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TULIPS, TULIPS, TULIPS! How much better could it be here in East Tennessee in the spring than to be greeted by over 2000 tulips when I open my front door? Well, anyway, that is how many I planted in the autumn ( not including all the OTHER bulbs I sunk into the earth). Maybe it comes from my Dutch ancestors (Osterhouts), but I simply cannot do without my tulips!

Happy New Year bluebunn - it's too cold even for tulips here. Miserable time of year in Ireland. nothing is flowering except my mahonia bush :-((

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The holidays are over, but, the plants are hanging on for awhile yet.

I always enjoy the colors of winter.

The plants of winter will not survive the summer.

We do have a few winter bloomers - bougainvillea and a Euphorbia shrub

Some folks do things simple

Some folks like to do a little more

And sometimes they are over the top

Roseimp- It is still too cold here, nothing will come up till Spring. But when it does, Wow!

Well it´s cold now, here in Sweden tonight we have -17 degree Celsius. (1,4 degree Farenheit)
So I freeze outside, but it have been a very beautiful sunny day I took this picture for a couple of days ago.
Longing for spring soon and wish for a long long hot summer.
But soon in a couple of weeks I have going on with my seedsowing.
/ Cherio from Sylvia

More Christmas decor>

It is interesting to see the Florida winter plants but I would go crazy without the change in seasons! It is 30 degrees here in Portland, Oregon and most of the trees and plants are bare and the snow comes and goes. There is frost in the mornings and lots of hail and rain. I love the transition from fall to winter and then from winter to spring - keeps us connected to Mother Nature!

crab apple tree

Very pretty Portland. We have no snow at the moment but temperatures down to minus 11 last night Hobbyodlaren and everywhere has been frozen solid all day. I'm waiting to start my tomatoes and peppers off in the propagator but it's going to have to wait until the outside temperature rises a little.
Dale stop annoying me with your sunshine LOL

Minus 11 degrees - is that C or F? Either way, it is really cold there! Today it is about 40 degrees and rainy. I went outside to tie up a few branches that are looking distressed since the wind is supposed to pick up. So far it looks as though the rest of my yard has survived the 15" of snow but we'll see what the remaining weeks of winter will bring! I am considering turning my 103 year old garage into a greenhouse since it was built for a carriage and won't accommodate a car anyway. I would love to have a place to start seedlings for vegetables.
Dale, your photos are beautiful.
I started reading this thread months ago and somehow lost touch but I do like hearing what people around the world are doing. Happy New Year! I'm hopeful that for my country it will be a better year.

Rose,

I would shoot a photo on a cloudy day, but, we haven't had one in awhile and we do need rain badly. It hasn't rained decently in 4 months.

Dale, it is starting to snow big fat snowflakes. I didn't realize it was cold enough. The skiing is great and only 90 minutes away! However, just a few days of your sunshine would be nice.

Here it is -15°C (+5°F). Usually we have these temperatures in February, but freezing started here on December 29. The week before I winter sowed a lot of seeds for the first time.
Being so cold here, I love to see pictures of plants in warmer zones. I can't grow them here. But on the other hand, I can grow plants that would not survive in the heath.

We could use some cooler weather, we have been 10* F above normal. Hot and muggy is not pleasant year round. I am considering moving back to San Francisco, CA just to get the seasons back into my life.

I moved to Oregon from San Francisco almost a year ago. Dale, where in SF did you live?

Potrero Hill>

Here you go - part 2.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/940665/

Im from Palm Coast, Florida. My must have plant in the garden, the one I would absolutely let everything else go for is my Giant Crimson Mandevilla