Velvet Rose In January - WOW!! Check her out!

Velvet Rose is about to put out her best flush ever. When i returned this fall I found Velvet Rose leggy and scraggly so I cut her back to one primary 'Y'. This is how she responded to that pruning.....I just wish I could smell her....I HATE ZICAM!!
She has just started to bloom. There are still lots of buds to open up over the next couple of days.
If you look to the lower right corner of the photo you can see Sheer Bliss is blooming as well!





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Another pic

Awesome!!

Double awesome☺

where is it exactly where you live in Fort Lauderdale? ...........lol I want to raid your yard for some cuttings........

that's amazing! you all on this fourm are making spring seem light years away! i'm so anxious to start trying to get some blooms of my own:) thanks for sharing.

Just beautiful!

You are so lucky! Both are gorgeous.

Oh wow Gary! I'm sorry your sniffer is out of whack.... :( What terrible timing! I hope you feel better soon.

Thank you for sharing this awesome picture! Velvet rose is beautiful.

Wow,
What a beauty!!! I thought that Florida had been colder this year.
If you ever get some extra cuttings pleawse put me on the list please.
You make me feel like spring may get here after all. We have another freeze warning for the end of the week.
What are you feeding those babies?
Mickey

Nice number of blooms on her, Gary. Wish I was there to see them in person. In Iowa, we are a bit deprived of blooms right now. Nice pictures.

Lovely blooms, Gary. Greenhouse blooms here are just not the same.

I have lots of blooms here Shirley. I have Pink Charm, Sheer Bliss, Velvet Rose, Isabella, Bonnie Jean, NOL, Pink Smitty, Sam, EP, MEM,Serendipity,Sweetheart,Ludgers Summer Dream and Painted Lady all have blooms on them tonight!!

Gosh, that sounds so nice. I sure wish your nose was working tho. It would make them so much more fun for you if you could smell them. Is it getting any better?

I just hope you get your sniffer back someday. Zicam is bad stuff. Maggi lost her sniffer for several years after using to many chem. at a retail nursery she worked at. Thanks Gary.

what is zicam?

Zicam is an over the counter cold remedy. The nasal gel which I used just once burned the olefactory glands in my nose and now I cannot smell or taste anything. You see the commercials on TV and I thought it was safe.
Google "Zicam lose of taste" for more info on the lawsuits. Now I cannot enjoy my brugs :{ becacuse I can't smell them. I have an ENT appt tomorrow to see if this will be permanent as it has been for some.

Gary, I'm sorry to hear that you can't smell your gorgeous blooms. Zicam sounds like something that should have been taken off the market a long time ago. Seems like over the counter items are harder to ban. I hope you get good news.

That is terrible! I am so sorry!!!

That is so sad and in America,where we have all these Agencies supposedly protecting the Consumer. Sense of smell is so important to Gardening. I hope you will recover soon☺

Beautiful, just beautiful.

The products with problems like Zicam is that they are Homeopathic meds and therefore not FDA regulated....therefore it remains on the shelves.
Here's another pic to enjoy

Beautiful blooms, Gary.

I am really enjoying your blooms while waiting to have some of my very own☺

Xerscape,
Wow the lawst photo you put up sure has a lot of blooms! How old is the plant?
Mickey

She is about 3 years old Mickey. I bought her as a small plant from Country Gardens nursery 3 years ago. JT, the owner has nice healthy plants.

GreatGary..
A perfect brug... good form after the trim... healthy.. and packed.. if it got a dozen more blooms on it... just where do you supose they might hang.. great flush any time...
Gordon

wow I am enjoying wishing it was spring here...........lol

That brug is absolutely beautiful, I am so looking forward to spring.
Good luck with your allergies. My sweetie suffers frim allergies. When I brought my brugs into the garage in the fall, he couldn't go out because of the 'wonderful scent'. He admires my garden from afar.

It seems like a lot of medications are getting pulled, what a terrible side effect not to be able to smell or taste! The blooms are very nice to look at, i can see how the velvet in the name factors in.Great pictures!