Here it is almost December, and my passionflower vitafolia is still blooming.
can you believe this bloomed today?
Does it not know it is winter?
sshhh! Don't tell the poor thing it's winter.
It's lovely.
Cheri'
Everything here got fried with our first freeze this week. Expecting another freeze tonight. (Mississippi Gulf Coast)
I am counting the day till SPRING!!
Honeybee
It did here too, Honeybee. In a way it is kind of a relief. Now I don`t have nearly as much to worry about outside. I guess this is to give me a break also.
P. Vitifolia is an everbloomer so I'm not surprised to see it blooming. Mine would never bloom until just at frost time for me. Rarely saw a bloom during the summer months. Very pretty passiflora.
busybee,
I just get sick going out to
my GH, all my borders of huge Crinum are mush, my Sky vine, Mexican Flame & Gingers are brown. I know we are very lucky to have short mild winters & long growing seasons, but when we go from 80 to 28 degress in 24 hours, it breaks my heart. We work so hard to get everything watered & fed all summer & it is all gone so fast. As you can tell, I don't do well with out dirt under my finger nails. Hope we have a very erly spring!
Honeybee
I am with you all because I can't wait to start planting again. I already have 35 brugs. started and will be happy when it is warm to start tomato plants and other things.
It's beautiful Rylaff
Its gorgeous ,especially at this time of year....
Oh SIGH....it's so nice to live in an area that affords you such lovely colorful blooms at the end of November!
Lisa, I can't take this anymore! LOL You Floridians make me physically ill with jealousy - I'm moving to FLORIDA!!! Thanks for sharing with us - it's a beauty. Hugs!
And the Lady Lavender in South Texas........A beautiful sunny day today with the temp approching 70 degrees......
Na-na-na-na-na-naaaaaa.......LOL
Dee
And you can hate us CA gardeners, too, our temps are in the high 50's-low 60's and with the winter rains starting, our garden will be really bursting into bloom in another month or so! I have a passiflora very similar or identical to Rylaff's. The occasional nighttime cold temps have shriveled a few blossoms but at the least hint of sun the vine pumps out more flowers.
Here's a picture of an unnamed dark purple iris that I have planted in various beds; it has bloomed sporadically ALL YEAR -- it's like getting a surprise present every week to see where it's blooming next. At the moment I have at least a dozen of them sending up flowers.
On the down side, I've been spreading the Sluggo as I keep catching baby snails emerging. And the rain makes the fallen leaves stick to the ground so they're hard to pick or rake up.
STTTIRRRRRRRR the TAR pot
very nice-but my zone envy is bubbling like this tar!!!
notmartha
I will be over to help with the tar and I have some extra feathers!!!!!!
Zone envy is a serious ailment!!
Your pictures are all lovely!!!
Jkom,
glad your fairing better then I am. We have already had more freezes then we did ALL of last winter. My hibiscus tops are black and my entire Bleeding Heart Clerodendrum is too. Poor things, they don't know what hit them.
So gloat away, you tar bearers! LOL
Rylaff if you manage to get some seeds. I would love to have some if you can spare them.
well here in southern cal our temps have been pretty warm.. yesterday it was 76 and today is expected to be the same.. last night it dropped to 42 but warms up come sunup... my daffodils have sprouted and some of them are about 4" to 6" out of the dirt... we are suppose to have a 20% chance of rain tomarrow and a 60% rain come thursday!!! this winter is pretty mild so far... i have about another month and a half before some of my early blooming daffs are suppose to give me some flowers!!!! I CANT WAIT!!!!
chrissy
What happen to your Vitifolia that you had last year? i would love to get one ,but I don't know if it would survive the frost.I'm in zone 9b
It did die back to the ground. However, it is just now starting to put out leaves from the base of the plant. That is okay, at least it survived.