My rule of thumb is that a flower has to be at least half open to be
included.

Camellia hiemalis ‘Bonanza’
A chrysanthemum
A correa
Cyclamen
Edgeworthia chrysantha
Fuchsia thymifolia
Grevillea lanigera ‘Mt Tamboritha’
Grevillea rosmarinifolia ‘lutea’
Grevillea victoriae
A hebe
Helleborus foetidus (+ two other hellebores)
Lonicera frangrantissima
Mahonia aquifolium
Potentilla napalensis 'Miss Willmott'
Rosmarinus officinalis (pink flower)
Scabiosa ochroleuca
Viburnum tinus 'Lisa Rose'

Tub plants from last winter and summer:
Several polyanthus and zonal pelargoniums
Lobelia 'Crystal Palace'

In the greenhouse Salvia rutilans and Eucalyptus preissiana are in flower.

A few days ago we still had Rose 'Blue for you' with flowers, and
Chaenomeles superba ‘Pink lady’ has several buds with coloured petals
quite visible.

--

Jeff

On 01/01/2024 11:04, Jeff Layman wrote:
> My rule of thumb is that a flower has to be at least half open to be
> included.
>
> Camellia hiemalis ‘Bonanza’
> A chrysanthemum
> A correa
> Cyclamen
> Edgeworthia chrysantha
> Fuchsia thymifolia
> Grevillea lanigera ‘Mt Tamboritha’
> Grevillea rosmarinifolia ‘lutea’
> Grevillea victoriae
> A hebe
> Helleborus foetidus (+ two other hellebores)
> Lonicera frangrantissima
> Mahonia aquifolium
> Potentilla napalensis 'Miss Willmott'
> Rosmarinus officinalis (pink flower)
> Scabiosa ochroleuca
> Viburnum tinus 'Lisa Rose'
>
> Tub plants from last winter and summer:
> Several polyanthus and zonal pelargoniums
> Lobelia 'Crystal Palace'
>
> In the greenhouse Salvia rutilans and Eucalyptus preissiana are in flower.
>
> A few days ago we still had Rose 'Blue for you' with flowers, and
> Chaenomeles superba ‘Pink lady’ has several buds with coloured petals
> quite visible.
>
It feels like it hasn't stopped raining for more than six months so my
garden is more like a mudbath. Even the dwarf gorse is over, despite the
tradition that gorse never stops flowering.
But I've got daisies and dandelions!
I've got pink and white heathers. (species unknown)
The red (single) camellia has plenty of flowers (chinensis?)
Alpine strawberries in the greenhouse.
That is better than I expected anyway!

On 01/01/2024 11:59, tahiri wrote:
> On 01/01/2024 11:04, Jeff Layman wrote:
>> My rule of thumb is that a flower has to be at least half open to be
>> included.
>>
>> Camellia hiemalis ‘Bonanza’
>> A chrysanthemum
>> A correa
>> Cyclamen
>> Edgeworthia chrysantha
>> Fuchsia thymifolia
>> Grevillea lanigera ‘Mt Tamboritha’
>> Grevillea rosmarinifolia ‘lutea’
>> Grevillea victoriae
>> A hebe
>> Helleborus foetidus (+ two other hellebores)
>> Lonicera frangrantissima
>> Mahonia aquifolium
>> Potentilla napalensis 'Miss Willmott'
>> Rosmarinus officinalis (pink flower)
>> Scabiosa ochroleuca
>> Viburnum tinus 'Lisa Rose'
>>
>> Tub plants from last winter and summer:
>> Several polyanthus and zonal pelargoniums
>> Lobelia 'Crystal Palace'
>>
>> In the greenhouse Salvia rutilans and Eucalyptus preissiana are in
>> flower.
>>
>> A few days ago we still had Rose 'Blue for you' with flowers, and
>> Chaenomeles superba ‘Pink lady’ has several buds with coloured petals
>> quite visible.
>>
>  It feels like it hasn't stopped raining for more than six months so my
> garden is more like a mudbath. Even the dwarf gorse is over, despite the
> tradition that gorse never stops flowering.
> But I've got daisies and dandelions!
> I've got pink and white heathers. (species unknown)
> The red (single) camellia has plenty of flowers (chinensis?)
> Alpine strawberries in the greenhouse.
> That is better than I expected anyway!
Oops! I forgot the berberis darwinii which can usually be relied on to
flower out of season.

On 01/01/2024 11:59, tahiri wrote:
> On 01/01/2024 11:04, Jeff Layman wrote:
>> My rule of thumb is that a flower has to be at least half open to be
>> included.
>>
>> Camellia hiemalis ‘Bonanza’
>> A chrysanthemum
>> A correa
>> Cyclamen
>> Edgeworthia chrysantha
>> Fuchsia thymifolia
>> Grevillea lanigera ‘Mt Tamboritha’
>> Grevillea rosmarinifolia ‘lutea’
>> Grevillea victoriae
>> A hebe
>> Helleborus foetidus (+ two other hellebores)
>> Lonicera frangrantissima
>> Mahonia aquifolium
>> Potentilla napalensis 'Miss Willmott'
>> Rosmarinus officinalis (pink flower)
>> Scabiosa ochroleuca
>> Viburnum tinus 'Lisa Rose'
>>
>> Tub plants from last winter and summer:
>> Several polyanthus and zonal pelargoniums
>> Lobelia 'Crystal Palace'
>>
>> In the greenhouse Salvia rutilans and Eucalyptus preissiana are in
>> flower.
>>
>> A few days ago we still had Rose 'Blue for you' with flowers, and
>> Chaenomeles superba ‘Pink lady’ has several buds with coloured petals
>> quite visible.
>>
>  It feels like it hasn't stopped raining for more than six months so my
> garden is more like a mudbath. Even the dwarf gorse is over, despite the
> tradition that gorse never stops flowering.
> But I've got daisies and dandelions!
> I've got pink and white heathers. (species unknown)

Probably Erica carnea or Erica x darleyensis

> The red (single) camellia has plenty of flowers (chinensis?)
> Alpine strawberries in the greenhouse.
> That is better than I expected anyway!

--
SRH

On 01/01/2024 11:04, Jeff Layman wrote:
> My rule of thumb is that a flower has to be at least half open to be
> included.
>
> Camellia hiemalis ‘Bonanza’
> A chrysanthemum
> A correa
> Cyclamen
> Edgeworthia chrysantha
> Fuchsia thymifolia
> Grevillea lanigera ‘Mt Tamboritha’
> Grevillea rosmarinifolia ‘lutea’
> Grevillea victoriae
> A hebe
> Helleborus foetidus (+ two other hellebores)
> Lonicera frangrantissima
> Mahonia aquifolium
> Potentilla napalensis 'Miss Willmott'
> Rosmarinus officinalis (pink flower)
> Scabiosa ochroleuca
> Viburnum tinus 'Lisa Rose'
>
> Tub plants from last winter and summer:
> Several polyanthus and zonal pelargoniums
> Lobelia 'Crystal Palace'
>
> In the greenhouse Salvia rutilans and Eucalyptus preissiana are in flower.
>
> A few days ago we still had Rose 'Blue for you' with flowers, and
> Chaenomeles superba ‘Pink lady’ has several buds with coloured petals
> quite visible.
>

Stuff noticed while out walking today

Erysimum cheiri
Galanthus nivalis
various Hebes
Jasminum nudiflorum
Mahonia x media
Primula vulgaris cultivars
Viburnum x bodnantense
Viburnum tinus
Vinca major

--
SRH

Jasminum nudiflorum, Viburnum x farreri, probably Chenomeles
"Crimson and Gold" and nothing else I saw, though a Lonicera
x brownii has some buds on it that won't open.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 01/01/2024 11:04, Jeff Layman wrote:
>
> In the greenhouse Salvia rutilans and Eucalyptus preissiana are in flower.

Of stuff I brought indoors, I have Chaenostoma (Bacopa) and Fuchsia
flowering.

--
SRH

These from memory, as I've been out most of the day and it's dark now,
spitting with rain and blowing a gale and I'm damned if I'm going out
with a torch!

Camellia japonica 'High Hat' (been in flower for a couple of months,
and will continue to do so for another three. It has a red sport, and
when I get a round tuit I shall take cuttings, probably in the
Autumn).
Camellia cuspidata X C. saluenensis 'Winton'.
Camellia japonica X C. sasanqua 'Yuletide'.
Primula vulgaris.
Primula Wanda.
Strelitzia Regina in a tub in a sheltered corner, but the flower is
looking very sad and going over!
Cyclamen co um on the garden wall.
Callistemon citrinus splendens, one flower head.
Several evergreen azaleas just coming into flower.
Brugmansia coccinea (was Datura), two late flowers looking very
bedraggled!
Abutilon 'Nabob'.
Schizostylis coccinea major.

--
Chris

Gardening in West Cornwall, very mild, sheltered
from the West, but open to the North and East.

On Mon, 01 Jan 2024 20:50:41 +0000, Chris Hogg <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>These from memory, as I've been out most of the day and it's dark now,
>spitting with rain and blowing a gale and I'm damned if I'm going out
>with a torch!
>
>Camellia japonica 'High Hat' (been in flower for a couple of months,
>and will continue to do so for another three. It has a red sport, and
>when I get a round tuit I shall take cuttings, probably in the
>Autumn).
>Camellia cuspidata X C. saluenensis 'Winton'.
>Camellia japonica X C. sasanqua 'Yuletide'.
>Primula vulgaris.
>Primula Wanda.
>Strelitzia Regina in a tub in a sheltered corner, but the flower is
>looking very sad and going over!
>Cyclamen coum on the garden wall.
>Callistemon citrinus splendens, one flower head.
>Several evergreen azaleas just coming into flower.
>Brugmansia coccinea (was Datura), two late flowers looking very
>bedraggled!
>Abutilon 'Nabob'.
>Schizostylis coccinea major.

One more: Clematis urophylla 'Winter Beauty'.

--
Chris

Gardening in West Cornwall, very mild, sheltered
from the West, but open to the North and East.