A Fantastic December Bloom Day

 Well, for all my laziness...Mother Nature never stops working, thankfully......if you aren't familiar with bloom day it is where garden blogger's from around the world post what is blooming on the 15th of each month.  You will want to see it on May Dream's Gardens,,,,I invite you to visit

This has been an incredibly mild winter....if I had actually took care of my garden this year, it might have really been awesome...I have literally ignored the garden most of the year but sat back and enjoyed it........  The above is Peach Drift

Now I did plant rye grass.....this is after I just mowed it

The roses haven't stopped blooming despite me.....Grenada Rose

 I wish winter were like this year for the next few months...

Encore is taking off

 This has been the most fantastic December ever!

 A misty foggy morning

Green Ice really likes colder weather

There was no end to my laziness this year.....so the rose hips are abound...

"Johnny Bear"......the first rose I got for Valentine's Day from the man I never want to take a breath that he isn't taking one too......aka my husband

Bad picture but the bottlebrush are blooming

I cannot believe the the hydragea are still blooming and this picture doesn't do justice....they are a brilliant blue

It has been weird, the spring bearers are blooming now...now encores will bloom as much as they need food

Tulip Tree

The greenhouse, the 

The azaleas that bloom in the spring are going now

The popcorn is finally losing their leaves

November Bloom Day And Journal Notes

Well, it's bloom day once again.  If you are not familiar with Bloom Day it's where gardeners from around the world post on their blog what is blooming their garden on the 15th of each month...and post on May Dreams Gardens.  This morning was the first frost of the year....at least, the first significant one.  The roses like the one above (Memphis Music) seemed to fare well.

Got to love the colors of fall...esp, this red maple I planted last year.

Peacock topiary finally died out.

All the sulphur cosmos in front field died but one.

Sumac does make pretty color

It is almost impossible to hurt knockouts.

Alabama Beauty Camellias in front of the barn.

 I, honestly, thing the roses like the cold...this is an Iceberg rose.

Encore Azaleas have been blooming for months,.

Bottlebrush are still going long after the hummingbirds have left.

B. Villegas rose opted to make an appearance.  At least I believe this is what this one is.

Rose garden is ready for it's winter nap.

Covered the Mexican Heather around the pool.

Green Ice really loves the cold.

 Granda Rose...I did not take a picture of every rose blooming but just the easiest to photograph.

Belinda's dream...I think.

Knockouts

Bad picture but the cassias are still blooming.

My husband's progress on the greenhouse as of this afternoon.  There are earlier pictures down the post.

Beauty berry

I clean my mower near the back of the garage...I think many of the sulphur cosmos seeds from the front field  migrated here.

Encores

Vincas are hanging in there.

Journal Notes

My husband has been redoing my greenhouse from visqueen to polycarbonate...the frost has been early this year...the pictures here simply show his progress...

I am not sure what his is doing here aside from "testing" the panel.

 I know this seems arbitrary but this is the first time I have seen an owl during the day.....we have tons of them but never seen them...

Covering the Mexican Heather by the pool.

First real frost of the year....