In the Greenhouse the Gerberas are blooming apace--LOVE these white ones! The red ones from earlier are still blooming and two of the mini roses have a couple blooms as well.
I was surprised to see this azalea blooming! I think it's a "Hinode Giri". If it continues to burst into bloom I might have to bring it inside to enjoy. That's the drawback of having things in a greenhouse in the back corner of your yard--you can miss something or not see much of it---and if they are not dormant now, but blooming, they probably won't be blooming later in the spring---at least the azaleas...
The big shock-a-roony when I was out there today poking around was finding this mature red jalapeno!!!! I only brought in one or two pepper plants just to see what they'd do, and now I wish I had put them all in there, but alas, the others sont morts...
Outside a lot of things have died back or gone dormant (like grasses, hostas, and daylilies)--I didn't dig up the zinnias this year, so I'll see if they come back at all in the spring. Many rose bushes have buds, though, and definitely all their leaves, including some new leaf growth, and I have some evergreen juniper and some succulents that have not died back. The heuchera, which I am quite fond of, have turned deeper colors than they were earlier in the year; here's "Crimson Curls" (this on is in a pot on the patio, but I have several others in the ground that are doing well too, just not as big)
And of course there are what my mother calls "Happy Pansy Faces":
Enjoy!!!
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