What's blooming - January 2012

This is my very first meme I am joining. I just started blogging and connecting to other blogging gardeners around the world, this is so much fun and I am sure I will join many more memes.

This meme, Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, is hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens and is going for five years already! wow, what did i miss!!

Jumping right in, here are some of my blooms I like to show off, a rainbow of colors:


Soldier Orchid, or Lawn Orchid, naturalized here in Florida






Oxalis, 'naturalized' in Myrtle Glen ;)



Hawaiian Sunset Vine, this one is trying to take over the house



I am looking forward to Meyer Lemons


Abutilon



Climbing Carolina Aster, a native




Purple Firespike, much-loved by Hummingbirds




Bachelor Button




Dombeya wallichii, the flowers smell like sugar cookies


Bromeliad


Camellia japonica 'Walter Bellingrath'





I am looking forward to next month's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day :)



10 comments:

  1. Oh, my goodness! You have so many pretty blooms for January. It's the time of year to visit Florida.

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  2. But it is the coldest month of the year here in Florida. As long as it doesn't freeze, all is flowering :-)

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  3. The abutilon looks like my 'Tigereye' ... i really enjoy this cultivar and it has been an amazing bloomer for me... great post! Larry

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  4. Nice collection of blooms for January. I love that bromeliad with those scarlet blooms and white line variegation.
    GBBD is THE biggest garden meme.

    Foliage Follow-up is tomorrow by Pam at Digging.
    To join, you leave a message with your comment and a link. It's a small, but feisty little group devoted to foliage.
    Hope to see you there.
    David/ :0)

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  5. Larry, thanks for visiting my blog, I wanted to return the favor and leave a comment at your blog, but wasn't possible (sent you a message via blotanical). I would have liked to find your 'Tigereye'.

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  6. Dear Tropical, Your blooms are amazing! Oh, to be in Florida now that winter's here. Happy GBBD! P. x

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  7. Stunning flowers - something to brighten the gloom here in the UK

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  8. eine blume ist schöner wie die andere die gefallen mir sehr
    gut evi du bist aber auch eine tolle gärtnerin du hast
    einfach einen grünen daumen

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  9. Danke fuer das Kompliment, aber meistens ist mein Daumen braun ;-)

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  10. I like that "lawn orchid" we grow a calanthe here that looks sorta similar... How long is the bloom period on your soldier?
    I had to google your "climbing" aster... I was like, I have lots of asters... Still not sure whether I have that one...

    Lotsa nice blooms for January, I lost everything except the hellebores when we had temps in the teens earlier this month...

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