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| Creeping Phlox in front yard |
It's January Bloom Day for garden bloggers, hosted by Carol Michel's May Dreams blog and here in my Zone 6 garden in Virginia it's very cold today. The weather predictions had called for snow flurries this morning, but they never materialized, and neither did the rain yesterday, so the sun started coming out mid-morning.
I was surprised to see that the Creeping Phlox under the cherry tree in the front yard still has a few open blossoms--they must have emerged during the extra warm days earlier this week, and miraculously, haven't frozen. The only other blooms in my garden are some snowdrops that I planted two years ago.
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| Snowdrops (Galanthus elwesii 'Mount Everest') |
My indoor garden is sporting a few blooms--I pruned my gardenia tree hard a couple of weeks ago but saved one branch with flower buds, which are opening.
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| Gardenia tree (Tabernaemontana divaricata) |
One of my Phalaenopsis orchids still has a few flowers hanging on, and some new buds about to open. The Jewel orchid in bud I bought at Floradise has opened a few of its tiny white flowers, while my other new orchid, the Pahpiopedilum's flower is still fresh.
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| Pink Phalaenopsis orchid |
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| Paphiopedilum orchid posed for painting. |
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| Jewel orchid (Ludisia discolor) in bloom. |
My miniature orchid, Epidendrum polybulbon has two flower buds getting ready to open. The African violet below is very pretty when in bloom too.
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| Epidendrum polybulbon orchid buds. |
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| African violet (Saintpaulia 'Optimara' hybrid) |
Hopefully, I'll have a few more flowers outdoors and indoors next month, thanks for visiting!
