Gardening in 2023

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Trila

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Look what Dio found yesterday!!! Spring is coming!!!
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We had the wettest January in a long time as well as more cold and wind than usual. Night before last we got much colder than usual. There were a few casualties including this oxalis.

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which usually looks like this

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and this plectra

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which looked like this in the middle of December

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And this begonia ‘Paul Hernandez’ has looked better.

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I would imagine it is very difficult to garden anywhere these days. I know it has been in TX because we've had warmer than normal temps with sub-freezing temps thrown in. The plants/flowers don't know what to do anymore!
 
One plant I’ve really been appreciating this year is this Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’. Apparently the vines can reach 25 feet and this year I think they have. I never give it any extra water beyond what little rain we get. So I guess that is why it is blooming so abundantly. The flowers are described as “intensely fragrant” and even to this nearly nose-blind person that is accurate. The flowers are pink in bud and when they first open m, soon turning white.

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Great thread, and all wonderful photos and comments!

@MarkD
Wonderful contrasting photos, of the same plants,
and terrific idea to take them at both their best and possibly their worst.
Such excellent photos, each one. Thanks for sharing those.

And I always love the other pictures too!
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