WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN DECEMBER 19

Surprisingly there are a few things in full bloom:
Anisodontea el Royo still doing its thing (sorry it's blurred)

Strangely, lilac ipheion in full bloom, but not the blue one.

 

They look brilliant @CarolineL

 

Not in my garden, just out on a walk... Spindles in full berry

 

No-one else seeing anything this month?
Well here are a very early narcissus, Kniphofia Christmas Cheer and Grevillea - maybe Mt Tamborithra (the label has fallen off). The narcissus is at National Botanic Garden of Wales, where I also saw a geum valiantly flowering

 

Same here. Especially surprising when I consider the total neglect that my plants have suffered the last few months!

An Aloe noid in the unheated (and at the moment unisnsulated) greenhouse..............


Also in the greenhouse is Isoplexis canariensis............


Salvia lasiantha............


Outdoors on some staging by the house I have a small Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender'...........


That is really surprising as the ones in the greenhouse are all fried by the frosts! Also outdoors I can see the first signs of flower stems on my Cymbidium 'Ice Cascade'.............

 

Not a lot of opportunity to get out, at the moment, and take photos of a wind battered rain drenched. Will try and do better at the weekend.

 

As promised above, taken this morning between showers.
Grevillea victoriae

Viburnum bodnantense "Dawn"


Salvia involucrata

Mahonia oiwakensis lomarifolia

Calendula


Colletia hystrix

Sarcococca confusa

 

Not a lot going on around here so a few bits inbetween the downpours.

 

Hi @NigelJ does Mahonia Lomarifolia have the lily of the valley perfume like some others?

@wiseowl - not only are primroses early but I have a camellia starting early too. Very odd.

 

Hello Woo Penstemon?

 

They are lovely plants, aren't they? Have a good Christmas, Woo xx