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Old November 24, 2019   #211
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Calendula Orange Porcupine. Cold proof in my climate.
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Old November 25, 2019   #212
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Camellia sas. 'Yuletide'. It's in a 3 gallon bucket on the porch after I bought it at a plant sale. It'll probably stay there until it finishes blooming and then I'll plant it out.



Camellia sas. 'Stephanie Golden' is blooming now. A ton of buds too!




It looks like there are still a few skipper butterflies still out and about. I hope this one found a warm place to sleep last night. Frost was so heavy this morning that it looked like it had snowed.
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Old November 25, 2019   #213
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Is there a MisterS? LOL.
Nope. MisterS is gone...
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Old November 25, 2019   #214
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Someone needs to turn on the heat and sun here. Even though the sun is shining, it isn't intense this year. I wonder if there is a haze from harvesting grains is filtering the rays.

I have no blooming photos to share, everything is done but a few weeds were still bright green under the leaves that I raked aside yesterday. A good frost here (in the appropriate season, we are expecting a snowstorm tomorrow) usually damages the buds of flower/shrubs and fruit trees.
What conditions does it take to damage buds in warmer climates?

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Old November 25, 2019   #215
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[QUOTE=MissS;750190]Nope. MisterS is gone...

Oh....sorry to hear that.
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Old December 1, 2019   #216
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The other day I smelled something sweet and thought someone's clothes dryer was running with dryer sheets in it.
Low and behold is was my loquat trees.
Lots of bees buzzing it too.
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Old December 1, 2019   #217
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I like loquat fruit.

Today I found these at Home Depot. The red you can find everywhere, but it's harder to find the other colors. These were very inexpensive so I picked up a pink and white. They stay outside year round unless there's a danger of cold damage.
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Old December 6, 2019   #218
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Bought several nursery plants for winter color. These will bloom all winter long into the spring and they will not freeze. I saw many bees on the pink and white dianthus.
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Old December 8, 2019   #220
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Old December 8, 2019   #221
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Bought several nursery plants for winter color. These will bloom all winter long into the spring and they will not freeze. I saw many bees on the pink and white dianthus.

One of the many reasons I love carnations, the bees up here like them as well as being pretty Those are nice looking, wish stuff would live through winter here.
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Beautiful pics, Spooky and happy bees! Sometimes I wish we could grow things like that all winter but then I'm kind of glad I get a break from gardening. By the end of November I'm kind of burned out.
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Old December 11, 2019   #223
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Recently picked up some Zerachrysum daisies as potted colour. They can be grown from cutting and should self propergate from seed
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Old December 11, 2019   #224
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Wow, Whwoz! Dayglow daisies! Thanks for posting these. I'm gonna miss seeing what's Down Under.
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