What do you have blooming now?

Mid-November, fall has come for most of us in US and Canada. This doesn't have to be the blah season in the garden, relying only on fallen leaves for color.

I maybe don't qualify, because I have only had one light frost so far, but working outside today, I inventoried most of the things that are blooming. I omitted the tender annuals that escaped the frost from the following list:

Virginia witch hazel
Erica carnea: 2 varieties
Crape myrtle
8 roses, assorted types
Spirea 'Gold Mound' (mis-labeled)
Mexican Bush Sage
Scarlet Salvia (thanks Aimee :)
Fall colchicum
3 different cultivars of Phlox paniculata (second flush)
Toad lily
4 different types of Mums
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' and unknown pink-flowering variety
New York Wild Aster
Boltonia
Wild goldenrod
Hardy ageratum
Phystogia (second flush)
Rudbeckia
Shasta Daisy: double
Corydalis Lutea
Scutellaria 'Romano'
Common Snapdragons
Perennial snapdragon
Pansy
Johnny Jump-Ups
Delphinium (second flush)
Clematis 'Ramona' (second flush)
hardy plumbago
sweet alyssum
Petunia 'Rose Wave'
Lamium 'Chequers'
Hardy Cyclaman

If you want bragging rights, jump in. Many gardeners are unaware of all the plants that flower through autumn, and others that bloom in the winter and early spring. Give everyone a lot of ideas here!

What is blooming in your garden in mid-November? (Edited to add to list as I noticed omitted plants)


This message was edited Thursday, Nov 14th 7:00 PM

We've had a couple of frosts so far and most of the tenders are in. We still have the following in flower:

Passiflora caerulea
Verbena Sissinghurst Pink (in truth it hasn't stoped flowering for 18months now)
Felicia (now indoors but did manage one frost) which hasn't stopped flowering for 6 or 7 years
Chrysanthemum
Primula Primrose Group and Polyanthus Group
Tricyrtis hirta and Tojen
Various Pansies
Michaelmas Daisy
Geum Princes Juliana
Buddleia Dark Knight
Diascia Ice Cracker
Nasturtium
Cyclamen hederifolium album
Calluna vulgaris x3
Salvia elegans Tangerine Sage

That's about it for now

Baa, I just have to ask: what is Felicia?

I'll have to check in daylight, but off the top of my head:

Geranium 'Dilys'
Geranium sanguineum
Hebe 'Midsummer Beauty' (always flowers from early June til about Christmas)
Verbena 'Silver Anne'
Heliotrope 'Marine'
Cyclamen hederifolium
Arbutus unedo - Strawberry tree
Eleagnus 'Limelight' scents a huge area
Trycirtis 'Tojen' - (snap Baa :)
Hedera helix 'Goldheart'
Rose 'Etoile d'Hollande'
Rose 'Mermaid'
Nasturtium (snap again Baa:)
Sedums 'Brilliant' 'Autumn Joy' and sieboldii
Erysimum 'Apricot Twist'
Erigeron karvanskianus
Antirrhinum perennial creeping - can't think of it's name
Helychrisum rosemarinifolium

And there're lots of berries too of course eg:
Arum italicum
Viburnum opulus
Sorbus hupehensis
Sorbus aucuparia
Hollies

I think some of them may have got washed away today LOL

Oooh just remembered Fuchsia 'Mrs Popple' - not sure how i could forget her - she's flowering her head off right near my back door!


This message was edited Friday, Nov 15th 3:40 AM

Well, up here in Canada..still some climbers(roses, that is.. The Countryman is in his 4th flush( never have I witnessed the 4th on this Austin!), F.J. Grootendorst, Pink, Groot., Mdme A. Carriere, New Dawn, Golden Wings, Westerland, Flutterbye, and some of the Flower Carpets(Coral, and yellow, and Queen Lucia! one clematis, "Arabella", some hydrangeas, still the odd blossoms on two Buddleias, and some annuals in containers! The most colourful orangey-pinkey leaves on most of the Rosa Rugosa hybrids.....Elaine

Phalenopsis Orchid
Fall Crocus (sorry don't know the latin name as these were in the yard when I moved in)
Wish I had more but the 16 degree weather two weeks ago killed the mums and asters for the year. Lani

Love Mme A. Carriere Elaine, very pleased to hear it's one of the ones that carries on into winter!
I've been wondering about getting a phalenopsis orchid to cheer the winter days Pond. Have you had yours long? What conditions have you got it in? Would you recommend it? (Please perdon the barrage of questions!)

Lupin

This is our Felicia, it's turned into quite a shrub but it doesn't tolerate more than an air frost.

http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/5916/

Ponditis
Phalaenopsis outdoors still?

Ours tend to flower closer to Christmas. (indoors that is!)

This message was edited Friday, Nov 15th 5:21 AM

Thinking back to the list I had last December, my November list this year is going to be pathetic, but we've had some pretty heavy snow twice and hard freezes regularly this month. The johnny-jump-ups and viola crosses are still blooming, a couple of daisies (the results of judicious deadheading), some late snapdragons, the annual phlox, a couple of really late ladybells, feverfew and on the last warm day I had still some blooms on the osteopermum "purple Passion" and the icy pink arctotis in the southern raised bed by the house. My ice pansies ( couldn't reseit!) have buds, but no blooms yet Oh, the primroses have a very few blossoms and there are some poor frozen blossoms on the Grootendorst rose.

Baa, I intend to try felicia next year. i thought I'd plant some out as annuals and some others as pot plants to bring in for the winter. I saw some at a nursery this fall and was rather bowled over by them- gorgeous little blue daisies!

I also came across this "trailing garden chrysanthemum" 'Fancy That' at a local nursery, so I'm giving it a go as a cheery welcome by the front door.

Philomel, I have had orchids for about 20 years now. I love the phals as they bloom for beginners and take my abuse of houseplants well. This particular cultivar is the brightest clear yellow I have even seen and this is the second blooming for this year. Dear friends of mine are judges in the orchid world and this plant was a gift from them. They used it as a parent plant for a huge pink so it is a Mommy and a Daddy. They wish to use it again someday for seeds. Eamil me privately and I will talk orchids.
Baa, The Phalaenopsis is a house plant and right now is on my dining table.

Thanks Ponditis, for some reason I had it in my head that it was garden plants flowering now :)

Kathleen, the Felicia is a great plant, if I could I'd send you a few cuttings :(

LOL, we're probably already on the list to be watched! I'll just get some seeds from T&M or Seymour's Select Seeds and have at them. the woman who owned the nursery wasn't very encouraging about them, but I think it's because she's thinking mass marketing, and we all know that I have a tendency to travel paths overgrown and rocky!

I didn't mention the H. niger that is putting up it's first blossoms of the season, nor the pink verbena and a few dianthus that struggle on. I am in awe of the fact that these "summer" flowers will put out a show on every reasonably sunny day, even when the windchills are dipping into the 20s (F).

Well, I have a sad list for you all. The only thing left blooming in my yard are the English Daisies (bellis) who don't seem to know it's practically winter here. We've had such a warm November so far... we should be frozen with snow on the ground, and it's in th upper 30's and 40's. However, my Christmas Cactus have all begun to bloom in the house... can I count those?

You can indeed!! What a lovely picture Weez.
Is there a story behind your 'objets d'art', or are they just there to be beautiful (which they are)?

I can't recall any particular story about the art, Phil. They certainly picked up the camera flash didn't they! When my children were younger, they always bought me little things I could put on the windowsills or windchimes and mobiles. Many of the items have been put away as time went by, since I am the worlds worst "duster". These crystal-type items certainly took my fancy, however.

I bet the crystal tower creates some marvelous rainbows when the sun shines through it.

Yes, Lupinelover, it does. Unfortunately, between the blinds and the shade tree outdoors, it doesn't seem to happen too often. It is a lovely piece. I just love crystals and the way they make light dance around the room.

Nothing else blooming outside except the heathers. Inside my Streptocarpella is starting to bloom.

Evert, isn't this one a beauty....they have been going on and on since the beginning of summer! Now they(Strepto......) are in the glasshouse and even more bloom! such a pretty colour! Elaine

I'm gonna move farther south. I haven't seen a flower in over a month. Even the mums gave up, and they usually bloom through lots of cold. It probably didn't help that they scuffed them up lots when they moved the trailer out and dug the waterline into the house. I hope they survive though, 'cuz those were what bloomed the longest for me in the fall. I love(d) them.

1601, yes, I got my plants as cuttings from my friends about 2 months ago. I really like to growing habit too. :)

Well, soon it is time to start buying christmas flowers.. I really like the scent of Hyacinths and paperwhites =)

New challenge:

Mid-December. What is blooming in your outdoor garden?

I have had almost a week of snow-cover, temps down in the teens at night, so winter has come. Today, blooming out in my garden:

pansies
sweet alyssum
common witchhazel
rosemary (2 types still blooming)
thyme (3 different varieties)
erica (2 varieties)
mums (2 varieties)
snapdragons
petunias -- Rose Wave
geranium (crazy thing doesn't know it should have died)
4 roses: Soaring Flight, Abraham Darby, The Prince, and Old Blush
unknown volunteer -- type of vervain?

How in the world do you have all that blooming with those freezing temps???? WOW...I'm impressed. Are they in a really protected are??

I have a lowly dandelion blooming out in the grass. LOL

Nothing blooming outside here. Inside Streptocarpella, Hibiscus 'Melmauve', Hyacinths, Hippeastrum, and Peperomia are blooming :}

I noticed one little violet blossom in a protected spot. Nothing else. Spring is a long ways off.

The color here consists of cardinals, bluejays, mourning doves, woodpeckers and gold finches who are now in olive drab. the hawk that uses the bird feeder as a deli counter is mostly brown as are the sparrows and the chickadees and juncos and nuthatches are black and white with small touches of grey and blue. Were some of the snow to melt, I'm sure there are hellebores and johnny-jump-ups and maybe a pansy or two. Even the heather went off early here and is just green stalks - I imagine, anyway, they are under snow, too.
I took this on the 30th of November:

No snow lupine!
Abelia x grandiflora
Abelia 'Edward Goucher'
Eleagnus ebbingei 'Limelight'
Rose 'Mermaid'
Mahonia bealei
Hebe 'Midsummer Beauty' LOLOL!!
Fuchsia 'Mrs Popple'
Sarcococca humilis
Sarcococca confusa
the chrysanthemum i put by the front door has been a great disappointment - seems to have succumbed to something nasty
Any minute now some lovely daphnes
Hedera helix 'Goldheart'
Rosemarinus prostrata has got lots of buds
Will have a look in daylight in case i can find some more :)

Vic, some things are in protected areas, but most are in regular beds. When I worked outside in new beds today, I found two more bloomers:

Trailing snapdragon (not a true snapdragon, can't find the tag right now)
hardy cyclamen (probably C. coum)

Phil, I am impressed!!! Your list beats mine :)

Kathleen, when the snow melts, probably the heather will still be blooming. Mine were covered for more than a week with snow, but they are still blooming their little heads off. My hellebores have buds above ground, but probably won't open for a few months.

Found some spring crocus just putting their flower buds up, way too early.

The only thing I have blooming now is Camellias and Pansies.
My butterfly bushes are still hanging in there with lots of new leafy growt and a few buds that might open if it doesn't get cold again.

Welcome, Paintedlady :) I don't think I've met you before. I would love to see a photo of your camellias, do you have one? They aren't hardy for me :( Lots of other Southern people grow them, so I hear, and I am so glad to see what is blooming in the warmer parts of the country. Y'all count too!!!!

As a matter of fact, I know many hot climate gardeners who only plant winter flower gardens: too hot to work outdoors in summer. What do you all have blooming outdoors now in S. FL and TX and AZ? Hmmm?

Odd year for me, with so little opportunity to work outside for over two years. But the bones of the garden are still there. I have a little native sage, red blooms, and some white sage I grew from seeds collected in Audubon Park in New Orleans. Also, a mealy blue sage, and a scattering of rosemary blooms after DS took his chain saw to the poor thing. A little native purple aster is still covered with blooms, despite the fact of its abuse when the same DS piled lumber on it. Lots of paperwhites, defying logic and blooming in deep shade. My beloved abelia is still covered with blooms, and even the Rose of Sharon has some blooms. That little wild rose is blooming away along the front walk, and Camelot has a small bud. Not blooming but adding color is Polka Dot, whose pink had deepened to almost maroon on some plants. Of course, the small bit of Moses in a Boat has blooms, despite the fact that it always looks like it will not make it through the summer.

Oh, Aimee, I am so glad you spent some of your gardening time in your adventure enjoying previous years' success :) Thank you for sharing with us. (( Aimee ))

BTW, a chainsaw to the rosemary??? Mine has never gotten THAT big! LOL

Ohh right now I would like to live in the South for the warmer days there and those winter flowers. But the rest of the year I like it here. LOL never perfect is it? When we lived where it was as good as perfect for gardening as I have ever seen, I was not into gardening there. LOL
My rosemary died this fall when I left it out too long in the cold. I woke bolt upright one night and exclaimed that I hadn't moved my rosemary into the house. I went out right then and there and it was already too late. 16 degrees is too cold :(
Aimee, your garden sounds nice and full like an established garden should be. I can even overlook weeds to see nice flowers.

Nope, not full. It has been in past years, but between the problems of health and the grasshoppers and drought, it's pathetic right now. Looks like a vacant lot when the vagrants get through with it. Not to worry, I shall recover and so shall the garden.

About that rosemary, it started out as a little one stem plant about 10" tall, which I bought in a pot at Farmer's Market Day some ten years or so ago. I planted it too close to the walk, never dreaming it would be so sprawling. It became more than 4' tall and more than 6' across. A willow tree grew several feet from the rosemary, but died a few years ago. I asked DS to cut down the willow, so he fired up the chain saw. Before I knew it, he was whacking away at the rosemary. I yelled at him to stop, but he couldn't hear me, so I had to run up and wave my hands in his face. He turned the saw off and looked puzzled, then said, "Don't you want me to clear this off the walk? It's in the way of anyone coming in the side gate, growing half way across the path." Only then did I realize how big it had grown, as I had just walked around it and accepted it even when it began to poke its branches through the fence. I tend to let plants grow as they wish, never was one to rigidly prune them into unnatural shapes. And I confess to having planted lots of things in unlikely spots, because I like the look of a small forest, even inside the dooryard. No wide expanse of lawn here, no formed beds. If only I had enough good soil, I would plant the whole place like a jungle. Dense, cluttered, mysterious. And restful.

Rosemary is one of the traditional welcoming plants. I have some in a pot on the porch.
It is so good to rub against it and smell that lovely aroma
Sounds as if yours knows just what its job is Aimee

And rosemary is for remembrance. Anyone visiting you, Aimee, would take home lovely memories :) I guess I am more used to the prostrate rosemary.

That's the one in my porch Kathy :)

So you also welcome people to your house. I knew how friendly you were, Hil :) I have some (Severen Seas, I believe) growing up along the driveway, as part of my thyme lawn. Tolerates some foot traffic, but walking on it makes the blooms ugly (maybe it would beat Zameluzza's MG for ugly contest?)