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Gazania

And my first calla

~Tina

Gorgeous flowers, Tina! The lilies won't even be poking out of the ground for another month or so. Not much blooming outdoors here other than a straggler Malva zebrina for which January hasn't yet caught up


but a few indoor plants are in bloom....

Peace lily


Hibiscus

Christmas cactus (which due to a series of mishaps I didn't expect to bloom at all this year)


Amaryllis

Such pretty flowers... This is one of my most favoritest places
to come in the winter..
I love seeing all the color and different blooms..
Thanks!!!

***Cricket, do you have snow where you are?
My zebrina's are mush now...

***Tina, the one you have written as Queens Tears,
I've seen ads for those plants, but they've only had them in like a cartoon/hand drawn picture,
I have NEVER seen a real picture of those..

Weezie, we normally receive a few days of snow every winter but it doesn't last long. But we get LOTS of rain!

This winter there haven't even been very many nights that the temperature has dipped below freezing. Even the spider plant left out on a sheltered patio is still alive. Usually I grow pansies, ornamental kale and the like outdoors during the winter but didn't bother this year.

This of course is taken last summer, unfortunately I have nothing in bloom right now but I just love seeing everyone's pics...absolutely beautiful! I've posted this picture before but I wanted to share it with those who haven't seen it. It's my "siamese" sunflower.

wow beautiful pics! christina I LOVE that sunflower! is that the type that it is? siamese? never heard of that one before! do you have any seeds?

The Queens tears look good tumbling down the hillside.

Close up the leaves always look a little unhealthy, but that's the look of them. I have two types, these are the narrow leaved ones and there are some wide leaved ones in a pot. I've seen pics of some with decorative leaves as well.
~Tina

There is no "Siamese" type of sunflower...I suppose it was just a freak of nature. I did save seeds from it but the chances of that happening again is extremely rare! It sure was an attention grabber!

**Thanks for the extra picture of that flower Tina..
That's a very interesting plant and flower...
I'm glad I got a chance to see it finally!!!!

**Christina, that IS a very cool looking sunflower!

More taken today: My only azalea

An old left-over hydrangea (nikko blue in it's prime)

And another color of Daff

Been practicing with my camera this morning. I need all the practice I can get. Carnations anyone?

Or a wind blown iris?

How about a field of Willies with daffs in the background?

Or a very pink daisy

A yellow pansy

Yellow blooming jade

Roseemary blooming

A blurry cape fuschia

Nice pictures Tina, I really like the field of Willies , and the Pink Daisy!

All of the most recent pics are beautiful! I love the Gazinna. Glad I have seeds for that one for this year!

Tina.....I am so jealous!
I want spring SO bad!

But, it's sure nice to see that someone has all those blooms already.
I love your Field Of Willies! That is TOO cool!

Just one more to add right now. New Zealand Tea tree

Tina,
Very pretty....
How big does it get???
Small and compact or really big tree????

These can get 6-8 ft. But can be kept smaller in containers. Cold tolerant to 40* according to the book but has survived here dipping down to 25*. Leptospermum Crimson Glory. Those blooms are under an inch across.

Here is my latest : Yellow braided Hibiscus. Has been on house all winter took it outside to get shot of this bloom .
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Jimmy

Really pretty, Jimmy.
My yellow hibiscus bloomed also. It is called Cashmere Wind.

and a black-eyed susan vine that doesn'y know when to quit.

And a close up of same

A bougainvillea

And a grevillea

Jimmy
Love that yellow one...

Tina...
That Black~Eyed~Susan is beautiful....

Now you done it Tina I will come to Southern Ca and steal that Cashmere wind just let me know when you will be gone so you don't catch me. That is very pretty I forgot mine is a Braided Hibiscus tree have a pink and a yellow.
Jimmy