Can you believe that November is half over already and it's time for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, a meme hosted on the fifteenth of each month by Carol at May Dreams Gardens? To see what's blooming in gardens all over the world check out Carol's blog here.
Here's what's blooming this month in my wet winter/dry summer zone 8 western Washington State garden.
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I'm really digging the color of these aging Hydrangea 'Fire Island.' They were white with red edges and now have turned the nicest shade of chartreuse.
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Meanwhile, inside the greenhouse, the carnivorous butterworts are in the middle of their long bloom season.
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Just in time for the day, the Schlumbergera my mother gave me on a Thanksgiving over 20 years ago is once again blooming.
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Here's what's blooming this month in my wet winter/dry summer zone 8 western Washington State garden.
The winter pansies will flower on and off all winter, spring, and maybe even summer.
"Fragrant Cloud" rose.
A few brugmansia blooms are hanging on. They last much longer in cold weather.
Calibrachoa
Begonia (There are actually a few hardy and non hardy varieties blooming now.)
I'm really digging the color of these aging Hydrangea 'Fire Island.' They were white with red edges and now have turned the nicest shade of chartreuse.
A few pelargoniums here and there...
Persicaria 'Red Dragon'
Persicaria 'Golden Arrow'
Crazy impatien.
Abutilons - once they start blooming, only a deep freeze stops them.
Just beginning to bloom this month is Tropaeolum tuberosum.
Eccremocarpus scaber
Toad Lilies still have a few buds yet to open before they shut down shop for the winter.
Pineapple Sage.
Meanwhile, inside the greenhouse, the carnivorous butterworts are in the middle of their long bloom season.
Schlumbergeras are budded up and will bloom through Christmas.
Grocery store Hibiscus.
Pelargonium something or other.
Kalanchoe
Back outside - Viburnum × bodnantense 'Dawn'
Not really blooms - Euonymus europaeus 'Red Ace'
A dianthus appeared quite out of season .
Alstroemeria isabellana
It's got the coolest seed pods as well.
Zauschneria californica
Just in time for the day, the Schlumbergera my mother gave me on a Thanksgiving over 20 years ago is once again blooming.
Happy GBBD all and many thanks to Carol for hosting the florapalooza!