11/23/13
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| mums |
In the last three weeks we have had some cold night temperatures. The temperatures have not just gone below freezing, but have been in the mid-twenties. Yet I have some flowers that are still hanging on with a few blooms. The mums, of course, are still blooming.
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| Carolina Jessamine vine |
The Carolina Jessamine vine has a few blooms. I did not know whether it would bloom this fall, since it was so recently planted. But it did surprise me with several blooms.
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| begonia |
I have one begonia that is still blooming.
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| petunia |
Everything around my one petunia in the back yard garden succumbed to the cold. But it is still holding on.
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| gaillardia |
The gaillardia in the side garden is still trying to put out blooms.
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| back yard garden |
My back yard garden is cleaned out for winter except for some sweet alyssum that still has flowers.
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| bare trees |
Most of the leaves have fallen off the trees in our neighborhood. So everything is looking kind of bare outside now.
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| rhododendron |
But surprise! As I was doing final cleanup in the gardens yesterday I saw a flash of pink in the rhododendron bush. I looked inside and found three blooms. So even though we are supposed to have wind chills in the teens tomorrow, these blossoms reminded me to think about the coming spring.
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