, 2011 12:28 AM

gorgeous display, Helena and Nick.. that is a great idea about using the bath as a growing area, I might have to think about that , since I pay the light bill LOL... our bill has gone up 30 dollars just like the water goes up 30 dollars in summer..

'Sunsmile Blue' looking quite pinkish on the windowsill this morning (-:

What a great color Nick.

Thanks Jackie, Nick and Debra.

Really pretty blooms Nick.

ohhhh pretty! gee, I had a great picotee bloom this am, but no time to run back upstairs with camera to get a pic, dang it.

Thanks Debra. Here's another 2 blooms today.

Glad you're still getting blooms Helena. Lovely blooms they are too.

Thanks Jackie. I had more blooms today to enjoy. Scarlet O'Hara on left back and one of my pink no ID.

A blue one.

And Mauve Splash.

This nice bloom.

A good day but pretty busy for me.

Some blooms did have a bit of damage.

Oh my gosh, so pretty Helena. I love the no id pinks. Mauve splash is very special and I really like the nice
bloom with the blizzard pattern. The last pic is a beaut for sure, love the colors.

Thanks Jackie. Here's the same no ID pink with a different look from the light of the heat lamp.

wow, Helena so pretty! U r so lucky to have such smiling faces at you when you go to look at them..

Thanks Debra. I'm pleased with the blooms, some could have done better if I had better heat. Sure wish I had this one blooming in the summer.

Never know how the blooms are going to turn out.