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| Hamamelis 'Sunburst' |
I cannot recall ever experiencing two warm winters in a row, and I have lived in Northern Illinois all my life. The mercury rises and falls like the wildest roller coaster at Six Flags. It's troubling.
On the brighter side, the amaryllis (Hippeastrum hybrid) is finally blooming for the first time since January 2010 (I bought it in the autumn of 2009). For the past two years it's done nothing but send up leaves. This year it has deigned to grace my family room with two blooms.
I have no clue why.
Unnervingly, Squirrelhaven has managed to have something in bloom outdoors every month of the year for more than the past 12 months, achieving the goal set by Elizabeth Lawrence, heroine of Garden Bloggers' Bloom day hostess Carol of May Dreams Gardens. Happy New Year and welcome to the new world order.
I haven't posted in over a month (even though I had two plants in bloom in the garden on December 15) because life got crazy in December with getting ready for Christmas, filing my nominating petition for library trustee (my current term is up in April), a trip to Mexico with 23 members of my family, and then a frenzy of photo editing. I need a vacation.
18 comments:
Good to hear you have been busy with fun things. I can't believe you have outdoor blooms and I don't. Just doesn't seem right since I live so far south of you. Enjoy your blooms while you have them.
Amaryllis can be frustrating to bring to rebloom, but the result is worth the wait. Beautiful!
Pretty photos. Here too we have been having two warm winters. Last year no snow to speak of which is not good for plants in our area. This past week it was 64°. One has to wonder where this is leading for summer temps and the future of our seasons. Happy GBBD!
NIce to see a post and glad you have been having some fun. Fun does often require a vacation afterwards. That amaryllis is just lovely!
Chicago's weather sounds more appropriate to Houston! Ask not why the amaryllis blooms so spontaneously ... just enjoy it!
Love the snowdrops and the Hamamelis is a beauty.
Great shots of your blooms. Looking forward to the season where it's easiest to coax things to blossom :)
Great! It is amazing how these delicate flowers emerged victorious despite the cold weather. But in our area snow is just so thick that gardening will be possible in the coming spring. For the meantime all i can do is decorate our log-cabin and stay cozy and warm inside.
What an exciting life. I am happy to hear you are a library trustee - all the best people are! And always, beautiful photographs.
I think your Amarylis is rewarding your patience with two blooms.
The trip to Mexico sounds amazing and a nightmare to organise with all those family members, hope you had a great time
Snowdrops seem to be on a few GBBD posts -- they are sure sweet little blooms.
I have an Amaryllis that is nothing but foliage this year...maybe I should wait it out.
Oh I was hopeful you would solve the mystery of why my Amaryllis doesn't bloom... then I scrolled down. I have no clue either. A warm winter sounds heavenly. Today it was a balmy 16° F in my gardens. Makes for an interesting GBBD post.
I guess there's hope for my amaryllis. I bought it last winter, and it only sent up leaves, which lasted until this November, when it finally went dormant.
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