A flower a day ...

[Tish]

Cockscomb, Love these flowers, unfortunatly they don't love the cold.

 

[Tish]

@Bretrick, That's an awesome shot.
Thanks for sharing it.

 

[Tish]

Seriously, I'm going to order this one, it's stunning.
Priscilla" Gladiolus

 

[Tish]

Goodness, it is stunning.

 

[MarkD]

I've been distracted in RL and online. Here is a photo taken of Mimetes cucullautus at the Santa Cruz Arboretum about 14 years ago.

 

[Medusa]

 

[CinnamonSugar]

 

[Trila]

Seriously, I'm going to order this one, it's stunning.
Priscilla" Gladiolus

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I actually have several hundred of these that I've planted (divided & spread) over the last 25 years.

I got the first ones from my Dad. It was one of his favorites, and mine, too. When I looked them up, I found that they were called "Easter Parade gladiolus".

 

[chic]

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Thistles? There is a border hedge full of thistles in my neighborhood. They don't bloom until July. They're supposed to keep all of us neighbors protected from robbery so everyone takes good care of them.

These are blue roses.

 

[MarkD]

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Looks like a Gomphrena.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Thistles? There is a border hedge full of thistles in my neighborhood. They don't bloom until July. They're supposed to keep all of us neighbors protected from robbery so everyone takes good care of them.

These are blue roses.

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@chic: I don’t think they are thistles. They were tiny and had non-bristle leaves. They were just ‘purdy’

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Looks like a Gomphrena.

If you say so, @MarkD ! lol.

 

[Tish]

I actually have several hundred of these that I've planted (divided & spread) over the last 25 years.

I got the first ones from my Dad. It was one of his favorites, and mine, too. When I looked them up, I found that they were called "Easter Parade gladiolus".

I put my order in, can't wait to see them bloom.

 

[Tish]

Sweet Pea, I love the smell of them.

 

[MarkD]

Has my Bamboo Iris open its first flower a couple days ago.

 

[Kadee]

Sadly I haven't had any flowers to take photos of ..

 

[PeppermintPatty]

 

[MarkD]

I think this is the flower but maybe it is the fruit of this split leaf Monstera.

 

[MarkD]

Sadly I haven't had any flowers to take photos of ..

.. yet. Your day is coming. But here we are well into the late winter garden wake up. I suspect your season starts at the end of your winter too, after the rains begin?

I forget what it is called but this is in bloom now.

It grows in a pot that sits on a faux mantle at the back of the little garden off the gazebo deck.

 

[RadishRose]

.. yet. Your day is coming. But here we are well into the late winter garden wake up. I suspect your season starts at the end of your winter too, after the rains begin?

I forget what it is called but this is in bloom now.

It grows in a pot that sits on a faux mantle at the back of the little garden off the gazebo deck.

I think a type of Amaryllis.

 

[MarkD]

I think a type of Amaryllis.

Yes it is. Hippeastrum papilio, "Butterfly Amaryllis". Here is an older and better quality pic from 2022.

 

[Tish]

So beautiful.

 

[Tish]

@MarkD, Now this reminds me of spider legs.

 

[MarkD]

@MarkD, Now this reminds me of spider legs.

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I’m fascinated by all the Aussi flowers that grow directly from hard wood. We have a few but yours are also more spectacular.

 

[Tish]

Lantern Banksia, note view taken from above, looking down


Christmas Bansia